Comments on: The Watchmen! http://kulturblog.com/2009/03/08/the-watchmen/ A pop culture blog by Mormons but not about Mormonism Fri, 01 Jun 2012 22:26:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: BTD Greg http://kulturblog.com/2009/03/08/the-watchmen/#comment-2238 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:41:40 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/?p=1908#comment-2238

I’m not. It’s been a long time since a good kids movie was out and a lot of people have fond memories for the original. (Although I hear the remake sucks)

Go back and watch the originals sometime (or don’t). They are terrible. I had fond memories, too. When I rewatched with my kids, I thought, “This? This is the movie I liked? Really?” Truly awful. If the new one’s as bad as it looks, then at least it’s not out of line with the franchise.

]]> By: clark http://kulturblog.com/2009/03/08/the-watchmen/#comment-2237 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:15:43 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/?p=1908#comment-2237 I’m not. It’s been a long time since a good kids movie was out and a lot of people have fond memories for the original. (Although I hear the remake sucks)

]]> By: Matt W. http://kulturblog.com/2009/03/08/the-watchmen/#comment-2236 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:13:42 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/?p=1908#comment-2236 Ouch, Race to Witch Mountain beat Watchmen this weekend. Totally surprised by that…

]]> By: Brian G http://kulturblog.com/2009/03/08/the-watchmen/#comment-2235 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:00:11 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/?p=1908#comment-2235 I felt the movie was disappointing because it was too faithful to the source material (which is slightly overrated to begin with). By the last act it begins to plod precisely when it should ramp up. And the acting was really uneven. Jackie Earle Haley was great as Rorschach. In fact, for most of the movie I was wishing I was watching RORSCHACH: THE MOVIE, not WATCHMEN. Nite Owl and the Comedian were also solid, but Silk Spectre? Don’t get me started. I think she was cast almost entirely for her looks.

And although I’ve seen great stuff from Billy Crudup in other films I don’t think he pulled off Dr. Manhattan. While the comic gives you a tragic sense of a man on the verge of happiness that is accidentally wrenched into an existence where he’s helplessly distanced from humanity, the film just gives you a cold, emotionless, uncaring god. This proved to be a key difference in making the story work.

]]> By: danithew http://kulturblog.com/2009/03/08/the-watchmen/#comment-2234 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:44:01 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/?p=1908#comment-2234 I think the Watchmen comics provide a very complex story – but it’s quite brutal and depressing in its conclusions about human beings. Definitely interesting/intriguing for a comic books fan but at the end of the story I’m wondering if the conclusion/end is really all that helpful or illuminating. But maybe that was never the point … (?)

(shrugs)

]]> By: BTD Greg http://kulturblog.com/2009/03/08/the-watchmen/#comment-2233 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:54:10 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/?p=1908#comment-2233 This one from Slate is worth checking out too.

]]> By: MCQ http://kulturblog.com/2009/03/08/the-watchmen/#comment-2232 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:46:45 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/?p=1908#comment-2232 Oh, ok. I get it.

]]> By: BTD Greg http://kulturblog.com/2009/03/08/the-watchmen/#comment-2231 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:39:20 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/?p=1908#comment-2231

You’re right, I haven’t read it (if that’s the right word for a comic book), but I’m talking about the quality of this cartoon. It looks like it’s just badly drawn and the music is just plain terrible.

Yeah, it’s supposed to look terrible. It’s fake. The premise behind this cartoon is: what if the Watchmen, this incredibly complex and adult comic was turned into the worst kind of Saturday morning cartoon? To someone who’s read the book, the cartoon has some utterly ridiculous in-jokes (I’ll refrain from telling more because it would involve spoilers).

]]> By: Hayes http://kulturblog.com/2009/03/08/the-watchmen/#comment-2230 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:35:27 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/?p=1908#comment-2230 I read two articles from Ebert, who was a Watchmen virgin, as it were.

First crack:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090304/REVIEWS/903049997

After the revelation of “The Dark Knight,” here is “Watchmen,” another bold exercise in the liberation of the superhero movie. It’s a compelling visceral film — sound, images and characters combined into a decidedly odd visual experience that evokes the feel of a graphic novel.

The film is rich enough to be seen more than once. I plan to see it again, this time on IMAX, and will have more to say about it. I’m not sure I understood all the nuances and implications, but I am sure I had a powerful experience. It’s not as entertaining as “The Dark Knight,” but like the “Matrix” films, LOTR and “The Dark Knight,” it’s going to inspire fevered analysis. I don’t want to see it twice for that reason, however, but mostly just to have the experience again.

Second time (saw it on an iMax)
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/03/were_all_puppets_laurie_im_jus.html

]]> By: MCQ http://kulturblog.com/2009/03/08/the-watchmen/#comment-2229 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:52:09 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/?p=1908#comment-2229 You’re right, I haven’t read it (if that’s the right word for a comic book), but I’m talking about the quality of this cartoon. It looks like it’s just badly drawn and the music is just plain terrible. Parody or not, isn’t there some level of quality you hope for? This just looks plain poor. Maybe I just don’t get it. I was planning on seeing the movie, but the mixed reviews have put me off a bit. Is it worth seeing if you aren’t already a fan of the comic book?

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