Watchmen

Junkogen · Post by **Junkogen** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:41 am

I thought the movie was great. But I was also on a bit of mushrooms, so that biases my opinion somewhat. There were parts that were silly and overdone, but that didn't take away from the movie too much.

As far as the blue cock is concerned, who cares? It's a dick. I know all of you have seen and masturbated to copious porn flicks over the years. I did think the fuck scene between the "II"'s was pretty comical. Of course, it's fun to see Malin Akerman's breasteses.

But now I'm a bit worried because of the "shroom bias." Will I enjoy it as much completely sober?

I would say read or at least familiarize yourself with the comic before seeing the movie. Then the imagination does the rest.

...and take shrooms.

Crash · Post by **Crash** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:48 am

Wow. Really in-depth well-reasoned arguments here.

CBKA · Post by **CBKA** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:12 pm

Crash wrote:Wow. Really in-depth well-reasoned arguments here.

I know

quick lets derail it

:banana2:

CBKA · Post by **CBKA** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:14 pm

Junkogen wrote:I thought the movie was great. But I was also on a bit of mushrooms, so that biases my opinion somewhat. There were parts that were silly and overdone, but that didn't take away from the movie too much.

As far as the blue cock is concerned, who cares? It's a dick. I know all of you have scene and masturbated to copious porn flicks over the years. I did think the fuck scene between the "II"'s was pretty comical. Of course, it's fun to see Malin Akerman's breasteses.

But now I'm a bit worried because of the "shroom bias." Will I enjoy it as much completely sober?

I would say read or at least familiarize yourself with the comic before seeing the movie. Then the imagination does the rest.

...and take shrooms.

Did you see it in imax? i can just imagine you trying to punch dan dreisberg and getting thrown out

I actually think ill enjoy it more on a second viewing

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:19 pm

jedispyder wrote:If you look at Jack's statement, he was saying as a comic adaptation it was horrible. Now here we have the fans who are saying it wasn't. That's my point, that not all fans think this is horrible.

And I really didn't feel I had to read the comics to understand the movie, I felt everything was presented in the movie for you to enjoy it. As I've said, its been years since I read the comic and only remembered very few things, but I still felt I could follow the movie. I had no trouble at all, whatsoever. I do agree it would be interesting to see how non-comic fans enjoyed it. In the thread someone commented that their non-comic friends really enjoyed it.

Even as a movie it was chunky, and had no flow. The acting of Nightowl and Silk Specter was uneven, and not great by any means. Also, in the comic, I actually felt for, and was worried about the characters, in the movie I could not have given a crap what happened to them.

For a gritty movie, the fight scenes were ridiculous and nothing like what you'd expect to see in an actual fight. Like 300, and while it worked there, it did not work here. The blood and sounds of bones snapping, however, were awesome.

The ending also feel apart. I can't put my finger on it, but it just did not work for me, anyone I saw it with. Something about using and turning Doctor Manhattan into a scapegoat just didn't fit with the rest of the movie.

While Zack Snyder makes very very good visual movies, this one fell apart.

When Alan Moore says his comics aren't meant only to be told in comic format, and unable to be told properly in other mediums, I think we should believe him. Especially after the last 3 aboritions.

Junkogen · Post by **Junkogen** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:32 pm

Crash wrote:Wow. Really in-depth well-reasoned arguments here.

Then read the New York Times, jackass.

Crash · Post by **Crash** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:35 pm

Junkogen wrote:Then read the New York Times, jackass.

They don't have them, either. They thought Watchmen, despite being rated R, was supposed to be a kids movie.

Junkogen · Post by **Junkogen** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:43 pm

CBKA wrote:Did you see it in imax? i can just imagine you trying to punch dan dreisberg and getting thrown out

I actually think ill enjoy it more on a second viewing

IMAX is too expensive. I've spent enough on The Watchmen intellectual property as it is. I have the whole comic set from back in the day, which is hopefully still at my parents' house (I should ask them). And I also have the TPB, now, to refresh my memory of the comic version.

