Martyn Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Watched the movie tonight. Thought it was brilliant to be honest, the movie just had everything in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darth_mark Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 They proved Terry Gilliam wrong on this one. I think Watchmen fans cannot ask for a better adaptation. Jackie Earl Haley is perfect as Rorschach, his voice seemed a too husky at first but i quickly got used to it. He really gave me the creeps. And his lines are my favorite ones from the movie: "Never compromise! Not even in the face of armageddon!"; "None of you understand! I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with ME!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad. Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Saw it last night, just not sure what to think of it - hated some performances but loved others. Great action scenes though :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 They proved Terry Gilliam wrong on this one. I think Watchmen fans cannot ask for a better adaptation. Jackie Earl Haley is perfect as Rorschach, his voice seemed a too husky at first but i quickly got used to it. He really gave me the creeps. And his lines are my favorite ones from the movie: "Never compromise! Not even in the face of armageddon!"; "None of you understand! I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with ME!" I think it's damn fine companion piece to the comic, but I will stop short of saying no one could top this. As far as I think, Terry Gilliam would have made it Terry Gilliam's Watchmen, just like how they're called Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and 2001: A Space Odyssey. I can't call the current manifestation of this film 'Zack Snyder's Watchmen', because it is still all Alan Moore's Watchmen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 About the best execution we could have hoped for considering the source material was long thought unfilmable. That said I do think it lost something at an emotional level in the translation. Without the pirate thread it seemed he had to ratchet up the gore/sex factor a bit but was at least glad he didn't shy away from doing it well like most of the grass****ers in Hollywood. Right up there with Unbreakable for me. I think what most of the disappointeds here failed to realize (or apparently pay attention to during the trailers) is that this is held as the Citizen Kane of comic books. Did you truly think it would be some bubblegum, rock'em sockem action fest? Really? If you didn't understand that this was always going to be an arthouse flick then I would hope you could at least have some integrity and take some personal responsiblity for being an uncultured baboon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darth_mark Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 it is still all Alan Moore's Watchmen. that's fine by me. considering the way hollywood has butchered other comic book adaptations, with everybody and their uncle trying to leave their mark, i'd rather have an adaptation that is too faithful to the original work rather than the other way around. and with the different (better?) ending, i wouldn't call it too faithful either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted March 10, 2009 MVC Share Posted March 10, 2009 I haven't heard much about this so far (haven't read any reviews), but how was RDJ's performance? He has been making a comeback lately and just wanted to know how he was in this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samn9 Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Did you truly think it would be some bubblegum, rock'em sockem action fest? Really? If you didn't understand that this was always going to be an arthouse flick then I would hope you could at least have some integrity and take some personal responsiblity for being an uncultured baboon. I adored the comic book and I did not like the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo11883 Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I haven't heard much about this so far (haven't read any reviews), but how was RDJ's performance? He has been making a comeback lately and just wanted to know how he was in this one. Robert Downey Jr? You must be confused. Jeffrey Dean Morgan plays Edward Blake/The Comedian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darth_mark Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 hope you could at least have some integrity and take some personal responsiblity for being an uncultured baboon. but doesn't being an uncultured baboon preclude having integrity and taking personal responsibility? ;) re: the violence and gore; while i appreciate it, i would've preferred something not so cartoony, more 'bourne' less 'matrix' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S00N3R FR3AK Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I hated this film. It was terrible.It was WAY to long for the amount of action we actually get. "Deadly dull, dreary,and overly digressive, and even moreso for those unenthusiastic about comic book renderings." --Boo Allen Couldn't agree more with that statement. 1 out of 5 stars :x The graphic novel itself was not heavy on action and I thought the amount we got with the story was more then enough. Couple of my friends have seen it and they say it's nearly as bad as The Spirit. IMO not even close. The Spirit bombed and Watchmen is doing pretty well and picking far more good reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boz Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 That is pretty cool, I am going to re-read the novel just before the Blu-Ray release of the film, get me back in the mood (Y) The animated movie here is better then the novel but after I broke open the Blu-ray box and watched it for a while, I have to say that it's great to have it but don't get the Blu-ray version. The drawings are really pretty rough and you won't see any difference. Only if the DVD version is cheaper though. This isn't like one of those 3d animated things or whatever. So the benefit is nonexistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted March 11, 2009 MVC Share Posted March 11, 2009 Robert Downey Jr? You must be confused. Jeffrey Dean Morgan plays Edward Blake/The Comedian. Wow, that's embarrassing. This whole time I never really looked at a close up image, but always just assumed it was RDJ because that's who it looked like. