Watchmen (Alan Moore)

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Who did they severly cripple?

Sure some weren't quite as fleshed out but i think you're exxagerating

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri

Watchmen severly crippled certain characters.

-AC


They also had far more characters to focus on, instead of mainly one like spiderman. Watch men was a far better then spiderman.

also many of spiderman villains were every inaccratly poytraid as well as the events that took place.

x-men was reidculously bad as was other comic movies.

Watchmen was far from the worst and it at least made up for it by being a solid movie which many of the others can not say the same.

I have read this graphic novel over 3 times and i still think its horrible...i just dont see it...but hey we all have our likes and dislikes.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Watchmen severly crippled certain characters.
Like who? The only one I wasn't impressed with was Silk Spectre. I thought all the other actors did a quality job.

The book is a great. One of, if not the best reads going, along with the Sandman.

Movie was good, on par with the Dark knight.

I thought the movie was good. Nowhere near as good as the book but I've yet to see a movie that is.

Even my Dad who doesn't read any kind of comics, afterwords described the movie as much more high brow than your average comic book movie. ✅

Like I've said in earlier posts on this thread the graphic novel is brilliant. It's nowhere near my favourite, but there is a difference between personal enjoyment of a piece of literature for the interest you get from the content and an appreciation for the complexity of the text that can be exclusive from that enjoyment.

e.g.

As an Eng lit student at university, I don't like all Shakespeare's plays (although some are awesome) but I have yet to read one of his works that isn't incredibly complex and intricately woven together.

Originally posted by Darth Martin
Like who? The only one I wasn't impressed with was Silk Spectre. I thought all the other actors did a quality job.

How would you even know? You've never read the book, so you won't know what I'm talking about.

Originally posted by Nihilist
Movie was good, on par with the Dark knight.

Never in a million years is it in the league of The Dark Knight.

If it was, it wouldn't need multiple cuts to express the story. The Dark Knight did it all in one release.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
How would you even know? You've never read the book, so you won't know what I'm talking about.

Never in a million years is it in the league of The Dark Knight.

If it was, it wouldn't need multiple cuts to express the story. The Dark Knight did it all in one release.

-AC

The Dark Knight was overated, although it wasn't a bad movie, it only did so well because of the tragic death of Heath Ledger sadly.. imo.

Originally posted by Nihilist
The Dark Knight was overated, although it wasn't a bad movie, it only did so well because of the tragic death of Heath Ledger sadly.. imo.

Oh please.

Don't use that as an excuse. His role was leagues ahead of anyone in Watchmen, not because he died, because he was better.

If Watchmen was half what The Dark Knight is, it could have got the job done in one cut. An R rating, a director's cut, two additional DVD side stories and three hours of movie; nothing close.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Oh please.

Don't use that as an excuse. His role was leagues ahead of anyone in Watchmen, not because he died, because he was better.

If Watchmen was half what The Dark Knight is, it could have got the job done in one cut. An R rating, a director's cut, two additional DVD side stories and three hours of movie; nothing close.

-AC

LOL, so your opinion is absolute then is it.

Originally posted by Nihilist
The Dark Knight was overated, although it wasn't a bad movie, it only did so well because of the tragic death of Heath Ledger sadly.. imo.

No.

Never a fan of Ledger until Joker.

Every little thing Joker did just made him more awesome, even the little tiny things Joker done all added to an overall great character and great performance.

Watchmen had some great characters and acting I say (Rorshack) but Joker was one of my favourite characters (in the movies) for years.

Originally posted by Premium
No.

Never a fan of Ledger until Joker.

Every little thing Joker did just made him more awesome, even the little tiny things Joker done all added to an overall great character and great performance.

Watchmen had some great characters and acting I say (Rorshack) but Joker was one of my favourite characters (in the movies) for years.

Bale was awful as Batman though.

Based on what?

The voice? Yeah, because a more suitable disguise would be to just take his glasses off like Clark Kent...

-AC

Originally posted by Nihilist
The Dark Knight was overated, although it wasn't a bad movie, it only did so well because of the tragic death of Heath Ledger sadly.. imo.

Agreed

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Oh please.

Don't use that as an excuse. His role was leagues ahead of anyone in Watchmen, not because he died, because he was better.

If Watchmen was half what The Dark Knight is, it could have got the job done in one cut. An R rating, a director's cut, two additional DVD side stories and three hours of movie; nothing close.

-AC

This just proves there is a lot more to the content of Watchmen than the content of TDK ...

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Based on what?

The voice? Yeah, because a more suitable disguise would be to just take his glasses off like Clark Kent...

-AC

Partly yes, and his acting was terrible.

Originally posted by Nihilist
Partly yes, and his acting was terrible.

The voice was for disguise purposes, obviously. He's Bruce Wayne, world famous. He can't go around chatting normally.

His acting wasn't terrible at all, but to each their own.

-AC

bale's voice was outstandingly ridiculous in "the dark knight" imo. i fully understand that he had to disguise his true voice, but it was just WAY over the top [in a horrible kind of way.]

Originally posted by Galan007
bale's voice was outstandingly ridiculous in "the dark knight" imo. i fully understand that he had to disguise his true voice, but it was just WAY over the top [in a horrible kind of way.]
Rorscach did a much better job of disguising his voice.

He didn't need to disguise it because he hardly ever spoke to anybody as Kovacs.

Wayne did.

-AC