Watchmen Parody...circa 1980s kids cartoon (movie spoilers)

I saw this before, it was brilliant.

 

Hey, I thought I was going to start the Watchmen thread.

So what did y'all think of the movie? I just saw it, and I'm still digesting it...

 

Meh. I have mixed feelings about it.

 

It was interesting, to say the least.

Almost like taking humanity with all its flaws and marvels, and blowing it up super large. The gratuitous violence. Rorschach's cynicism and adamant pursuit of truth (the only guy I really liked in the whole film). The rationalizations.

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Did anyone else think Ozymandias was an idiot? Sure, he made peace. But a temporary peace. Based on a lie. How long would such a peace last? Only until fear of Dr Manhattan faded away. Then they'd be at each other's throats again. Good job, Ozymandias! Kill millions of people to buy 5 or 10 years of "peace", which will quite literally blow up once the masses realize they've been duped.

 

The only two guys I liked in that movie were Rorscach and Adrian

 

And that was my main problem with the movie.

 

Yeah, I've read the book, years ago. It was awesome.

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I was pissed off that they didn't include the alien, because I knew it was coming and wanted to see it. But it was pretty good even without the alien, Comedian crying to murloch didn't make as much sense without it.

 

I had no issue with the story whatsoever, the story is fine has been held in high regard since before I was even born, there's nothing wrong with story, that being said, it's not a story that translates easily onto film, for a vast number of reasons.

Time restraints, the main storyline may have been revealed, but they're are literally pages and pages that were never even touched on in the movie, side stories that fill in so many blanks spaces, a complete alternate universe cannot be revealed in three hours. The stories that inform these ones cannot be revealed in three hours. They inform you and allow you to see why some of the actions were taken by certain characters. We saw perhaps 60% of the book in theaters. I hope the DVD covers most of it in it's extra features.

Another problem I had with the film was, well it wasn't that accessible to anyone who hasn't read the book. You'd have to make a lot of intuitive leaps if it were your first time being exposed to the story. Walking in I told my friend that the film would go over 80% of the crowds head. I was wrong, it went over 99% of the audiences heads. And it wasn't that they were slow or anything, it is a complex movie, that quite frankly would be better read. When I read Watchmen earlier last year, It took a whole week (six nights if you want to get literal, I read it before going to sleep) not cause I'm a slow reader, I'm not by any means, it's just that you need time to digest everything. In a theater you don't have that kind of time. You can't tell the guy behind the projector to stop the film so you can figure out what exactly what went on.

Also it's not a story for common movie going crowds who want to catch the next pop Superhero film of the summer, not in the least, rather it is what it is, a book in movie form, it's closer to a Lord of the Rings film then a Spider-man, and even then it's nothing like LotR, rather what we have here is a thinking man/womans book, which was translated to moving pictures. Do not go into a movie like this thinking X-men, Spider-Man, or hell Star Wars, you will be VERY disappointed.

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Also the soundtrack, could've used work. How in Gods name are you going to take a sex scene seriously when Hallelujah is playing in the background? Seriously? I get that it was trying to have somewhat a sense of humor about it but really? I focused more on the song then the actual sex scene itself, cause quite frankly I was a little embarrassed. Just a little.

Also movie goers who aren't aware of who Dr. Manhattan is and how he thinks will be disturbed. Many of the critiques I've heard were about his manhood, not legit critiques but critiques.

Also Veidt was my favorite character in the film, not in the actual book, but the film because his size made him easier to relate to.

 

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I for one loved (most of) the sound track. Yes, Hallelujah during the sex scene was... different. But other than that.

I haven't read the book, and I think I grasped the movie fairly well. Guess that puts me in a minority.

As far as criticism, I think the violence should have been toned down. There were several times I shut my eyes or looked away. I understood what was happening, and that was enough. I didn't need to actually witness the inmates arms being sawed off, for example. hwell:

 

Think the violence should be toned down? Don't go watch the movie. If you don't like blood and gore, why did you go to watch Saving Private Ryan?

SH - I went to watch it with an INTJ mate of mine, and he came out really surprised, he went in thinking it would be a superhero movie, like wolverine/batman/superman... He came out enjoying it immensely.

 

I think I may have preferred it if it were a 20 episode high budget miniseries on HBO or something along those lines.

 

Touche', statement retracted.

It may not be superhero film, going in expecting one will leave you surprised and if you were looking forward to one then you will be disappointed.

 

Hey guys I'm going to spoiler tag this thread okay.

 

He is an INTJ... I'm pretty certain he was naturally going to get it regardless.

 

If they had to adapt it like this to have a successful movie, I'd rather they just not adapt it all.

I'm sticking with my sentiment that'd it been better off as a high budget miniseries.