I guess I'll have to wait until it comes out on DVD to really appreciate your criticisms.

Junkogen · Post by **Junkogen** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:09 pm

Crash wrote:They don't have them, either. They thought Watchmen, despite being rated R, was supposed to be a kids movie.

I thought the reviewer said it was more of an overdone anachronism.

I don't know, man. I guess you can keep searching or watch the movie yourself, write your own review and stop relying on other people.

Sandman · Post by **Sandman** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 4:36 pm

I just got back from seeing it and I had mixed feelings about it. there were some cool parts but I left feeling somewhat empty. Like Cam said I did not care as much about the characters in the movie as I did in the book.

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:27 am

Saturday morning Watchmen

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:55 pm

First, I'll say that directors need to stop with the fucking slo-mo. It was cool the first time around in Matrix. Now it's just fucking boring. Also, the fights : they were not fighting, they were dancing.

I thought it was an ok film, with some scenes really close to the graphic novel. And I agree that it didn't feel a movie. It felt like a TV show whose episode had been stuck all together.

And the ending didn't have the impact it was supposed to have. The "I did it 35 minutes ago" fell completely flat.

Fasheem · Post by **Fasheem** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:01 am

Crash wrote:Wow. Really in-depth well-reasoned arguments here.

It's a mark of how blah the movie was that no one can get up any motivation to say much of anything about it.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:03 pm

And the fact it dropped 73% second weekend.

Stocky Boy · Post by **Stocky Boy** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:32 pm

I rather enjoyed the film.

I think it was a good adaptation. Not perfect, but pretty good. I quite enjoyed the way the history of capes was condensed into the credits at the start and the altered ending was understandable. No throwaway exposition for Bobastish (sp?), which felt odd. I don't think you should just have to accept there's a funny looking cat at the end of the film.
The film did feel choppy and I wonder if I would have felt the film was good, if I didn't know where the film was going previous to what I was watching.

I don't have a problem with the fighting. It's not the type of film that demands a serious interpretation on fighting, in spite of the realistic outcome of vigilantism as portrayed by Dollar Bills tragc but humourous death. Curiously I didn't have a problem with the slo-mo fighting either, which I found a bit annoying in 300.

Junkogen · Post by **Junkogen** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:21 pm

I liked the movie so much that I saw it again at the IMAX.

I don't know why you're all being such boners about the film. It was fun. The hard-ass coarse voice is getting a little cliched in the comic movies, though.

Did anyone else think of the "priceless" commercials when Dr. Manhattan was going through his origin story?

I kind of wish they would have kept the giant mutated psychic squid for the ending instead of using the Dr. M power duplication angle. But I do think people would've written the movie off even more if they kept the original. Psychics and mystics just aren't as accepted now as they were in the '80s.

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:07 am

Oh, and another thing that annoyed me is that the opening fight scene has been extended way too long. That was unnecessary.

Fasheem · Post by **Fasheem** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:14 am

Junkogen wrote: I don't know why you're all being such boners about the film.

I haven't seen it. Maybe I'll watch it tomorrow. (I won't.)

I've noticed that the main theme of Watchmen discussion threads is confusion. Like "not really sure what happened but I guess it was pretty cool in some parts", with a couple outliers who either LOVED it or HATED it.

JediMindTrick · Post by **JediMindTrick** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:31 am

i saw an elephant dick on an IMAX one time...impressive. most impressive.

The French Biscuit · Post by **The French Biscuit** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:14 pm

Fasheem wrote: I've noticed that the main theme of Watchmen discussion threads is confusion. Like "not really sure what happened but I guess it was pretty cool in some parts", with a couple outliers who either LOVED it or HATED it.

Yeah, I'm in the "not really sure what happened but I guess it was pretty cool in some parts" camp.

I liked the overall portrayal of the heroes and villains because they seemed like the types of heroes and villains that would actually emerge if fairly-regular joes just decided to be superheroes.

Favourite was definitely Rorschach. "I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me!"

Badass.

Quite unimpressed with the female characters though. But what else is new.

Basically, the movie made me want to pick up the graphic novel.