who watches the watchmen?
i will. at nine tonight.
so today we'll finally get to see one of the most awaited movies of the year, and also one of the most controversial hollywood projects of the last years: watchmen, based in the extraordinary graphic novel by alan moore and dave gibbons. (my) expectations are high, of course, and that means that if the movie does not match those expectations, i'll be sorely disappointed. the graphic novel is quite complex, and as such, turning it into a successful movie is definitely not a job for every director. let's see if zack snyder - the director of 300 - fails or proves that he is indeed a great director.
the good news: the original movie script was intended for 120 minutes and was meant to be more "political". okay, watchmen itself is a political story, but what the studio really wanted was to adapt it to the present moment, by mentioning for example the war on iraq - most likely instead of including the vietman war. snyder, thankfully, could avoid that disaster. the movie has 168 minutes and, considering the trailers and some stuff i've read on the internet and on the press, seems to be rather faithfull the original plot. concerning visual effects, it might well be as good or even better than 300 - anyway, visual effects' fans won't be disappointed for sure. it remains to be seen how the director handled some parts of the plot that, albeit secondary, are extremely important for we to understand the dephts of some characters - namely, rorschach. obviously, the tales of the black freighter won't make an appearance. and that won't necessarily be a bad thing - just as the lord of the rings movie was awesome even if tom bombadil was not included.
there is still a doubt: will the movie be fanboy stuff or can it be seen by a wider audience? okay, that is an important question, but we must keep in mind that watchmen is not like other super-hero comics. so if someone is expecting something like spiderman, fantastic four or even batman - so far, the only comic super-hero who had great films. watchmen is a dense story, perhaps too dense; its characters are not shallow at all and where super-heroes are as human as the ordinary citizen. except dr. manhattan, of course, but even for someone who is ultimately unable to show or feel any emotions, dr. manhattan is incredibly complex. well, i suppose the time magazine has placed watchmen among the one-hundred best books of the twentieth for a reason.
will write a review after i watch the movie. but so far, i'm expecting something at least as good as peter jackson's masterpiece, the lord of the rings.
so today we'll finally get to see one of the most awaited movies of the year, and also one of the most controversial hollywood projects of the last years: watchmen, based in the extraordinary graphic novel by alan moore and dave gibbons. (my) expectations are high, of course, and that means that if the movie does not match those expectations, i'll be sorely disappointed. the graphic novel is quite complex, and as such, turning it into a successful movie is definitely not a job for every director. let's see if zack snyder - the director of 300 - fails or proves that he is indeed a great director.
the good news: the original movie script was intended for 120 minutes and was meant to be more "political". okay, watchmen itself is a political story, but what the studio really wanted was to adapt it to the present moment, by mentioning for example the war on iraq - most likely instead of including the vietman war. snyder, thankfully, could avoid that disaster. the movie has 168 minutes and, considering the trailers and some stuff i've read on the internet and on the press, seems to be rather faithfull the original plot. concerning visual effects, it might well be as good or even better than 300 - anyway, visual effects' fans won't be disappointed for sure. it remains to be seen how the director handled some parts of the plot that, albeit secondary, are extremely important for we to understand the dephts of some characters - namely, rorschach. obviously, the tales of the black freighter won't make an appearance. and that won't necessarily be a bad thing - just as the lord of the rings movie was awesome even if tom bombadil was not included.
there is still a doubt: will the movie be fanboy stuff or can it be seen by a wider audience? okay, that is an important question, but we must keep in mind that watchmen is not like other super-hero comics. so if someone is expecting something like spiderman, fantastic four or even batman - so far, the only comic super-hero who had great films. watchmen is a dense story, perhaps too dense; its characters are not shallow at all and where super-heroes are as human as the ordinary citizen. except dr. manhattan, of course, but even for someone who is ultimately unable to show or feel any emotions, dr. manhattan is incredibly complex. well, i suppose the time magazine has placed watchmen among the one-hundred best books of the twentieth for a reason.
will write a review after i watch the movie. but so far, i'm expecting something at least as good as peter jackson's masterpiece, the lord of the rings.
(by the way, the soundtrack seems to be pretty good was well: the end is the beginning is the end, by the smashing pumpkins, and take a bow, by muse? awesome.)
2 Comments:
enjoy the film! hope it meets your expectations!
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will post something about it later on. i've already writen the text, but in portuguese (it's published in another blog i have, along with some friends). need to translate it, but a little busy right now :)
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