WATCHMEN

[silver hammer]

After seeing it again last night in a non-opening night packed theater (there were 10 people max this time), not in IMAX, I have to say that it was not as good the second time. A lot of the greatness and oohs and aahs went away the second time and I was left with a decent movie that without the wow factor of seeing something you love on a huge screen moving for the first time was just that, a decent movie.

[Enoch-Fox]

at least they gave the guy his due
Dr. M's wang in the comics was downright depressing
a man with godlike powers and he couldnt do anything about... well...

Anyway
It was an enjoyable movie. I don't think it DESTROYED Moore's story, which is an incredible feat, really. Sure it was simplified, dumbed-down, and anything, but I don't think it represents a sign that stories too complicated for film should be left on the shelves; People will go see Watchmen, get some vague concept, and then maybe they'll go read the comic and ge tthe full story... people who would never have read the comic in the first place. Sure there are gonna be those who take everything at face value (like people did with V... ugh... that one was a little more distasteful to me) but in the end if people walk away with a GLIMMER of thought in their heads from this movie, that's more than woulda been achieved otherwise.

*shrug*

[smile_man]

I loved it, although I haven't read the graphic novel so I can't compare it to anything.

I have three questions though:

1.What was that Tiger thing that Veidt had?
2.Why were Dr. Manhattans legs so fucking huge?
3. Did anyone notice the Comedian is Denny from Grey's Anatomy?

I thought the guy who played Rorschach was awesome.

I'll have to borrow the comics from my friend now.

[smile_man]

I'm going to borrow it from my friend when I get the chance.

Are all DC comics really dark? I mean like Sin City, the drawings, not the humor. I think that would make me prefer DC to Marvel.

[Enoch-Fox]

No.
They aren't... I think they have a bigger tendency towards that, but like... Watchmen isn't mainstream DC. DC does seem to have a lot of darker spinoffs and stuff, but the mainstream stuff isn't all that bleak or anything, by any means.

[jrmy]

No Squid, No Peace.

Best. Review. Ever.

I think you should print that as a t-shirt. One hundred thousand pissed-off comic geeks would buy it as soon as it hit teh interwebs. Hell, I'd buy three.

[WaveForm3]

No.
They aren't... I think they have a bigger tendency towards that, but like... Watchmen isn't mainstream DC. DC does seem to have a lot of darker spinoffs and stuff, but the mainstream stuff isn't all that bleak or anything, by any means.

DC is more honky stuff- Superman, Batman, overly complex plotlines that if you HAVEN'T read EVERY last comic in the past 20 goddman years, you have NO idea what the fuck is even close to happening... grrr

BUT the have a spin-off label called VERTIGO. Vertigo is the place to...head. It's more adult style stuff, I believe Watchmen WAS, but since it makes so much damn money, DC converted it over. But liek V for Vendetta and other fun stuff is on that label check it.

Don't even get me STARTED on the Multiverses...

[smile_man]

I'll have to check out Vertigo

[effetebomb]

V for Vendetta and Watchmen both came out well before the "Vertigo" imprint existed. They were DC comics. The characters were all clones of characters that DC had recently bought at the time from a going out of business company called Charlton comics. Night Owl = Blue Beetle, Rorschach = The Question, etc.

Watchmen was pretty good. I guess... I fell asleep in the theater when the bombs started going off in the end. I dunno. It was pretty much what I expected. They hit almost all of the major plot points, nailed the violence, and didn't really follow up on much else. Yes, the comic is way better, but this was pretty faithful, just not as good.

I can't really appreciate the story, though. While Moore and Gibbons were master craftsmen, the story just feels vastly irrelevant to me. I read the GN in 2003 (?) and I was really into it while I was reading it. But since, I have had no urge to reread it whatsoever. Nuclear holocaust? Nixon? Who cares? I don't know. I'm only 24 so maybe I'm too young (or too old?) to get it? There are plenty of comics that are much better than The Watchmen (comic). There are plenty of comic movies (both superhero and not) that are much better than The Watchmen (movie). I guess what really buds me is that its a story about the irrelevance of superheroes, and to me (and I think a lot of people today) the superhero is more relevant than ever. Still, respectfully, the comic is a master craft, and some parts are extremely relevant. . I just don't think it has aged well.

[Blurillaz]

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