Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Yeah, Watchmen was a great movie.The main reason why it flopped was because few of the viewers read the comic books.
The movie is nonsensical if you haven't read the comic books.
Hence why so many directors were attached to the project & walked away without a clue of how to approach such a story.
Yes, the movie was well done but honestly as a comic book, The Watchmen was a very convoluted, over the top, ridiculously eccentric piece of literature.
Seriously, faking an alien invasion?
I'm surprised this movie got the green light in the first place...not enough WatchMen/Moore fans to gain box office profit & a hard marketing sell to the general public who simply thought they were buying tickets to a "super hero" movie.
Originally posted by Esau Cairn
Hence why so many directors were attached to the project & walked away without a clue of how to approach such a story.Yes, the movie was well done but honestly as a comic book, The Watchmen was a very convoluted, over the top, ridiculously eccentric piece of literature.
Seriously, faking an alien invasion?
I'm surprised this movie got the green light in the first place...not enough WatchMen/Moore fans to gain box office profit & a hard marketing sell to the general public who simply thought they were buying tickets to a "super hero" movie.
On the bright side, Snyder was insightful enough not to use a giant squid 😐
Originally posted by Esau Cairn
Hence why so many directors were attached to the project & walked away without a clue of how to approach such a story.Yes, the movie was well done but honestly as a comic book, The Watchmen was a very convoluted, over the top, ridiculously eccentric piece of literature.
Seriously, faking an alien invasion?
I'm surprised this movie got the green light in the first place...not enough WatchMen/Moore fans to gain box office profit & a hard marketing sell to the general public who simply thought they were buying tickets to a "super hero" movie.
It was one of those movies closest to the source material, something that most other movies based on books/games rarely ever achieve.
Most directors/screenwriters never bother to consider the source material. It's like they only read the synopsis, or a few pages/scenes of the book/game.
A good example of another well-researched movie was Silent Hill 1.
It was modified to suit the Western crowds, but the movie somehow stayed true to the source, minus the Alessa shock value.
Originally posted by ares834
Outside of Loki and the WS, Zod is honestly a more compelling villain than the vast majority of villains in the MCU films.
The MCU focuses very much on the heroes, leaving the villains underdeveloped. Because the heroes tend to be awesome, Marvel gets away with weak villains. The one instance in which the focus was on the villain in Winter Soldier, Marvel knocked it out of the f uckin park. With Ultron coming up, I think the focus will be shifting more to the villains.
As for MoS, Michael Shannon gave a tremendous performance. I still didn't find his character compelling though, and that had more to do with shitty writing and character development imo.
Well, there were alot of things about Watchmen that didn't translate well to the screen.
As for the change being Doctor Manhattan being the cause of destruction in New York, it makes sense on paper. It doesn't logically.
And for Man of Steel, there was definitely a good and compelling movie there. The problem was in it's editing and narrative.