Watchmen

I just saw the movie and I would implore anybody that is even a friend of a fan of The Watchmen to see it, if you haven't already. It was awsome!

Very positive reviews here...

Originally posted by MightyEInherjar
No, that's why I'm asking why you can't. I used to do it all the time here when I was younger. I can't imagine it being that hard.

Trust me, it is.

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Originally posted by Digi
It wasn't a better movie than Dark Knight, to put that kind of talk aside. I'm not speaking as a fan or non-fan of either, but simply as an observation of the movie itself. The excessive amounts of backstory it needed to cover made for a sometimes-jilted story and it had a decidedly slow pace, which wasn't nearly as tightly plotted and executed as Dark Knight (which was about the same length but had a much swifter tempo)..

I couldn't disagree more with that Digi 😮

A lot of people I know complained about how incredibly long The DarK Knight was and how slowly it progressed, where as no one made similar comments about Watchmen. You say that the background stories slowed down its pace, but I felt it was only natural, helped answer questions and so on, but it didn't seem excessive in any way.

Dark Knight comparisons are inevitable, even though the movies were completely different. Watchmen was far more comic-y, which is why I think it was a much better comic book movie.

TDK might have been long (overlong, in my opinion), but its pacing was generally excellent- it was fast and furious, without many slow or boring moments. Just saying.

Dark Knight became less of a comicbook movie and more like a crime drama simular to Heat etc.

True that. Though, it really did capture the feel of certain less mainstream comics- hard-boiled, gritty, realistic (to an extent), violent, and morally ambiguous. In that sense, it wasn't stereotypically comic booky- it simply touched upon the darker and less explored side of comics. The side the masses generally aren't familiar with.

Originally posted by The Nuul
Dark Knight became less of a comicbook movie and more like a crime drama simular to Heat etc.

Which is part of the reason why I preferred Watchmen.

Originally posted by Master Crimzon
True that. Though, it really did capture the feel of certain less mainstream comics- hard-boiled, gritty, realistic (to an extent), violent, and morally ambiguous. In that sense, it wasn't stereotypically comic booky- it simply touched upon the darker and less explored side of comics. The side the masses generally aren't familiar with.

And Watchmen didn't?

It's not exactly your run of the mill comic book movie either. Just like V for Vendetta it was still able to maintain a comic book feel, and go far deeper than "hero get bad guy"

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
And Watchmen didn't?

It's not exactly your run of the mill comic book movie either. Just like V for Vendetta it was still able to maintain a comic book feel, and go far deeper than "hero get bad guy"

I'm not saying it didn't. Hell, I love Watchmen (the comic). I don't think a 'comic book' feel is necessary- because a 'comic book feel' translated to a campy, bombastic, exaggerated feel in the eyes of many. In order to achieve its thematic purpose, the the Dark Knight had to maintain a degree of realism and drop the stereotypical 'comic book' feel. Had the Dark Knight been more exaggerated, or more campy, or featured more 'uber' action, it would not have been able to ascend to the same degree of cinematic heights.

Okay, you know what, here's a question: what do you define as a 'comic book' feel?

We agree on that.

Originally posted by Master Crimzon
Okay, you know what, here's a question: what do you define as a 'comic book' feel?

Lot of things really, in Watchmen it's easily the focus on superhuman feats, grand scale plans, etc. The Watchmen movie was actually closer to what I would define as "traditional comic book" then the comic itself.

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
Yup.

I guess there could be other things too, maybe having the place crash wasn't brutal enough.

Probably is too.

Except maybe some Thor stuff.

Yup.

Silk Spectre II's mom didn't look very old though. She looked like she was in her 40s or something.

Paul would've done her.

dude, WTF.

Originally posted by Raoul
dude, WTF.

Denial? mmm

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
Denial? mmm

meh, what does she look like?

Originally posted by Raoul
meh, what does she look like?

Probably something like my sig.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Probably something like my sig.

shock

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
Lot of things really, in Watchmen it's easily the focus on superhuman feats, grand scale plans, etc. The Watchmen movie was actually closer to what I would define as "traditional comic book" then the comic itself.

Then here you have it: The Dark Knight's portrayal of humans who attempt to become virtual gods, in addition to its relevance to modern politics and terrorism, requires gritty realism instead of comic book exaggeration.

Part of why Watchmen is so great is because of the way it chooses to treat superheroes in the way they would be in the real life- basically insane, violent, borderline fascistic vigilantes.

Well i Just saw Watchmen and i liked it.
I think it stayed true to the essence of the comic and they gave us the best movie adaptation possible. yeah so they changed a few things it didn't bother me too much as i said the essence of the comic was still there.

Overall i am very happy with this movie w00t