The Watchmen

Zack Snyder is a beast! I can't wait for this flick. Just from the BTS stuff I've seen...he's going for a frame4frame reproduction.
 
I don't care much for the Theater scene these days, but I'll make an exception in this case. I'm just trying to convince my friend that we should leave the women at home with the kids and go.
 
This seems like a cool flick, I hope it can hang with the comic book movies of 08 (Dark Knight and Ironman). Can't wait til Thursday at midnight!
 
filthrich said:
I have never even been in an IMAX theater.
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Dood, you've missed out! Watchmen will only be uprezzed to IMAX resolution, so it's not quite the same as seeing stuff natively shot in IMAX, like the action sequences in Dark Knight. But it's worth it for the sound quality alone. Just don't sit too close. About 1 third down from the back is best if it's a true IMAX theatre. Lately, they've just been outfitting regular sized screens with IMAX projectors so the sense of scale isn't quite the same.
 
IMAX is cool, but it costs double the price to see the film in that format at my local theatre. Unless it is an IMAX shot film, then I'd rather save the money for a soda and Junior Mints and see the film on a normal screen. Although, if this is only available to see in IMAX on Thursday night, I might just splurge if it is not sold out already.

Anybody else going Thursday at midnight? I might just have to since Terminator SCC and Battlestar Galactica are on Friday night, so I've got my entertainment covered.
 
Ity started out at 91%. The fell fast. As long as the splat doesn't show up I still feel good about seeing it.

I'm going to the midnight show. There is now way I'm sitting down for 3 hours on a friday night.

I read most of the negative reviews and a lot of those weren't even that bad.

batutta I will PM you my cell in little while. I want to talk about the derelict when you get a minute.
 
Ha, reminds me of the cartoons I watched as a kid. I like that they gave Dr. Manhattan underwear. That was a nice touch. I'm seeing this at midnight tonight.
 
I just got back from seeing this. If the source material is anything like the film, The Watchmen is not really for me.

The film was long and not too exciting. It looked great and sounded terrific but It was just okay in my opinion. Again I know nothing about the graphic novel.

It had some graphic violence, sex, and Full frontal male nudity which makes for interesting conversation when saying this all happens in a Super Hero Movie. But did not make it good movie or a bad one for that matter. I may have to see it again in Blu-Ray when it comes out. I just didn't feel the watchmen this time around. 300 was a much a better film IMHO.

And about 20 people walked out about before it was half way through. The rest stayed.
 
Heres my quick review of the Watchmen for anyone who wants an real-person (as opposed to the snobby critic) perspective--

The Watchmen is very inconsistant and will heavily divide audiences. For every half hour of drawn out storytelling, there are 5 minutes of pure greatness where the film really shines. The visuals are somewhat disappointing for me; they have the effect of creating a music-video feel, as opposed to the more realistic gritty style used in the more appropriately shot "Dark Knight." I would have loved to have seen a more dark, contrasty, graphic-novel feel, as opposed to the summer-blockbuster-hit look. Thats not to say the visuals, being what they are, aren't quite impressive at times, its just that they weren't what I was hoping for in terms of tone. The visual fx are impressive, but I do not see what all the hooplah is about when it comes to the scene on Mars with Dr. Manhattan. It really was not that great compared to some of the other visual fx shots. The action scenes are heavily reminiscent of 300, with the heroes somehow being able to deal with single villains at a time, inflicting gory injuries on single foes while the other criminals apparently just wait on the sidelines for their turn. The action falls somewhere between the two best types, weakening its overall impact (of course, Watchmen is not meant to be about the action anyway!). The fights do not attain the same level of ultra-realism as seen in the "Dark Knight" or the "Bourne" series, nor do they have that "epic" appeal that Snyder showed off so beautifully in 300. The acting is generally off mark, either being too underplayed or over the top (see Nite Owl II's Darth Vader "NOOOO!") considering the context. The writing does the best job it possibly could have to fit basically the ENTIRE story into 2 hrs 45 minutes. It still feels forced at times though, like they are repeatedly shoving plot down the audience's throat. As a major fan of the book, I can say that I was a bit disappointed, but despite all these criticisms, I have to say that I still enjoyed the overall film. There were very remarkable parts and very boring parts-- as I said, a very inconsistant film. I feel that Snyder did the absolute most faithful and best job he could have done with such complex source material and only 3 hours to tell it all in. I'm sure it was difficult, the unfortunate part is that its difficulty shows.

And a personal note: Go see it-- I'll probably go see it again this weekend. I can't say why but it does have a draw in my opinion. Its not a failure, its just

P.S.- My friend who knew NOTHING about the graphic novel who came with us last night to watch it had this to say after it was done - "I feel like I am definately not enough of a geek to have appreciated this. It just seems like there were lots of plot points thrown in there to get the story across. It seemed REALLY rushed. Way too much story for that amount of time. I can see where it was probably great when fully fleshed out, but I didn't really catch it all."
 
Reminded me a little of the Heavy Metal magazines I used to read. At least I believe that it tried to resemble them in one way or the other. I may be off base but that's the feeling that I got while watching, in a very subtle way.

I liked it. I think I'll even enjoy it more the second time around.
It could have been better and it dragged a tad at times, but it could have been MUCH worse.

I really enjoyed seeing it come to life.

MAH
 
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