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[abstractharmony]

I know this was posted 100 pages back, but I agree soooo much. Watchmen is one of the best superheroe movies around but it doesn't get appreciated enough because of its dark themes

Not so much the dark theme as the fact that it didn't get the point across that Manhattan is the only person with Superpowers.

Evreyone else was just a normal person. Normal people don't smash their heads through marble worktops and remain conscious or leap 15 feet into the air.

It was a shame because (aside from a few gripes) it was a solid attempt but fell short of the mark.

 

[intothevoid]

Not so much the dark theme as the fact that it didn't get the point across that Manhattan is the only person with Superpowers.

Evreyone else was just a normal person. Normal people don't smash their heads through marble worktops and remain conscious or leap 15 feet into the air.

It was a shame because (aside from a few gripes) it was a solid attempt but fell short of the mark.

I still haven't seen Watchmen as every time I try to I get bored by it

The graphic novel is one of the finest pieces of work i've ever read, i just dont think the movie captured the essence of it at all

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

I still haven't seen Watchmen as every time I try to I get bored by it

The graphic novel is one of the finest pieces of work i've ever read, i just dont think the movie captured the essence of it at all

 

[HottoyzJoker]

You couldnt be more wrong... IMO...

 

[CollectorNC]

Well you kind of have to watch the whole movie and the DC. I've never seen a movie where you can look and the comic panels and see scenes nearly shot in the same as the illustrations were and dialogue nearly identical. In the comic/graphic novel, there's the "Under the Hood" narrative sections that tell a lot of expository and background stuff which they didn't include all of. Also, they had to change the ending as the ending in the comic wouldn't have translated well to the screen.

 

[thenammagazine]

I still haven't seen Watchmen as every time I try to I get bored by it

The graphic novel is one of the finest pieces of work i've ever read, i just dont think the movie captured the essence of it at all

Try viewing it after you take your meds.

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

Well you kind of have to watch the whole movie and the DC. I've never seen a movie where you can look and the comic panels and see scenes nearly shot in the same as the illustrations were and dialogue nearly identical. In the comic/graphic novel, there's the "Under the Hood" narrative sections that tell a lot of expository and background stuff which they didn't include all of. Also, they had to change the ending as the ending in the comic wouldn't have translated well to the screen.

The whole thing didn't translate well to the big screen.

 

[intothevoid]

Try viewing it after you take your meds.

Just not interested.

I'll see it eventually, I have it on Blu Ray and i've literally tried to watch is 4-5 times, and found myself bored out of my mind

 

[thenammagazine]

Just not interested.

I'll see it eventually, I have it on Blu Ray and i've literally tried to watch is 4-5 times, and found myself bored out of my mind

Not enough explosions, eh?

 

[CollectorNC]

The whole thing didn't translate well to the big screen.

Matter of opinion. I've run into a lot of people that never read the comic and then got the comic after and were surprised how much it was identical. In the initial release, they cut out more of Rorshach's stuff but in the DC that put it back in. It's really Rorshach's story in the comic and I guess they wanted to balance it out more in the movie.

 

[intothevoid]

I can see why people would really enjoy it, and i'll have to watch it completely before definitively passing any judgement.

I'm glad it got made but also kind of sad it wasn't made as a TV miniseries - 12 episodes, high production values, etc

 

[YoNoSe]

Different strokes. I don't understand how anyone can watch Manhattan's origin scene and say the movie doesn't work. Beautiful film making. I find that 5 minutes more engaging than anything in TDK.

Opinions - they keep the internet angry!

 

[imthebestatwhatido]

i thought the movie adaptation of watchmen was excellent. especially if you watch the directors cut that came out on blu ray. the casting was incredible and the story was spot on. some things were left out but i don't feel that it took away from the experience. i mean c'mon the they even included dr. manhattans giant blue cash n' prizes

 

[thenammagazine]

Matter of opinion. I've run into a lot of people that never read the comic and then got the comic after and were surprised how much it was identical. In the initial release, they cut out more of Rorshach's stuff but in the DC that put it back in. It's really Rorshach's story in the comic and I guess they wanted to balance it out more in the movie.

Maybe he's the type that needs a movie this deep to come with thought balloons so someone else can read the "between the lines" to him?

 

[karamazov80]

The movie seemed to be an attempt to replicate the comic as much as they could (with a few significant changes toward the end of course), but the comic is able to explore themes in a different way, highlighting and emphasizing things in a way that are difficult to do in the medium of film. The comic really feels like a very different, and superior, beast to me, despite being largely the same story. I think the comic is darker and richer than the film, but I do also enjoy the movie quite a bit and think it is a bit under-appreciated.

 

[CollectorNC]

Since it is the Batman thread, I'll segue back to say while I liked TDK, it was far darker than the source material. It was like the movie Seven--a police procedural--with Batman. Watchmen for me was a first--it was an attempt to more or less directly translate (not reboot or reinterpret) existing source material to the screen.

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

Matter of opinion. I've run into a lot of people that never read the comic and then got the comic after and were surprised how much it was identical.

It plummets on the big screen exactly b/c of this reason, a total bore.

Newsweek said it best: "That's the trouble with loyalty. Too little, and you alienate your core fans. Too much, and you lose everyone – and everything – else."

 

[jye4ever]

i thought the movie adaptation of watchmen was excellent. especially if you watch the directors cut that came out on blu ray. the casting was incredible and the story was spot on. some things were left out but i don't feel that it took away from the experience. i mean c'mon the they even included dr. manhattans giant blue cash n' prizes

There should've been a giant green cash n' prizes scene in Green Lantern on Oa!

 

[CollectorNC]

It plummets on the big screen exactly b/c of this reason, a total bore.

Newsweek said it best: "That's the trouble with loyalty. Too little, and you alienate your core fans. Too much, and you lose everyone – and everything – else."

I agree it took a chance and for most fans, they were happy. DC is now trusting Snyder with one of its flagship properties so he must have impressed them with the overall quality of the film. Of course, parents taking their little kids to an R-rated movie thinking it was Superman friendly probably spread the word like wildfire. Ironically, some reviewers gave Watchmen a low score and gave Kickazz a good score and they are nearly the same picture. lol

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

I agree it took a chance and for most fans, they were happy. DC is now trusting Snyder with one of its flagship properties so he must have impressed them with the overall quality of the film.l

Impressed with 300