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Watchmen (pg. 26)
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by jupiterone
i'd rather saw my dick off with a rusty butter knife connected to a tesla coil than watch this movie |
Yeah, but you did that like twice last week, so just how are we supposed to interpret that? |
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| ZeJayMan |
none of this is relevant. this should have been given to a director with a shred of talent, it could have been ing outrageously good.
the film was a 5/10, superbly average affair. |
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| ZeJayMan |
Let's look at the resume and play "SPOT THE GOOD!"
# Watchmen (2009)
... aka Watchmen: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
# 300 (2006)
... aka 300: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
# The Lost Tape: Andy's Terrifying Last Days Revealed (2004) (V)
# Dawn of the Dead (2004)
... aka Armée des morts, L' (France)
... aka Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead (USA: long title)
# Morrissey: ¡Oye Esteban! (2000) (V) (video "Tomorrow") |
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| chach |
| Idk I kinda liked "Oye Esteban" :stongue: |
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| jupiterone |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Yeah, but you did that like twice last week, so just how are we supposed to interpret that? |
now you know, this is what it feels like |
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| wotyzoid |
| quote: | Originally posted by ZeJayMan
none of this is relevant. this should have been given to a director with a shred of talent, it could have been ing outrageously good.
the film was a 5/10, superbly average affair. |
I'll wait until I watch to confirm, but I sort of feel, after reading the novel, that I kind of agree with Alan Moore when he said it is "inherently unfilmable". The plot is just too complex and deep and hectic to be 100% successfully brought to film unharmed by the typical Hollywood move to make it mass friendly.
I think this is the same case as V for Vendetta; although the movie was wonderful it didn't do the novel as much justice as some people hoped. And although I haven't seen the movie yet I am skeptical to see for myself if it really is about the director and not the difficulty of translating the deepness and brilliance of the written novel to Hollywood script paper. |
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| NeoPhono |
| quote: | Originally posted by wotyzoid
I'll wait until I watch to confirm, but I sort of feel, after reading the novel, that I kind of agree with Alan Moore when he said it is "inherently unfilmable". The plot is just too complex and deep and hectic to be 100% successfully brought to film unharmed by the typical Hollywood move to make it mass friendly.
I think this is the same case as V for Vendetta; although the movie was wonderful it didn't do the novel as much justice as some people hoped. And although I haven't seen the movie yet I am skeptical to see for myself if it really is about the director and not the difficulty of translating the deepness and brilliance of the written novel to Hollywood script paper. |
I think Watchmen is filmable but not in a Hollywood-length big screen format. It would make a good miniseries ala "Band of Brothers" where you aren't so constrained by time. I think the biggest thing the movie lacked was the ability to really explore the characters and messages that the novel was able to.
My biggest fear is that someday someone will want to make a movie of "Sandman." That IMHO is the greatest graphic novel of all time in creating a mood and "experience" and it would be absolute if anyone ever tried to make it into a motion picture. To me, Sandman is the ultimate unfilmable comic. |
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| wotyzoid |
| quote: | Originally posted by NeoPhono
I think Watchmen is filmable but not in a Hollywood-length big screen format. It would make a good miniseries ala "Band of Brothers" where you aren't so constrained by time. I think the biggest thing the movie lacked was the ability to really explore the characters and messages that the novel was able to. |
Yes! I think that would have been a much better alternative. |
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| Renzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by NeoPhono
My biggest fear is that someday someone will want to make a movie of "Sandman." That IMHO is the greatest graphic novel of all time in creating a mood and "experience" and it would be absolute if anyone ever tried to make it into a motion picture. To me, Sandman is the ultimate unfilmable comic. |
I heard once Keanu Reeves was set to star in it. But maybe it was just rumors.
Though I did find this:
:wtf: |
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| 8Wonders |
| Probably one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. It gives Daredevil a run for its money for 'best' comic adaptation :) |
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| Ivand |
So, i got to see it today, and as a movie it was at most a little above average. As a statement, a deconstruction of the super-hero story, i kind of know where it wanted to get, but it fell quite short too.
The opening sequence, awesome, AWESOME. But after that.. first they failed to capture the sense of urgency and ARMAGEDDON that those days had, that was what made the graphic novel move forward. Second, they needed to vilify/soften Veidt's character a bit more for my to care about what he did, in the end he just did it and I didnt care, it could've been a russian conspiracy for all i care (Also i hope theres an explanation to Bubastis in the director's cut) |
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