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Just saw it, and was fairly entertained.
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This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
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They probably could have done a lot more if they hadn't shot 2/3rds of the movie with high speed cameras.
In any case, I was really satisfied with Jon's plot save for the ending. I was speaking idiomatically. |
It's a great movie. Fans of the comics should forget about the comics and approach this adaptation as a movie. It's quite pointless comparing the two since they're different mediums. And the lack of the giant squid at the ending was fine, they were able to relay the same symbolism of the giant squid with what they did in the movie.
Also, Silk Specter <3. Hottest costume, or HOTTEST costume? What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
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Overall, I enjoyed the experience. At least, as much as I can enjoy such a story.
I think my disappointment with Rorschach was that the mask wasn't explained. It was essentially a passing remark in the novel and could definitely have been one here. I imagine some viewers may have "How does his mask do that?" stuck in their heads whenever he appears on-screen. FELIPE NO |
So here's my question, I recently bought the book a few days ago and seeing the negative responses from the readers who saw the movie, I ask whether if I should just watch the movie first or enjoy the book first? What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
I think that either way, the movie will eventually be disappointing. I don't think anyone (besides Sprout) is saying that this is a bad movie. It isn't a bad movie. It's just not as good as it could have been. Being just short of excellent is usually more disappointing than being awful. If something is awful, you can dismiss it outright, easy peasy. That's not what this is. A lot of it is great, but there are moments that make you think "they just utterly fucked that bit up". It's not as good as it could easily have been considering the amount of effort put into it, and that's the ultimate letdown.
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As far as an adaptation of Watchmen could go, this is the best I imagine we could have hoped for. I liked it well enough, but it just seemed like it lost something in the transition.
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Watchmen was an abortion on screen. Almost fucking unwatchable. It looked like every other movie in the genre and was boring as fuck. I think you have to be brain dead to glean anything beyond "Yeah, rorschach was pretty bad ass a few times" from it. Rubbish, and not even especially pretty rubbish. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. John Mayer just asked me, personally, through an assistant, to sing backup on his new CD. |
I am deeply amused by the beard brigade's insistence that the movie's very existence offends them! combined with their apparent decision to collectively go and see it ASAP (so they can explain how bad it is).
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
Wow. Agreeing with someone when they're right. What a novel thing. Get over yourself, Pang. A lot of us who didn't like it went to see it hoping it wouldn't suck (except LeHah, I'm guessing) and were disappointed to find that it did. If you like shitty films, good on you. Enjoy yourself. But don't get your panties twisted when someone points out a bad film is bad. I was speaking idiomatically. John Mayer just asked me, personally, through an assistant, to sing backup on his new CD. |
I actually expected to like it more than I turned out to. Like I said, it just seemed like it was missing something. A soul, maybe. Not something I'd pay to see again.
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I'm just schadenfreuding over the all the omg soul raep some people are exhibiting. I mean, I haven't even seen it but I am fairly sure the movie does not leap out of the screen and brutally rape you which would make the hysterics semi-appropriate V Zip doesn't like it : must be good FELIPE NO |
Didnt like it at all, much like 300 it was full of fluff with no real stuffing. 300 the comic was the same so that movie worked, but Watchmen is complex with different pararell things going on.. and not seeing some of it just broke it.
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I can understand not liking it, believing it was bad, and thinking that it did not live up to the book. Reasonable opinions. But, "You're retarded because you saw anything besides "Rorschach is cool' " is just stupid. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
I have mixed feelings. I feel that a lot of the graphic novel was lost through the continuous nature of film. I liked the feeling of being in a different chapter that explores a different theme, and I don't think that comes through very much in the film. I also didn't think the stylized action was very appropriate. It kind of worked in the opening since the "mask killer" is supposed to be just a bit better than just a normal guy, but other scenes (like the alley scene or the prison fight) left kind of a bad taste, what with Nite Owl and Spectre smirking at each other every few seconds. Also, I don't see how someone who didn't read the comic could understand anything at all - Bubastis is sort of just thrown in, Dr. Manhattan is for some reason making huge structures out of Mars dirt - I just feel like the comic drags you into its world more easily because of how gradual everything is explained. Also the movie was so long. Also I guess I don't have mixed feelings about it, I just didn't like it very much.
edit: Also, Nixon's nose. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
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I never read the book. Enough of a story was left for me to follow, and very deeply enjoy, within those two hours. I got to drink in a taste of an entire, entertaining alternate timeline. And it was much better than anything else I could have gone to see right now. Mission accomplished I'd say. Better to approximate and tribute something amazing, then to give me a fat cop crashing his Segway 17 times or the third "I'm a virgin!" movie of the month.
If the book is THAT MUCH MORE awesomesauce, I guess I'll read it. (I found 300 book and 300 movie dully 1-D). This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Also: lol blue schlong. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
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I found it enjoyable enough for a comic book movie. It's not life-changing but it's good enough that I don't regret spending the $10 for admission, which is sadly becoming a much less frequent occurrence lately. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
"Enjoyable enough for a comic book movie" - you see what's wrong here?
"Most celebrated graphic novel of all times" - "Enjoyable enough for a comic book movie" See it yet? Where do I sign the "Alan Moore's rabid raging fanboi Fatwa on Zack Snyder"? FELIPE NO |
That's a bit harsh, considering that the above quote is coming from a blatant fanboy of the graphic novel. Makes you sound like those rabid FF7 fans that would verbally rip apart anyone that found Advent Children 'Enjoyable enough for a video game movie'. But then again, I could have misread the above. But still, it sounds fucking retarded. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
In fact, one might argue that for an "unfilmable" graphic novel a film that's enjoyable at all is a massive achievement. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
The problem with the movie is that they tried to make too many plot elements more plausible when the lynchpin holding the story together is how utterly implausible the entire thing is. I mean, the biggest example of how this came through is how Rorschach comes off as such a cool badass. Rorschach was actually a paranoid serial killer with the moral reasoning of a child. Additional Spam:
There's nowhere I can't reach.
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