Watchmen...

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:17 am

It's less then two days away now. Man, I am looking forward to seeing this. Let's hope for a great flick!

Anybody else on the Watchmen bandwagon?

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ssfsx17 · Post by **ssfsx17** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:37 am

I just hope that the ending is more-or-less intact.

Fat Dragon Games · Post by **Fat Dragon Games** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:41 am

I was told by Mrs. FDG that I can wait for DVD. Grrrr....
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serleran · Post by **serleran** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:01 am

Hoping Rorschach is not undone. He is one of my favoritist anti-heroes.
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gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:22 am

Omote wrote:
It's less then two days away now. Man, I am looking forward to seeing this. Let's hope for a great flick!

Anybody else on the Watchmen bandwagon?

-O

Yup. I'll be going to see it this weekend. Im sure there's a movie theater within walking distance of Garycon.
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:32 am

We are planning to go see it next Tuesday at a matinee. Family of 5, and all that.
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Maliki · Post by **Maliki** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:26 am

Other than the movie, I know nothing about the Watchmen, but it is on my want to see list.
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gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:37 am

Maliki wrote:
Other than the movie, I know nothing about the Watchmen, but it is on my want to see list.

Welp, here's a bit of info, the same author of the Watchmen also created the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and V for Vendetta.

Both graphic novels of which are a lot darker and much more brutal, and much less PC than the movies.
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Relaxo · Post by **Relaxo** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:56 am

I'm psyched.

From the little I know about the movie adaptation (been a fan of the book for years) it looks good and they used the book for the storyboards, so that's going to be as tight an adaptation as possible, I think.

People get all bent out of shape about little details, but forget that movies, books, graphic novels are all different and have different structures and conventions.

Now, if the end is like, totally different, that will be annoying, but if one character's voice is like, slightly different than the way you imagined it reading the book, this is not a deal breaker for me.

Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:42 pm

I, like Maliki, know almost nothing about the Watchmen. I want to read the graphic, but I think I will wait until after I see the movie. My experiences have been that it's always better to watch the movies first.
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Post by **Breakdaddy** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:28 pm

Gonna see it in imax digital on the BIG screen

moriarty777 · Post by **moriarty777** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:11 pm

gideon_thorne wrote:
Welp, here's a bit of info, the same author of the Watchmen also created the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and V for Vendetta.

Both graphic novels of which are a lot darker and much more brutal, and much less PC than the movies.

I should also point out that this perfectly illustrates what can go 'wrong' when they decide to do a movie adaptations of graphic novels. While I loved the job they did on V for Vendetta, I loathed the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The Graphic novels on the other hand were both excellent.

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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:52 pm

Here's some promise for the WATCHMEN movie adapation: the theatrical release is going to be 168 minutes long. Zack Snyder (director) already promised that there will be an ultimate DVD release of this movie around November or so that will integrate lots more footage as well as the movie-within-the-movie, The Black Freighter. Altogether Zack Snyder promised the ultimate edition DVD will be 4 hours long. That's a lot more footage, which this graphic novel/movie adaption MUST have IMO.

I'm going to check this flick out at the midnight screening on Thursday. So psyched over here I actually took the day off from work. Whoo hoo!

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gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:20 pm

moriarty777 wrote:
I should also point out that this perfectly illustrates what can go 'wrong' when they decide to do a movie adaptations of graphic novels. While I loved the job they did on V for Vendetta, I loathed the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The Graphic novels on the other hand were both excellent.

M

I didn't have a problem with the League movie. Just the kind of film I enjoy.
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DangerDwarf · Post by **DangerDwarf** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:22 pm

Fat Dragon Games wrote:
I was told by Mrs. FDG that I can wait for DVD. Grrrr....

They still play movies in those theatre things?

It's been so long......

Everything is a DVD release for me these days.

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:31 pm

Watchmen is HIGHLY reccomended. Yes, it's not the amazing graphic novel, but director Zack Snyder stayed extremely close to the source material. Without giving too much away at this point in a review, I'll just say that Watchmen is damn good.

Warning (should I even warn?)... this movie is shockingly brutal and violent, with lots of sex and Malin Akermen nekid.. alot. I guess it's hard for that type of violence and sex to come across on the pages of a comic book. It's faithful to the book, but when you see it on screen... it's quite, bold.

Omote Rating: 9.0 / 11.0

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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:55 pm

Nice review, Omote....thanks!
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gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 6:23 pm

I'll be all over that movie tonight.
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Post by **Breakdaddy** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:01 pm

Thanks for the mini review, Omote.

