There was big hype half a year ago when it had been reported that Kevin Smith had seen both films long before they had been released. He was also asked how he would stack them up against The Dark Knight.
Well now that I have seen both Watchmen and Star Trek I must say that they are both AMAZING! I was rooting for Star Trek as the big summer event of them all this year. And I was one who was trying to hype Watchmen up for people who didn't know even though I hadn't read the original graphic novel. Also I'm a small Star Trek TV Series fan. I've watched The Next Generation, Deep Space, and Voyager b ut never really viewed much of the Original Series. I have always been a big Star Wars fan.
I do agree with the assessment that Star Trek is this years "Iron Man". So that leaves the question, which is this years "The Dark Knight". Well if your searching for it in the summer movie season you may not find it. IMO Watchmen was it! While Star Trek like Iron Man was a art work to look at. Watchmen made you not only in awe of what was on screen but made you think while watching it AND afterwards. Right now I'm sold at Star Trek at an 8.5/10. But after leaving the theater I gave Watchmen a 7/10. But after having a night to sleep on it I upgraded it to a 9/10. While none of these films are what The Dark Knight(10/10) was to me, they are great films.
Which one do you think is better? Explain why and include your thoughts on each films casting, direction, and special effects and what not. Including The Dark Knight where would these films rank? Are there any more films coming this yeart that you feel will heavily rival these two?
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For me Star Trek edges it for me. Don`t get me wrong I liked Watchmen, it was okay. But Watchmen being my favourite graphic novel of all time, my expectations for this movie were quite high and while it was mostly good some finer details and themes were not in the film which I missed. Plus I was not a big fan of the ending being changed, Moore`s ending was much better and ambiguous whereas Synder`s ending felt more forced. As for Star Trek this was very good imo, its stands up there toe to toe with some of the classic movies such as Star Trek 2, 4 and 6. While I do admit it was weird seeing this as an alternative spin on the characters, to think of an analogy think of the Ultimate universe in Marvel but for Star Trek all the actors did their very best to bring to life the characters I mostly love in Trek lore. Even the actors who had small parts had their chance to shine and the references to the Old Series and movies were Gold, as a semi Trekkie, yes you read that right I thoroughly enjoyed Star Trek and thought it was a much better cinema experience and film then Watchmen.
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I thought Watchmen was one of the biggest disappointments of the year and apart from the visuals, nothing special. So I chose Star Trek even though I haven't seen it.
haha, Watchmen was by far the better movie for me. Star Trek had prettier colors. I did enjoy Star Trek for the most part but it greatly lacked the one thing Watchmen had in spades...,depth.
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You probably will not like Watchmen as much as Star Trek. Of this, I am almost positive. However, you and I do have a nice intersection in movie taste, so, who knows what you'll think.
Have you read the comic? If you have, I can say for sure you won't like it as I am the only person out of a dozen or so that liked the film better than the comic. Reading the comic, for some reason, automatically creates a hate for the film...
No Im on the hunt for the graphic novels and I have heard of several aspects that fascinate me. Doc Manhattan and his perception of time issues Ive heard about for example.
I don't think I ever posted my opinion of the Watchmen movie.
Although Watchmen(movie) was indeed inferior to the comic, as much of what made the comic great does not translate into live-action very well or not at all, but honestly, the Watchmen film is about as good an adaption as there can be IMO.
And despite being a watered down Watchmen, I enjoyed it more than Star Trek.
i honestly wouldnt even put watchmen over star trek in terms of plot. the comics got a lot of themes and story but it didnt translate over very well at all into the movie imo. i feel that the violence was too over-the-top and the story was rushed and felt a bit forced and ozymendia's justification for destroying the world was weak. but yeah thats just my opinion.
Exactly. I found mysefl bored, at times, with the comic. For REALZ. Whereas, the movie, I wanted to see what would happen next. (Out of curiosity of how they made it into a film and also because of the story differences making it slightly new.)
Sure, I enjoyed some of the expanded back stories...but those obviously couldn't fit into one film. Comic is still quite good, don't get me wrong.
I like star trek a lot better I'm not even a big star trek fan i thought it was better just cause of the all the changes to watchmen, I'm fine with changes in adaptations of things cause some things in comics are a little far fetched and to bring a realism to a movie something needs to be changed but the things that were changed in watchmen seemed dumb and unless to me Idk that's just my opinion. And for the star trek movie did really find anything that wrong to me not saying its a perfect movie but i found it better than watchmen
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