"So I finally saw Watchmen last night, and I was completely floored"
on how much it sucked.
It's up there with Lost in Translation and Eragon. And if you can tell me why it lasted nearly 3 freakin hours, you're a genius. This flick was beyond boring. I walked out of Lost in Translation, but I actually sat thew this BS hoping it would redeem itself. Well, at least the ten minutes of previews were good.
1. "you probably won't like my new movie then" In response to Reply # 0
It's called Watchmen in Translation.
I's about two of the heroes from The Watchman (Nite Owl and Silk Spectre) are stuck in Thailand for two weeks where they desperately seek for romance, laughter and happiness.
I couldn't get the same actors, but I was able to hire Jeremy Irons and Parker Posey for the roles.
There also aren't as many (or any) action scenes like in The Watchmen, but I feel that the emotional chemistry and tone of quiet reflection goes a long way to compensate...
Oh and it's also four and a half hours long.
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9. "The problem was that he was faithful to the images and not the" In response to Reply # 8
damn story.
Yeah he made it look like the comic book, but to get the same emotional impact and spirit as the comic in to a movie you have to utilize the tools that movies use, not the techniques comics use.
Alan Moore is right, he wrote it as a comic book and not a movie script because comics can do things that films can't, just like films can do things that movies can't.
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11. "If he was faithful to the source *SPOILER*" In response to Reply # 8
then Dan wouldn't have seen Rorschach get murked. Part of the brilliance of the ending is Doc not letting Ozy off the hook to believe that he's done right, and that seeing Laurie and Dan together helps his decision to "go start some life somewhere else."
Of course, maybe that end speech from Laurie to Dan (the "life's too damn sweet" speech) was well beyond Malin Ackerman's range (which is of course a possibility)
16. "I had to revisit because I can't remember what people hated about the mo..." In response to Reply # 0
When I saw it, I kind of remember it being "too faithful" to the comic to get too excited about it as a comic fan but I dont remember it being bad.
Like I said above, what's the point of shooting a great comic panel for panel in a feature? I haven't been able to sit through Killing Joke, or Dark Knight Returns adaptation for the same reason.
Now my more controversial opinion has always been that Snyder had a much cleaner and elegant ending the comic because it makes way more sense to make Dr. Manhattan the bad guy who unifies the world than a squid monster cooked up in a lab. I stand by that opinion despite the stellar TV show season.
That being said, I haven't seen this movie in a Looong time and want to revisit.
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17. "^^Disagree STRONGLY" In response to Reply # 16
>Now my more controversial opinion has always been that Snyder >had a much cleaner and elegant ending the comic because it >makes way more sense to make Dr. Manhattan the bad guy who >unifies the world than a squid monster cooked up in a lab. I >stand by that opinion despite the stellar TV show season.
That's exactly what's wrong with it: He defined a known enemy.
The world would have banded together to destroy Dr. Manhattan, done that, and then went back to normal.
This way it's a mystery that he can keep nudging.
Once Manhattan was off earth and not an ongoing threat it then things would devolve again - and quickly.
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