THOUGHTS ON WATCHMEN MOVIE, MOST OF WHICH ARE NOT BY FRED

[Requia ☣]

FACT: WATCHMEN MOVIE WAS MADE ACCURATE TO THE COMIC BOOK AS A "GOING AWAY" PRESENT TO ALAN MOORE.

NOT THAT HE'S GOING TO DIE.  MORE SO HE HAS SOME GLIMMER OF LOVE FOR HUMANITY WHEN HE ASCENDS TO ELDER GODHOOD.

It failed then, Alan Moore made them take his name off the credits he hated it so much.

[Suu]

No. Alan Moore never WANTED his name on the credits to begin with. He was convinced that Watchmen was unfilmable, and wanted nothing to do with it. After what Hollywood did to From Hell and The League of Extraordinary Sean Connery Failure, he has little faith left. Apparently he was so-so about V.

[East Coast Hustle]

I heard they changed the ending.

I'll wait until the director's cut comes out on DVD, and if it doesn't have the real ending, I'll hunt Zack Snyder down and wear his face for halloween this year.

(note: not really, obviously.)

[Faust]

I didn't like it. I thought the music was really intrusive and rather then aiding/setting the scene all it did was pull me out of the flow of the film.
The first third is excellent. The team america like sex scene and the dumb over the top violence in the prison was cringeworthy. The last third of the film was ok.
Overall the acting didn't let down the film like I expected it to, just the direction I guess. It was too bland for me, not a terrible film, just not a good one.

[Faust]

I heard they changed the ending.

I'll wait until the director's cut comes out on DVD, and if it doesn't have the real ending, I'll hunt Zack Snyder down and wear his face for halloween this year.

(note: not really, obviously.)

The mechanism they use in place of the squid is ok. however they omit a really important scene that ties up the end of the story. Remember when John owns the shit out of ozy by telling him how he has only saved people in the short term, implying he is be nothing more then a petty criminal in the long run. kinda cheapens what happens to Rorschach and very much justifies ozy in murdering everyone.
Oh well

[Tempest Virago]

I'm pretty sure Alan Moore said he wasn't going to watch it, anyway.

[Xooxe]

I still don't know what Watchmen is exactly.

I've avoided most threads about it on other forums but only visited this one because Fred made it.

Comic -> Film. That's all I know.

[Fuquad]

I still don't know what Watchmen is exactly.

I've avoided most threads about it on other forums but only visited this one because Fred made it.

Comic -> Film. That's all I know.

Watchmen is a world that will destroy itself if Justice is served.

[Richter]

FACT: WATCHMEN MOVIE WAS MADE ACCURATE TO THE COMIC BOOK AS A "GOING AWAY" PRESENT TO ALAN MOORE.

NOT THAT HE'S GOING TO DIE.  MORE SO HE HAS SOME GLIMMER OF LOVE FOR HUMANITY WHEN HE ASCENDS TO ELDER GODHOOD.

It failed then, Alan Moore made them take his name off the credits he hated it so much.

Hence, humanity fucked.  What's new? : P

[Pariah]

I plan on reading  the original graphic novel before seeing the movie.

[Lies]

I'm going to see the movie before I read the comic so I don't get massively disappointed with the fact that the movie didn't live up to the comic.

[Pariah]

Only problem with that is that I heard some parts you would have to have read the graphic novel first.

[Requia ☣]

Yeah, but there are parts of the graphic novel where you need to read the graphic novel first.  So either way, first time is a first time.

[Pariah]

Definitely

[Rumckle]

No. Alan Moore never WANTED his name on the credits to begin with. He was convinced that Watchmen was unfilmable, and wanted nothing to do with it. After what Hollywood did to From Hell and The League of Extraordinary Sean Connery Failure, he has little faith left. Apparently he was so-so about V.

I thought he didn't see V? Or at least didn't get credited for it.