Thread: Watchmen

I've seen a lot of reviews that rate it a mediocre movie.

Originally Posted by Blade Wielder

I've seen a lot of reviews that rate it a mediocre movie.

With respect, those reviews are manure. Talk about a cinematic adventure! Make sure you pack a picnic for it, because it's extremely long. They changed a little bit of it to make it more movie friendly, but it's overall intact as far as I can tell. My only gripe is the odd soundtrack choices, but extra scenes with SS2 made that all better

If you haven't seen this movie, go right away! Don't take the kids though- definitely a rated R movie.

Originally Posted by Quick Orange

... My only gripe is the odd soundtrack choices, ...

I think these are directly from the graphic novel. Each issue ends with a famous pop quote. I understand they play the entire track of each song.

Originally Posted by Quick Orange

... extra scenes with SS2 ...

I'm no fan of adding to this piece unnecessarily. We're changing format to cinema so some changes must be anticipated. Anything that includes more of Akerman and SS2 as a character could be a great choice.

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great graphic novel, great movie. shows that any and everyone is capable of the worst to achieve the best.

alright, so i wasn't a fan of 300, or beowulf, or shoot em up, but i really liked sincity. i am somebody who can appreciate cool special effects and crazy graphics, but i need a story line and good actingto keep me watching. i don't want to watch a video game trailer, i want a movie.

so is this worth going to the movies to see this one in my case? i will no doubt watch it eventually, but if it is a good one then i like to see it in the theatre (and there haven't been many good ones lately). and i realize this question is basically impossible to truly answer, but i obviously won't be mad at someone who recommends it if i don't like it. its just that i have never been into comics, so i have no clue about the story line. but the trailer i saw in the theatre that last time i went made it look pretty good.

3 hours though eh? i better go to a nice theatre, with comfy seats.

Originally Posted by xman

I think these are directly from the graphic novel. Each issue ends with a famous pop quote. I understand they play the entire track of each song.


I'm no fan of adding to this piece unnecessarily. We're changing format to cinema so some changes must be anticipated. Anything that includes more of Akerman and SS2 as a character could be a great choice.

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I don't even know if they were extra scenes, there were just a lot (which is fine).

Chee, I don't think you'll be disappointed. The storyline is surprisingly good, probably because it's not out of the typical comic. It's a grown up story with real plot. The great part is, you don't need to know the back story to enjoy it.

I really enjoyed it. Saw it last night with the SWMBO. I had just recently finished reading the graphic novel, so it all made sense to me, and I knew a lot of what was going on that they could only hint at in the movie. She, not being a fan of extra violence and sex in movies, had a less than awesome time, and felt it got a little slow after 2 hours.
I liked it though, and I think they did a decent job of keeping it fairly true.

I'm going tomorrow morning.

I hit the movie at the midnight showing, and this is coming from someone who watches upwards of 300 movies a year (342 last year to be exact). I thought it was brilliantly done and it needed all of its 3 hours in order to be as true as it was. The graphics were great and the scenes tasteful. I have seen plenty of horrible comic book movies ove the past few year sbut Watchmen is a must see. loved it.

ps. movie reviewers are crap with a holier than thou attitude. they refuse to rate a movie by entertainment value, for the audience it is staged to attract.for exapmple in the comic genra metacritic has the movie 300 at a 51, but the majority of people who saw it (form the propper audience) thought it was a great movie.

the main problem I had is that in the books they made you care about the characters and the people that lived in the US so that when you saw the dead bodies {which you don't in the movie) it hurt. They where so busy trying to advance the story line that they forgot to make us care about anyone in the move. So for me it was true to the story but still failed as a movie. just my 2 cents.