Dick Tracy: The Most Bonkers Comic Book Movie Ever

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[@enzumah]

My girlfriend wrote part of her master's thesis about this movie. Say what you will about the movie (personally, I love it) but it nails the comic look in a way not many adaptations have since.

[@aztektheultimatewoman]

Say what you will about this movie, but the matte paintings are GORGEOUS.

[@JustWrite]

Patrick, please get some sleep. I'm starting to get worried about how dare you steal bonkers from me?

[@pagano60]

Here's some trivia: Dick Tracy is the only fictional character - not an actor in the role, but the character himself - to be awarded an Oscar for Best Actor.

[@Marco-Solo]

I just want the Charl saga supercut when this is all over (presumably when Charl finally takes over the channel and/or eliminates Patrick).

[@hwatchingthis6496]

"Friend of the show, godfather to my future children, Francis Ford Coppola"

[@samlibutti]

Man this video really reminds me that matte paintings are a fucking phenomenal lost art. This movie looks gorgeous

[@kinchlmi]

this charl storyline is so next level. I am freaking out at that cliffhanger

[@merlinthetuna]

Was crossing my fingers for at least a passing reference to 1994's The Shadow, which for my money is the last gasp of the serious attempts to make irrelevant, old timey comic characters into modern blockbusters. It's also just a ton of fun and I wish it weren't so forgotten.

[@chrishill317]

Note that Al Pacino was the first actor ever to get an Academy Award for acting in a comic book adaptation. I still find that amusing.

[@umangmalik]

Honestly what's a better running joke than "Jeffrey Katzenberg, founder of Quibi"

[@alonsojett]

"A bizarre stylistic experiment meant to be the start of a new franchise but would probably alienate most viewers"

[@rickij9196]

"The enduring legacy of the Brendan Fraser Mummy franchise."

[@kittynapier4678]

I legit love this movie so much, the aesthetics, the soundtrack, the color pallet, the over the top acting; god just EVERYTHING

[@ashoat2388]

I’m pretty sure I saw this in the theatre. And like “The Rocketeer” and “The Phantom” (also seen in theaters) it was part of a retro wave that really influenced my childhood. Heck, even the cartoon “Tailspin” with its South Pacific Casablanca world was HUGE for me.

[@hamwise1792]

“I spent all day today searching online for a yellow trench coat like the one Dick Tracey wears, because it’s all I see when I dream now.” The next time someone asks me how my day was this will be my response.

[@jasonblalock4429]

I'm a little surprised that the 1980 Flash Gordon never came up in the discussion, since they're remarkably similar. Hyper-colorful plot-accurate live action adaptations of golden-age pulp newspaper comics. (And both featuring superstar musical talent.) The only significant difference is that one is self-aware about being campy, and the other plays things utterly straight. So they end up having vastly different impact.

[@Bluehawk2008]

The violent ending to the film isn't so odd when you look at the original comic strips, where Tracy basically kills every villain at the end of their caper-gone-wrong, or allows them to die, usually under ironic circumstances.

[@wstine79]

"EVERYWHERE I TURN ITS 'TRACY TRACY TRACY!" God bless Al Pacino and his over the top performance. I always found it fun to watch in this movie as well as in other films.

[@MatthewOakley]

Sat here wishing this was part one of a Warren Beatty series.