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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NeoSamurai" data-source="post: 1486231" data-attributes="member: 16999">I watched the movie and all I could say is they nailed the character of the Punisher.  It was dark with humor used to endear the audience to some of the supporting characters and violently grizzly with the use of some of those characters. The creation of the Punisher in the movie is not lauded with the same heroic poses of Spiderman, Batman 1 and Daredevil or the promise of heroic action as the Hulk but with a "look what's been unleashed and it's not good" manner.Additionally, from what I understand of the backstory for this incarnation of the Punisher, the war he fought in was not Desert Storm.  It was one of the many police actions in Bosnia which is just as nasty.The movie could've been better, but it isn't as bad as many of the critics are pushing.  It's a simple movie with a simple story that doesn't really make an effort to be anything but a revenge tale and a story about what grief can do to a person.  It's unabashedly violent (the R for pervasive violence should be a clue there!).  It's not epic.  It's not heroic.  It's about a guy with guns doing what he feels he needs to do to some really great scoring by a guy who studied under the composer for the music of a Fistfull of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and the good the bad and the ugly with as much violence as those flicks.Some people will like it for what it is.  Some will hate it for what it is.  In either case, I thought it was great entertainment.NeoSamurai</blockquote>

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