...To Make a Long Story Short...

J is for Jonah Hex

Brolin -”Maybe the thing to do is to do the most awful movie I can find."  

 Warner Bros announced at Comic-con the next in their line of movies based on DC comics Intellectual Properties with the western anti-hero Jonah Hex. An ex-confederate soldier turned bounty hunter, whose personality is modeled after every Western genre, Clint Eastwood character ever made.

He's never been one of DC’s main line heroes. But he has made several appearances in the various DC comic’s animated shows over the years and they were always great episodes. There is one in particular called Showdown, from the original Batman: The Animated Series. It has an older Jonah Hex hunting down the son of Batman's ageless enemy, Ra's al Ghul. It's a really good episode I suggest tracking it down if you can. It gives a good feel for the character and it’s a solid story.

I'm not too embarrassed to admit that I never really followed Jonah Hex very much in his comic book incarnation. The appeal never carried over. Westerns always played out better on the screen to me.

When it comes to movies based on comic book characters, it's really the talent that’s involved more so than the character. It’s not longer the 80’s where I feel like I have to put up with terrible acting/directing/writing because I love the character’s so much. Which is why I’m not jumping out of my pants to see this movie.

It’s starring Josh Brolin as Jonah Hex. He's a great actor, no doubt. And since traveling back in time 20 years to get vintage Clint Eastwood is out of the question; I think Brolin will make an excellent Jonah Hex. However, he did hate the script so much he turned down the role 3 times before they got him on board. (here) I’m not sure how I feel about that.

Also, Megan Fox will be there as Leila, Jonah’s love interest. 2 hours of Megan Fox running around in a corset doesn’t sound too bad. I hope they don’t give her a lot of lines though.

It’s written by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. The pair’s previous experience seems to be writing the Crank franchise. Now, I never saw either of the Crank movies, but where they well written? I got the impression that they weren’t.

Finally, we have the director, Jimmy Hayward. Whose only previous directorial experience seems to be Horton Hears a Who. One of my least favorite animated movies in recent years. Awesome. At least Hayward will get to beef up his resume with an opportunity to direct real people now?

Ugh.

Am I the only geek not excited by this news?