WATCHMEN Movie Discussion (SPOILERS allowed)!

[barbelith]

One thing that took me out of the film - the 80s pop music. 99 Luft Balloons? I love that song, but it's a relic of a happy, poppy 80s - which this certainly isn't.

Actually if you're going to use contemporary music, it's hard to do a better job than that since the song is a Cold War treatise about nuclear holocaust triggered by some misidentified balloons.

The sex scene was definitely supposed to be funny, but it was also supposed to be hot.

I'll eat my hat if any moment of that scene before the flamethrower is intended to be funny.

 

[CelticPredator]

I kinda just want to watch that.....being an aspireing filmmaker and all.

 

[barbelith]

Is it better then Platoon? Or Full Metal Jacket? Love both of those...so i'm curious.

It's considered the definitive Vietnam movie and a groundbreaking piece of contemporary cinema. I'm guessing you're around 16 or so. There might be a bit of distance there; it's basically a retelling of Conrad's Heart of Darkness transposed to Vietnam, and unlike the other two films it was made while memories were still fresh, so it's a very different experience.

 

[Bannister]

I kinda just want to watch that.....being an aspireing filmmaker and all.

You need to see both. I bet Barbelith agrees.

 

[barbelith]

I kinda just want to watch that.....being an aspireing filmmaker and all.

And you think Zack Snyder is a good director?!?!?!

 

[Bannister]

It's considered the definitive Vietnam movie and a groundbreaking piece of contemporary cinema. I'm guessing you're around 16 or so. There might be a bit of distance there; it's basically a retelling of Conrad's Heart of Darkness transposed to Vietnam, and unlike the other two films it was made while memories were still fresh, so it's a very different experience.

There's my answer.

 

[Bannister]

And you think Zack Snyder is a good director?!?!?!

That Coppola hack has nothing on Snyder.

 

[barbelith]

You need to see both. I bet Barbelith agrees.

Hearts of Darkness is required viewing. Actually I'm a bit shocked anyone can consider themselves a fan of cinema and/or the business of film and not have already seen both several times over. The times, they are a'changing indeed.

 

[CelticPredator]

And you think Zack Snyder is a good director?!?!?!

Uh....yes. And you can suck it. Snyder creates wonderful shots. He's a fantstic visual director who includes a lot of detail in his shots. He will improve.

It's considered the definitive Vietnam movie and a groundbreaking piece of contemporary cinema. I'm guessing you're around 16 or so. There might be a bit of distance there; it's basically a retelling of Conrad's Heart of Darkness transposed to Vietnam, and unlike the other two films it was made while memories were still fresh, so it's a very different experience.

And 17. Not 16.

 

[CelticPredator]

Hearts of Darkness is required viewing. Actually I'm a bit shocked anyone can consider themselves a fan of cinema and/or the business of film and not have already seen both several times over. The times, they are a'changing indeed.

Meh. I hate this kind of mentality. I really do.

 

[Bannister]

Hearts of Darkness is required viewing. Actually I'm a bit shocked anyone can consider themselves a fan of cinema and/or the business of film and not have already seen both several times over. The times, they are a'changing indeed.

I love every second of Marlon Brando in Hearts of Darkness. He shows up out of shape, gets to decide how much dialog he will do for the day, and thinks he swallowed a bug.

 

[Bannister]

Meh. I hate this kind of mentality. I really do.

CelticP, why do you hate great cinema?

 

[CelticPredator]

Because America sucks, and I hate it all.

 

[Bannister]

Because America sucks, and I hate it all.

Kids today.

 

[CelticPredator]

No respect.

 

[Bannister]

No respect.

 

[CelticPredator]

RIP.

 

[barbelith]

Snyder creates wonderful shots. He's a fantstic visual director who includes a lot of detail in his shots.

Then he should be a cinematographer rather than a director.

Meh. I hate this kind of mentality. I really do.

You're young. Of course you hate it.

 

[Bannister]

You're young. Of course you hate it.

Damn teenagers with their rock music.

 

[barbelith]

Damn teenagers with their rock music.

I'd love some teenagers with rock music. Zack Snyder is the Jonas Bros.