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerzdawg Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Wow, that's embarrassing. This whole time I never really looked at a close up image, but always just assumed it was RDJ because that's who it looked like. :p lol.. .. I remember in the trailer there was a scene where the comedian is using a flamethrower with a cigar in his mouth... looks alot like RDJ so I dont think you were totally off the mark on it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted March 11, 2009 MVC Share Posted March 11, 2009 lol.. .. I remember in the trailer there was a scene where the comedian is using a flamethrower with a cigar in his mouth... looks alot like RDJ so I dont think you were totally off the mark on it... Exactly the scene that I remember thinking that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas-c Veteran Posted March 14, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 14, 2009 Went to see it thursday night with ma mates and i loved it, it didn't feel 2 1/2 - 2 hrs long at all, i was really pulled in. I think the main reason for the hate is because its different, we haven't had a comic book film yet with proper sex scenes, blood guts and brains flying everywhere, physco killers etc. As for me, those bits made it stand out alot more than anything else, Best film of year so far. 9/10 (only part that was weird was glowing blue penis everywhere >< and sex scenes made my immature mate giggle like a school girl :p ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Rambo Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 I will watch the longer cut version. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike232 Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 I thought it was great, i was a fan of the graphic novel too. Rorschach was just perfect I also really liked the music, at first it dosent seem to fit but it does work really well. My only issues with the film was with the Rorschach back story, firstly they missed the whole story about his mask (people who haven't read the book must be wondering what it is) this also explained why he got in to the masked vigilante thing in the first place. Then they altered the back story of how he dealt with the guy who kidnapped the little girl and fed her to the dogs. The original where he hand cuffed the guy and gave him a hacksaw before torching the building and watching it burn was far more effective than the dumbed down cleaver in the head blood splatter scene. I wonder if they changed this incase people thought they were copying saw or mad max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Were people honestly expecting more action? Talk about being uninformed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 I thought the music selection for the first hour or so were great - Times Are A-Changin, The Sound of Silence, 99 Luftballons, and that awesome Philip Glass piece used in the Dr. Manhattan sequence, but after that it was a missed opportunity. MCR was bad, All Along the Watchtower was inappropriate, and Hallelujah was just horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 I thought the music selection for the first hour or so were great - Times Are A-Changin, The Sound of Silence, 99 Luftballons, and that awesome Philip Glass piece used in the Dr. Manhattan sequence, but after that it was a missed opportunity. MCR was bad, All Along the Watchtower was inappropriate, and Hallelujah was just horrible. I was disappointed by the lack of Smashing Pumpkins after hearing "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning" during the trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrKuro Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 I was disappointed by the lack of Smashing Pumpkins after hearing "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning" during the trailer. lol, i agree, that song fit the mood of the trailer and scenes so well (it was in my head the whole time) but honestly the soundtrack they did use in the film was good too, and I did enjoy the way they used the songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorwing Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 The trailer music rocked.. too bad it wasn't in the credits.. Comeon! It's Take a Bow by Muse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted March 15, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 15, 2009 The music used in the theatrical trailer was good: "Prophecies" ? Philip Glass "Pruit Igoe" ? Philip Glass "Take a Bow" ? Muse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darth_mark Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 I thought the music selection for the first hour or so were great - Times Are A-Changin, The Sound of Silence, 99 Luftballons, and that awesome Philip Glass piece used in the Dr. Manhattan sequence, but after that it was a missed opportunity. MCR was bad, All Along the Watchtower was inappropriate, and Hallelujah was just horrible. iirc, Alan Moore used lines from several songs in the GN, including All Along The Watchtower. But, yeah, Hallelujah was high-larious... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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