Watchmen film....and Zack Snyder....

[Joel_Kirk]

Yes, late post.

I just saw this film recently for the second time....and even though it's violent and has an ambiguous story....I kinda liked it.

Yes, it may be the character Silk Spectre II who looks good in tight latex, and keeps her boots when when she....well....

Oooo, and the character Silhouette was pretty sexy too....

That opening grabbed me: The music, the backstory....

I did read the book several times before the movie even hit theaters. It was okay; I think the film adds more to the visual aspect. (Once I get the time, I'm going to check out the sidestory that was left out of the theatrical version)....

What did you think of the film?

Did you like any of Zack Snyder's other films? (I didn't care much for 300, but Dawn of the Dead was okay).

 

[DontFeedPhil]

Waayy over-rated and over hyped. I fell asleep 3/4 of the way thru it...

 

[Shurik]

For me it was one of the best films of 2009. Or of the last decade, for that matter ...

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

The movie played like a sequel to a movie we've never seen.

 

[Kibbin]

Not quite as good as the book, but then what is? Lol
I liked it

 

[Shazam!]

It's a competent movie that spectacularly misses the point of the graphic novel.

 

[Kelso]

I really enjoyed that movie.

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

Zack Snyder is one director whose future work I will give a look, his films aren't masterpieces, but have thus far been entertaining.

The movie played like a sequel to a movie we've never seen.

Maybe, but I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

One of the most tedious aspects of super-hero movies are the origins stories. Sometimes, it's best to just condense that part as much as possible (Burton's Batman and The Incredible Hulk had the right idea.)

 

[CmdrAJD]

I've loved the graphic novel for years, and I thought the movie was great. I also saw it with two people who had never read the comic, and they both liked it quite a bit. Obviously, it's an adaptation. Another director and screenwriter would come at it differently, and no version is ever going to be the graphic novel. That said, I really enjoyed Zach Snyder's version. I recently got the ulitmate edition of the DVD (or whatever they're calling it), but I haven't had a chance to watch it yet. I'm curious to see how the movie plays with all of the other material edited back in.

 

[T'Baio]

It's a competent movie that spectacularly misses the point of the graphic novel.

How so?

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I loved it - it captures the novel pretty well, despite some necessary plot adjustments.

Of course it didn't satisfy the uberfanboi contingent, but who cares?

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Zack Snyder is one director whose future work I will give a look, his films aren't masterpieces, but have thus far been entertaining.

The movie played like a sequel to a movie we've never seen.

Maybe, but I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

One of the most tedious aspects of super-hero movies are the origins stories. Sometimes, it's best to just condense that part as much as possible (Burton's Batman and The Incredible Hulk had the right idea.)

Yeah I understand your point, but in those stories, the important "past" elements could be easily grasped with a few shots. In Watchmen, it feel like all of the actual plot elements originated in scenes I never saw, and all the resolutions near the end were for threads that I never saw woven. And it's one thing to have flashbacks for characters, but if each of those flashbacks last twenty minutes while simultaneously halting the story at had, maybe the "writers" should have rebroke the script.

 

[TheBrew]

I loved it - it captures the novel pretty well, despite some necessary plot adjustments.

Of course it didn't satisfy the uberfanboi contingent, but who cares?

I feel the same way.

 

[byron lomax]

I really, really enjoyed it. I can see where the frequent criticisms are coming from (especially in regard to the flashy violence) but overall my opinion comes out positive. I do think some plot points were rushed, which is inevitable given the amount of material to cover.

And I love some of the touches Snyder inserted into the film, like Rorschach asking the smug psychiatrist "WHAT DO YOU SEE?" when he puts his mask back on. I actually wish Snyder added some more of his own touches to the film, rather than follwing the source material too slavishly.

 

[T'Baio]

I loved it - it captures the novel pretty well, despite some necessary plot adjustments.

Of course it didn't satisfy the uberfanboi contingent, but who cares?

Really? I thought it generally satisfied fans of the book, but it was the people who had never read it who were a little lost.

My friends and I who had read it and loved it thought the movie was fantastic.

 

[Shazam!]

It's a competent movie that spectacularly misses the point of the graphic novel.

How so?

The comic exploited the story telling potential of the comic book medium and was essentially a critique on the [then] current superhero climate.

The movie didn't even try to differentiate itself from existing superhero/action films and actually adopted many of the clichéd concepts of modern day filmmaking in a non-ironic way, thus missing the point.

 

[Agenda]

Fan of the book, here. But not a slavish fan. I didn't like the movie. I didn't care that they made changes, I just thought that the changes they made were for the worse. And I think they tried putting too much of the book in. They tried to cram so much of it into the movie, they were only able to skim the surface. If it was me, I would have taken away the whole Minuteman subplot and just concentrated on the main characters. It may sound crazy, I know, but I think the book needed radical changes to actually work to the fullest extent on the big screen. And it also needed more subtle screenwriting, acting, and directing.

 

[The Wormhole]

I enjoyed it as a movie that entertained me. Not a lot of movies entertain me these days, but Watchmen did.

 

[milo bloom]

The movie played like a sequel to a movie we've never seen.

I'm in my first reading of the book (just got to the second "in-book" book excerpt), and even within the first few pages this /\ is how I felt about the book.

Pretty sure I'll be adding the movie to my Netflix queue.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I loved it - it captures the novel pretty well, despite some necessary plot adjustments.

Of course it didn't satisfy the uberfanboi contingent, but who cares?

Really? I thought it generally satisfied fans of the book, but it was the people who had never read it who were a little lost.

I don't know what folks who hadn't read the book thought of it, actually. I know that it satisfied a lot of fans of the original - but then there were the whackos who went apeshit about the missing Giant Squid and the toning down of the ripped-off-from-TV aspects of Adrian's master plan and those are the folks I'm referring to.