The Watchmen

Just got back from seeing it. I haven't read the comic, so I'm not sure how accurate the movie is, pretty accurate from what my friends, who have read the comic, told me after seeing it. I thought it was fantastic. I was never bored or disappointed throughout the entire almost 3 hours I was in the theater. The visuals, the dialogue, and the story were all so breathtaking. The very few flaws i noticed aren't even worth mentioning.

Overall I enjoyed it very much, and definitely plan on seeing it again.
 
Saw it. I thought it was kind of great and kind of terrible and ultimately didn't really work. The problem for me was that there was no through line, nothing to pull me through the story. It played like it was all subplot and no main plot. There was no single character I could really identify with or get involved with emotionally. Rorshach was fun but too psychotic. Nite Owl was engagingly played by Patrick Wilson but a little too bland as a character. Dr. Manhattan was fascinating, but by design very cold and distant. There are some great things in it to be sure, but it's all in pieces. And on a basic entertainment level, I think a superhero/action movie should deliver at least a couple good action set pieces, and this film barely had one (The Specter, Night Owl fight in the prison). I know they were being faithful to the source, but it's like paying for a night with a hooker and then all she does is talk to you. Also, in the end, I think the expiration date for this story has passed. I don't think it is nearly as potent as it must have felt in the time it was released, the mid 80's. I think Alan Moore was right to proclaim his graphic novel unfilmable. It's a story that works best in snapshots. Like a comic book.
 
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I liked it. The opening credit sequence was great. Some of the musical choices were odd, or seemed out of place, but that Dylan song worked insanely well. Anyone notice Alan Moore went uncredited?
 
Moore might have been right about it being unfilmable. It was like they tried to put 15lbs into a 10lb bag. Music selection was odd to me as well. But I still did like it!
 
Lol. What a joke. 90 minutes to set up the characters! Talk about taking your time. Here's an idea. Call it simple but it's only been used since the dawn of storytelling. When you're setting up your characters, try moving the story forward. You know, instead of flashing back for an hour and a half? I don't care if that's what they did in the comic. This is a movie. Different medium. Jeez. I want my 160 minutes back.
 
I just got back from seeing it... never have read the graphic novel.. i enjoyed the film.. some of the vFx on mars were hokey.. i didnt much care for it.. I think they could have done a better job @ making "blue smurf" more lifelike or not.

overall i give it a 7/10..

No one walked out of the theater and no one laughed nervously when they showed full frontal of "blue man group ex member" ha
 
I think you're being too charitable. I'd give it at most 6 out of 10. The bottom line for me is that about mid-way through I didn't really give a crap what was going to happen next. A movie has failed pretty profoundly for me when that has happened.
 
I liked it, thought it was good. I know nothing about the graphic novel so maybe my opinion might of been different if I did. Overall all I thought it was very enjoyable and I like the twist at the end, I heard the ending in the book was different. My favorite character by far was the smartest man in the world, he was pretty cool.

Not nitpicking, but the only one who was a superhero was Dr. Manhattan, so why in the hell was the rest of them seem like invincible when they were fighting? They must of went to a great super hero fighting training school, I mean, no one could land a punch on those guys...lol

But its a must see, I really enjoyed some of the song selections, especially that gospel song when Spectre is having sex on that flying object, it felt weird at first, but it worked. Zack Snyder is a really gifted filmmaker, bravo.
 
I'm going to see it in an hour. I've waited 16 years for this movie to come out (I first read it when I was 12 or so), and I can't wait. Although, from what I've heard from a few people, it has quite a bit of sex/nudity in it (not including Dr. M). The book didn't have very much, so hopefully they didn't pull a Matrix 2 on this one.
 
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No.

He's just giving it a 7 out of 10 based on HIS viewing experience, which is different than yours.

Neither are charitable or biased, they just differ. :beer:

MAH
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I said that based on his review, which wasn't very positive. A 7 to me is pretty good, but there is some subjectivity there.
 
hahahah u guys are funny... i enjoyed the film.. sure there was **** in it that was "ho hum" no prollem... it was a well made film. I'm glad they stayed true-ish to the book(from what i hear). Will i read the graphic novel now? Probably not.....
i think the casting for that Roscharc guy was great!
 
Saw this on Thursday. Interesting film! I loved the opening montage, I liked hearing the songs in it...I liked bits and pieces but overall I didn't really connect with anything. I don't regret seeing it, but I probably wont see it again. It sounds like it was faithful to the original material though, so it's not so much the film I didn't like, just the overall concept I wasn't a big fan of.
 
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