I must see SuckerPunch.

[Gunner Recall]

I can't wait, though I feel totally pedo bear since that's the little girl from that jim carrey movie.

I'd put my money on a Pan's Labyrinth ending.
It's about a crazy chick in an insane asylum tripping balls about ninjas/dragons/b52's before she is to be lobotomized.

[Jero]

I don't remember pans labyrinth lol

[bobloblah]

zach snyder is a piece of shit. but if you like watching things in slow motions this movie will be great.

[Gearmond]

but watchmen was terrible compared to the book

[DarkAxel]

but watchmen was terrible compared to the book

i don't think so, i think it was one of the best comicbook adaptations

i also think it's the best movie that came out last year

and it's one of my favourite movies

(just my opinions)

[CBA]

but watchmen was terrible compared to the book

i don't think so, i think it was one of the best comicbook adaptations

i also think it's the best movie that came out last year

and it's one of my favourite movies

(just my opinions)

I've only read Watchmen once, and I loved it, but the end of the film adaptation was a disaster. I won't go into it in case somebody hasn't read it, but with the Watchmen graphic novel, Alan Moore basically predicted the incredibly theatrical spectacle of 9/11 in a very interesting, satirical sci-fi kinda way, and the film version COMPLETELY ignored it. If people think the original spectacular disaster in the graphic novel is out-of-date or goofy, they are totally totally wrong. It is one of the most ahead-of-its-time (i.e. avant garde) conclusions in modern storytelling.

C

[DarkAxel]

yeah, i have to admit the ending wasn't very satisfying

[bobloblah]

but watchmen was terrible compared to the book

i don't think so, i think it was one of the best comicbook adaptations

i also think it's the best movie that came out last year

and it's one of my favourite movies

(just my opinions)

it is my opinion that your opinion is wrong

[DarkAxel]

fair enough

morning, pistols, you and me

naah, we're cool i just have to say you guys are the first people i've heard saying it's not good, so it surprised me a bit

and my friend who is a big comicbooks fan absolutely loved it

BUT different people - different tastes

[StudioShutIn]

fair enough

morning, pistols, you and me

naah, we're cool i just have to say you guys are the first people i've heard saying it's not good, so it surprised me a bit

and my friend who is a big comicbooks fan absolutely loved it

BUT different people - different tastes

Of course..the guys who wrote the book absolutely hated the movie, so
I have to say the book was pretty great, though I thought it leaned a little heavy on the "OH LOOKIT ME! I'M A GRITTY COMIC BOOK! BEWBIES! BLOOD! DRUGS! DURR HURR"

Geez what'm I saying? Look...I liked it...but I just thought it was edgy for the sake of being edgy, not for the sake of the story, in certain spots...

[bobloblah]

what really did it in for me was
1) the ending
2) the cheesy use of music(all along the watch tower, then "hey look a towe" hallelujah"
3) i just don't like zach snyders style. i tried to give it a chance, i swear, but it's like i could smell him on it.

[CBA]

fair enough

morning, pistols, you and me

naah, we're cool i just have to say you guys are the first people i've heard saying it's not good, so it surprised me a bit

and my friend who is a big comicbooks fan absolutely loved it

BUT different people - different tastes

Of course..the guys who wrote the book absolutely hated the movie, so
I have to say the book was pretty great, though I thought it leaned a little heavy on the "OH LOOKIT ME! I'M A GRITTY COMIC BOOK! BEWBIES! BLOOD! DRUGS! DURR HURR"

Geez what'm I saying? Look...I liked it...but I just thought it was edgy for the sake of being edgy, not for the sake of the story, in certain spots...

Yeah, but at the time that it was created/published, people weren't doing gritty stuff just to be gritty. I think that that could be said for myriad creations currently, but not for Watchmen, considering its birth date.

The sex scene in Watchmen (the film) was a little gratuitous, but AT LEAST THE CHICK WAS HOT HAAAAAYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBBBBEEEWWBBBBSS. I just think that the ending of the g.novel, as weird as it was, was rrrreeeaaallly smart. To me, the pure absurdity and over-the-top-ness of it perfectly illustrates present day media spectacle... 9/11 mostly, and the credulousness of humanity.

C

[htsamurai]

but watchmen was terrible compared to the book

i don't think so, i think it was one of the best comicbook adaptations

i also think it's the best movie that came out last year

and it's one of my favourite movies

(just my opinions)

it is my opinion that your opinion is wrong

it is my opinion that your opinion of him being wrong is quite right.

what a terrible debacle the film was. Seriously, coming from being such a fan of the comic I was disappointed so hard, and even moreso when the people I saw it with were talking crap on Moore BECAUSE OF THE FILM! and I couldn't explain to them that the film didn't stick to the book

[snipelfritz]

This thread is now about Watchmen

2) the cheesy use of music(all along the watch tower, then "hey look a towe" hallelujah"

I agree with every criticism of the film I've ever heard except for this. They actually used the lyrics of All Along the Watchtower in the book, so , it was the "two riders" line that was important. I don't remember exactly how "Hallelujah" fit in, but I remember liking something about it relating the song's sexual politics to he story. Anyone who thinks it is a "nice, pretty song" has walked right into Mr. Cohen's trap. It's not; it's kinky, depraved and depressed.

but watchmen was terrible compared to the book

i think it was one of the best comicbook adaptations

I fail to see how these two statements contradict each other. I agree with both of them

Yeah, the movie was as good of an adaptation you'll ever get, but a big part of what made Watchmen so great in the first place was the innovative use of the graphic novel as a medium. They had to change the ending because they were unable to introduce that whole underlying story-line(with the cartoonist and whatnot) without it seeming too obvious as to what was going on. Alan Moore's usage of materials other than pure comic-style story framing are what really take the narrative to the next level(also, the comic book within a comic book). Point is: Hollywood sucks and creativity is dead. Also, Zack Snyder is horrible and 300 was one giant pile of money-crazed repressed homosexuality.

[aen]

Never had any interest in the watchmen comic, and I like comics. Even as a kid, I knew it was so FAR UP ITS OWN ASS I would never get along with it. The movie just seemed stupid as hell.