The Watchmen

[aboutasoandthis]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I just got back from a free advanced screening of The Watchman. I've never heard of this comic before. It was sortof an accident even seeing this movie (meeting old friend out of nowhere, walking down movie theatre street, just randomly walking in to find they had seats). I'm not sure what to think of the movie. There were a lot ot things I liked, and a lot of things I didn't like. The movie did get me interested in the overall story though. Is anybody a fan of the comic/going to see this movie?

[fruckert]

I'm going to go see this. Is at as good as the trailer makes it look?

And I've never read the comic either, so I've no idea what the stories about

[Red Giant]

I am indeed a fan of the comic, and I'm not too optimistic about this movie.

The comic is intelligent and subtle, the movie looks bold and lacking in substance. Of course, this may not be the case, but it's how I interpret the trailers.

One of my main complaints is the decision to make "Tales of the Black Freighter" a seperate movie altogether. For those who don't know, this is a story that runs parallel to the main plot in the comic. This is like tearing out every other chapter of a book and making it into a new book.
I would hazard a guess and say they probably removed the other side-stories too, and I don't even know if it's cinematically possible to include the between-chapter materials. I'm no purist, and I've nothing against cross-media adaptations. I just think that, in this case, it's going to be very difficult to achieve anything above mediocrity. Visually stimulating mediocrity.



Also, Silk Spectre is just... wrong.

[fruckert]

Well...it is directed by Zack Snyder, who did 300, so it's definitely going to be very in your face
I don't know how it's going to turn out, but I am going to watch it, because I like the trailers, so...yeah
Going to see it when it comes out

[Red Giant]

That is precisely what I am afraid of. 300 is not the pinnacle of intellectual stimulation, is it?

[arcaine91]

Depends. Will there be any auxilliary non-essential irrelevant sex scenes in the movie?

[fruckert]

That is precisely what I am afraid of. 300 is not the pinnacle of intellectual stimulation, is it?

No, it is not

[Strawberry]

From what Snyder says, apparently he has tried to put as much as he possibly could, and was forced to shorten it from 3 hours long.

Other than that i've been a fan of the comics for all of my life and I can't wait for this movie.

[drenrin2120]

Actually, I'll be going to see this... Drive-in Theatre style! It'll be the first movie I've seen in a long time, disregarding Friday 13th as it is not even a movie at all. I'm kind of excited, but I have never heard of the comic before a friend read it and told me he loved it.

Though I've never read it, it's kind of expected that a movie version of any form of literature will either obliterate the story or, at best, only compliment it in the sense that "Hey, this movie was pretty good, I should go get the book."

[Ben]

Im going to wait in line for hours to see this. I have three days booked off this week to be able to wait in line for the thursday midnight screens, and if i have no luck in line then, im going for the friday screenings.
I am a huge fan of the book.
It cant be a bigger let-down then spiderman 3 was.
If you havent read the book, you can buy a trade paperback of the series at any book store right now.

I am hoping to nerdgasm so hard I will geekjaculate on my dork-gland

[Archem]

I have little-to-no interest in this film, but that's attributable to the fact that I've not read the more printed version.

I show a rather mild interest in that form.

[White Dwarf]

I'm just gunna point you all to this post here: http://white667.deviantart.com/journal/23319394/

Rather than repeating myself.

[Red Giant]

The fans wish for more, they shout for something equivalent to the beauty of their obsession. But they always look down in laughter; leaking slow snippets of a mediocre representation of our love online they look down and whisper:
“No.”

LOL

[Drace]

disregarding Friday 13th as it is not even a movie at all

If I wasn't tired and wasted from moving to my new place the last few days, I would make a post regarding that statement. Though, like said before, I'm too tired to argue about it. I'm letting you slip, for now. *narrows eyes*

[drenrin2120]

If I wasn't tired and wasted from moving to my new place the last few days, I would make a post regarding that statement. Though, like said before, I'm too tired to argue about it. I'm letting you slip, for now. *narrows eyes*

I meant the remake. Maybe I should have elaborated on that.