Watchmen Thread AKA Watchmen-- Who's Going To See It?

[Eradicate]

im not sure what you meant about your comment..
i give props where its due, maybe i didn't appreciate the movie because I didn't follow the watchmen book or what not. But this is my opinion internet or not id say the same thing about it.

[whitey]

i never even heard of the book until the movie was about to come out. so i dont think it really has any bearing. you are honestly the first person ive seen that has had that opinion.

it wasnt a straight out action movie. if thats all you were looking for you would be disappointed.

[Eradicate]

ya i guess i expected like a cross between xmen and 300 movie,

i love the xmen movies so i guess i thought it was going to go in that direction.

I've read some of the movie critic reviews and their all not that impressed with it either.

I was trying to find a reliable torrent to download before i saw it but i couldn't

[Dr. Simon Hurt]

^^^ebert gave it 4 stars/4, and he's about the most reliable critic i know of, at least in my opinion

dusk, my issue with the fights, specifically the fight scene in the alley and in the jail, was that they were fighting like kung-fu superheroes, like they smiled at each other before fighting, in the book they were nervous, plus laurie stabbed dude in the neck, they didn't kill anybody. i did think the fight at the beggining juxtaposed with 'unforgettable' was genius though.

i thought it was weird that silk spectre didn't smoke, since she smokes in almost all her scenes in the novel, and the story does lose something without all the side characters and nuances like the kid reading the comic and the newsman, the psychiatrist coming home to his wife, and the main area where i felt they dropped the ball was not giving ozymndias a proper flashback, where it shows him travelling the world, eating hash and all that.

none of alan moore's work (Except for maybe the work for hire Image stuff he did on spawn and wildc.a.t.s) is really filmable. he utilizes the capabilities of comics/prose to their fullest extent, so his main works can never be fully adapted to another medium.

[oDoUoSoKo]

I can't believe I went and paid to see this movie.. I don't know what you guys seen in it. Way dissapointed. Only thing that wasn't a total flop was rorshach. I couldn't wait to get out of this show. That manhattan termit line was funny. To much penis shots not enough titty shots. The entertainment for me was to few and far in between. I think my IQ dropped after seeing this movie. I would rather watch a wall for 3 hours then see this again. I can't wait till May, good movies coming out then.

funny u said this, because i happen to think this movie went way the fuck over peoples heads..in terms of historical references and the allegorical nature of the story....especially those who havent read the gfc novel..so if ur IQ is low...that might be y you think:

To much penis shots not enough titty shots.

lawls.
lmao.

[oDoUoSoKo]

^^^ebert gave it 4 stars/4, and he's about the most reliable critic i know of, at least in my opinion

dusk, my issue with the fights, specifically the fight scene in the alley and in the jail, was that they were fighting like kung-fu superheroes, like they smiled at each other before fighting, in the book they were nervous, plus laurie stabbed dude in the neck, they didn't kill anybody. i did think the fight at the beggining juxtaposed with 'unforgettable' was genius though.

i thought it was weird that silk spectre didn't smoke, since she smokes in almost all her scenes in the novel, and the story does lose something without all the side characters and nuances like the kid reading the comic and the newsman, the psychiatrist coming home to his wife, and the main area where i felt they dropped the ball was not giving ozymndias a proper flashback, where it shows him travelling the world, eating hash and all that.

none of alan moore's work (Except for maybe the work for hire Image stuff he did on spawn and wildc.a.t.s) is really filmable. he utilizes the capabilities of comics/prose to their fullest extent, so his main works can never be fully adapted to another medium.

ya i agree with this stuff too^^ cept i think V for Vendetta could have been done just right.

[whitey]

funny u said this, because i happen to think this movie went way the fuck over peoples heads..in terms of historical references and the allegorical nature of the story....especially those who havent read the gfc novel..so if ur IQ is low...that might be y you think:

lawls.
lmao.

i was going to say something like this, but the way i was writing it made me seem like a dick. so im glad someone said it with some eloquence.


the parts you are describing are ones i really appreciated. especially being a fan of history in general. i think it was honestly beautifully done over all. not just how visually appealing it was, but also just the story and over all message i got from the movie.

[Eradicate]

wow..
I must be stupid then if i don't share your opinions on this movie dusk. thanks for enlightening me.
I understood the story line and the historic referrences, It just took way to long to explain it and there was alot in this movie i thought that didn't need to be there.

anyone can copy movie critic reviews that compare to their own beliefs:

http://www.screenjabber.com/node/1303

I think it's funny i get bashed because I don't agree with you guys,

I thought you were more mature than that Dusk, go figure..

sticks and stones buddy

[Uncle Steezo]

i saw this weeks ago online but we saw it at the drive in on sat.

i loved it my son hated it.


here you can pick apart every second.

neg rep me.... no really NEG REP ME

pt 1
http://www.wisevid.com/view_video.ph...42a667959c1223

pt 2
http://www.wisevid.com/view_video.ph...d31c73bb2fedd4

[whitey]

i saw this weeks ago online but we saw it at the drive in on sat.

i loved it my son hated it.


here you can pick apart every second.

neg rep me.... no really NEG REP ME

pt 1
http://www.wisevid.com/view_video.ph...42a667959c1223

pt 2
http://www.wisevid.com/view_video.ph...d31c73bb2fedd4

how old is your son?

why do you think that was?

a little bit of what we were just talking about? too long, expected more action, he didnt get the references?

[Uncle Steezo]

he's 6
he wanted another iron man.
he thought it would have more superheroish moments but he liked dark night which had just as many as watchmen maybe less.

[RynMur]

ebert doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about

[whitey]

he's 6
he wanted another iron man.
he thought it would have more superheroish moments but he liked dark night which had just as many as watchmen maybe less.

i think batman had a lot more action. it was more straight forward to.

just depends on what people appreciate i guess.

[oDoUoSoKo]

wow..
I must be stupid then if i don't share your opinions on this movie dusk. thanks for enlightening me.
I understood the story line and the historic referrences, It just took way to long to explain it and there was alot in this movie i thought that didn't need to be there.

anyone can copy movie critic reviews that compare to their own beliefs:

http://www.screenjabber.com/node/1303

I think it's funny i get bashed because I don't agree with you guys,

I thought you were more mature than that Dusk, go figure..

sticks and stones buddy

i wasnt bashing you, and i wasnt necessarily refering to you. THrough most of it i was joking. Your not stupid because u didnt like the movie, relax.

[oDoUoSoKo]

i think a 6 year old watching this movie, is like a blind man watching a porno