I have a 42" HDTV at home with a 1000 wt surround theater system but I still think that some movies (this among them) are only fully enjoy in IMAX

Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:47 am

I'm not an "opening weekend" type of guy, but I plan on being there next weekend, fo' sho!
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Lucifer_Draconus · Post by **Lucifer_Draconus** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:15 am

I'll being going for sure now thanx Omote =P Just waiting till after the opening weekend blitz.
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gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:26 am

Cancel the nominations for the academy awards. There's no need to have them this year. This movie has to sweep the Oscars. It has everything. Action, meaningful plot, explosions, gratuitous sex, even better, gratuitous girl on girl sex. This movie stomped so much ass that colons centuries hence will feel it!
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Jackal · Post by **Jackal** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:56 am

I'll third that...great movie and I loved the soundtrack as well. I'll be seeing the movie again tomorrow.
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:57 pm

I'm not sure if you guys who just saw the movie have read the novel yet or not, but what did you think about...

SLIGHT SPOILERS WARNING HERE

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The opening montage of the Watchmen world with the overlay of Times They Are a Changin' by Bob Dylan? That part wasn't in the novel obviosuly, but was a masterstroke of genius to put that in the film that way. Fits perfectly with Watchmen, and is an amazing set up for the film.

OH, and Jackie Earle Haley as Rorshach... GENIUS CASTING! Amazing acting.

In my opinion the movie is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but I was surprised how well they traslanted this to the silver screen.

Now, I can't wait to see the Ultimate Edition DVD which is about 70 minutes longer, including the Black Freighter in movie, movie.
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GameOgre · Post by **GameOgre** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:48 pm

Awsom e Movie!! We had not read any Watchmen comics or anything and loved this movie!! It is very much not a standard Super Hero movie in any way shape or form(that is both good and bad).

This movie is on my top 10 Movie list now! Though strangly as a Super Hero movie it doesnt rate as High as some other lesser movies.

Strange how its both so much better than Spiderman,X-Mutts and Ironman and somehow not as good at being Super Heroish...

Maybe its due to there being not one character who comes away clean as a Hero in the end. Shrug.
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csperkins1970 · Post by **csperkins1970** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:40 pm

GameOgre wrote:
Maybe its due to there being not one character who comes away clean as a Hero in the end. Shrug.

I haven't seen the movie yet but, if it got that point across, it succeeded in translating one of the key points of the story to the big screen.

gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:55 pm

Omote wrote:
I'm not sure if you guys who just saw the movie have read the novel yet or not, but what did you think about...

SLIGHT SPOILERS WARNING HERE

.

.

.

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The opening montage of the Watchmen world with the overlay of Times They Are a Changin' by Bob Dylan? That part wasn't in the novel obviosuly, but was a masterstroke of genius to put that in the film that way. Fits perfectly with Watchmen, and is an amazing set up for the film.

OH, and Jackie Earle Haley as Rorshach... GENIUS CASTING! Amazing acting.

In my opinion the movie is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but I was surprised how well they translated this to the silver screen.

Now, I can't wait to see the Ultimate Edition DVD which is about 70 minutes longer, including the Black Freighter in movie, movie.
-O

Even more spoilery for those who haven't seen it. But I wonder how many caught the "Good Luck, Mr Gorsky" line when that vignette of Neil Armstrong happened?

Oh man, I about fell out of my chair laughing. I sure was getting stared at cause no one else in my theatre crowd seemed to have caught the line or its significance.
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cinderblock · Post by **cinderblock** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:35 pm

Fantastic film. I was very happy with the film adaptation. Gonna see it again tonight!

shadoes · Post by **shadoes** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:18 am

gideon_thorne wrote:
Even more spoilery for those who haven't seen it. But I wonder how many caught the "Good Luck, Mr Gorsky" line when that vignette of Neil Armstrong happened?

Oh man, I about fell out of my chair laughing. I sure was getting stared at cause no one else in my theatre crowd seemed to have caught the line or its significance.

Ah that is what he said. The audience was to busy laughing at the reflection in his helmet and I missed the line.

It was good. Not cancel the oscars good but it was good. My wife hated it but I knew should would. Not her type of movie really.

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 3:38 am

2nd time still just as fun. Plus, there was more time to look at the little nuances in the film from the book, as well as listen to Mr Bradley's famed "Good Luck, Mr Gorsky" line.
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