The Watchmen

Chad_from_Chad said:
To start, I still have yet to read the books, but right away I was irritated with his shooting... again. Then the Bob Dylan song played over the great looking but obnoxious opening credits. And I knew that no matter how deep the story was going to be, it was going to play out as shallow as Michael Bay's attention to plot holes. He chose the song just for the chorus, but had the entire thing play out. Again, without ever reading the books, within about ten minutes I said to myself, "this thing should have stayed a comic book". The soundtrack was misused, the cinematography was unintelligible (I'm all for crossing the line, but it has to serve a purpose, not just be an oversight) The action seens were top notch brutally, but lacked motivation and direction along with really messing up character development continuity. It simply felt like Zak had no idea what the story was actually about, and phoned it in.

My condolences to those of you who categorize 300 as entertainment.
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You felt like Zak had no idea what the story was about...when you yourself had no idea what the story was about. That doesn't make sense.

Now I'm not bashing you for your opinion, but I strongly recommend you read the graphic novel, then see the movie again. At least give it that respect. If your opinion of the movie overall doesn't change, then that's that, but I suspect it will.
 
Ezekiel667 said:
You felt like Zak had no idea what the story was about...when you yourself had no idea what the story was about. That doesn't make sense.
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I don't think that's unfair.

Haven't you ever sat in a theater thinking I don't know what the hell this is about, and it feels like the director probably didn't, either?
 
Sad Max said:
I don't think that's unfair.

Haven't you ever sat in a theater thinking I don't know what the hell this is about, and it feels like the director probably didn't, either?
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Nope, never. When there really isn't much of a story, I realize that it isn't about the art, it is about getting my money. I feel so dirty...
 
I think I mentioned before that the opening montage under The Times They Are a Changing was the only part of the film that really moved me. It's almost divorced from the rest of the film; there seemed to be more story communicated during the opening titles, than during the remainder of the show.
 
hey i haven't read the novel but i have seen the film...and it is fairly entertaining which one can expect out of it. definately not the best film .....i just have a feeling compared to his previous film 300 which portrayed a huge scale it was somewhere missing in watchmen
It does seem that the director looks bit cramped working on actual sets.
 
Ezekiel667 said:
You felt like Zak had no idea what the story was about...when you yourself had no idea what the story was about. That doesn't make sense.

Now I'm not bashing you for your opinion, but I strongly recommend you read the graphic novel, then see the movie again. At least give it that respect. If your opinion of the movie overall doesn't change, then that's that, but I suspect it will.
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Not only do I disagree with you, but I completely and utterly disagree with you! Because I have an impression from what you wrote that you have no idea what I'm talking about. Reading or not reading the graphic novel has nothing to do with my impression on ZS and his lack of brain matter. It's the same issue with stars like Jessica Alba, she's speaking the words, but she has no idea what they mean or their purpose in the scene.
 
Man, this movie did not hold up to a second viewing at all. Saw it again on blu-ray and kind of hated it this time. Much less interesting to watch. Even things I liked about it before, like Rorshach, seemed irritating. The dialogue felt forced, the acting stood out to me as being phony and superficial, and the storytelling clunky. Saw the director's cut and like all director's cuts what was added were mostly redundant scenes or needless additional gore. It's been a while since I had this violent a change in opinion of a film, and while I didn't think it was a success before, I at least thought it was an interesting failure. Now I think it's kind of awful. The Dr. Manhattan stuff is the film's only saving grace.
 
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I totally disagree. The directors cut blew me away. It addressed all of the issues that I had with the theatrical version of the film (i.e. the characters motivations were expanded upon). In particular the silk spectre, which I thought was the weakest part/character in the film.

Then again, I'm a huge fan of the book so maybe my opinion is biased.
 
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