Man of Steel (SPOILERS)

[TheObsoleteMan]

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I do not understand how the guy who did a kick ass version of Watchmen still gets no respect?

You can paint a copy of the Mona Lisa, but that don't make you DaVinci.

 

[IrishJedi]

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You can paint a copy of the Mona Lisa, but that don't make you DaVinci.

That's a pretty lazy analogy, IMHO. It definitely was NOT easy to adapt WATCHMEN as a film. And while, yes, it's faithful to the source material (which should be a good thing) Zack did actually bring something to it other than just that reverence. The opening credit sequence, for example. Something that even many who didn't like the movie still dig... that was all him.

 

[brucecamblzchin]

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And that was a draft that was approved by Nolan. So he's not infallible, either.

Every Nolan-fan on this board just shat themselves

 

[AMAZEN]

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I have a feeling this will be a killer movie, i don't believe it'll shatter box office records but it has to be a successor just like BB

 

[Devil_666]

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The opening credit sequence, for example. Something that even many who didn't like the movie still dig... that was all him.

Loved the movie and also enjoyed that opening scene, actually more than most WHOLE movies.

And that deleted scene with the original Nite Owl knocking out fools while he has flashbacks of KO'ing old villains while the music from Raging Bull plays is f'ing genius. That's the only scene I miss from the theatrical cut (but I understand its omission since other cut scenes depend on it).

 

[CelticPredator]

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That was a brilliant opening title sequence.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

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Kind of off topic but why do so many people hate that movie? I haven't seen it yet but would like to.



...Watchmen

 

[Josh-A-Tron]

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Kind of off topic but why do so many people hate that movie? I haven't seen it yet but would like to.



...Watchmen

I actually enjoyed it. But there were some changes, personally I think if they had stuck with the original scenes it wouldn't have translated to film, but nothing so crazy that it killed the story. There were also some moments that I felt in the comics were bigger than what they seemed in the film.

But over all, good movie.

 

[DiFabio]

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I got chills from the Watchmen Bob Dylan intro. It was really well done.

Watchmen came out at the wrong time I think. I was really surprised at how it was received. For me it was a fantastic adaptation of the graphic novel. It's a pity that it's so underrated.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

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I shall now watch it.

 

[Niltusk]

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Kind of off topic but why do so many people hate that movie? I haven't seen it yet but would like to.



...Watchmen

I don't know other peoples reasoning, but I never read the comic before watching the movie. I was really enjoying Rorschach in the movie and... well, go watch it and you'll figure it out. Lets just say I didn't get the ending I wanted.

 

[CelticPredator]

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Good ^. That's how the book was.

 

[Frank]

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The Watchmen was visually stunning, had some great design. Hopelessly limited in trying to capture the original tone though; you can't be too flashy and gritty at the same time. Decent try all the same.

 

[intothevoid]

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Every Nolan-fan on this board just shat themselves

Nah he's definitely not infallible. There's a reason I don't think any of the TDK trilogy gets a perfect 10



But yeah, if MoS proves a home run, Nolan will inevitably get lauded - I suppose Mr. Snyder has to show a little more consistency before he can get full credit even if it is 95% his work.

 

[thenammagazine]

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I got chills from the Watchmen Bob Dylan intro. It was really well done.

Watchmen came out at the wrong time I think. I was really surprised at how it was received. For me it was a fantastic adaptation of the graphic novel. It's a pity that it's so underrated.

I think the reason Watchmen is disliked so much is twofold. ____ comic fans couldn't deal with minor changes (like the squid at the end which works in the comic but in the movie would've been a WTF moment). The other is that WB marketed it as a superhero movie, which it's clearly not. So people went in expecting to see a superhero team action movie, like a generic Avengers or Justice League, and wound up getting a crime drama with tights and a naked blue dude.

 

[brucecamblzchin]

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Blue shlongs FTW.

 

[thenammagazine]

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Blue shlongs FTW.

Especially in IMAX.

 

[brucecamblzchin]

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Oh man I agree with ur second point though, it was hyped as a superhero movie and it really isn't your conventional superhero fare, that was unwise.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

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...what the ____ did I just watch

 

[brucecamblzchin]

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Blue shlong man saves the world?