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Post by G on Aug 4, 2008 22:33:43 GMT -5
I am not a movie enthusiast. I really am not. Usually by time I have seen a movie either A) I just happened to see it on tv by pure accident B) Someone lent it to me when it came out on DVD or C) I was over at somebody's house and they watched it. I'm really THAT bad about movies. Comic movies...Wow! This is where I really suck at being a comic fan. I don't even go to see those. I think the last comic movie I seen was Spiderman 2 and again, someone lent it to me. Which I thought was pretty decent btw. Also, for the most part, I have found a lot of comic movies over the years to be too damn cheesy for me. Although I think the last few years have probably produced some of the best material out there (At least, that is what I hear)....I'd be more interested in watching the hero flicks if someone just lent me a copy (hint! hint!)... But, I must say...I am actually really interested in The Watchman movie. I'm in the camp that loved the comic! I read it twice and loved it both times. And if I could find my TPB of it (on of my few TPB's) Id read it again because its been about 5 years since I read it. From the pictures Ive seen online it looks hot. I havent seen a trailer to it yet, but I will eventually. I think if the movie can be as good as the book (remember, I am in the camp that actually loved the book)...I think it can actually be a shot in the arm to the comics world. I cant wait for it to hit! Hopefully this is the beginning of a very long thread as we go from anticipation now and hopefully follow this until well after it has been released. Good Luck Watchmen! This is a comic movie Im actually rooting for!  |
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Post by G on Aug 5, 2008 11:47:03 GMT -5
Well, I know there are other trailers. You've probably seen it. Here's the one I saw. Looks pretty cool.
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Post by UDog™ on Aug 5, 2008 23:43:52 GMT -5
I saw that trailer when i went to see Batman , it does it look really good and i'll most likely go and see it next year. Although i have to say i've never heard of Watchman before seeing the trailer  . |
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Post by G on Oct 26, 2008 9:53:55 GMT -5
Watchmen Movie Poster  Not really a movie guy, but this I want to see. |
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Post by G on Mar 2, 2009 22:06:11 GMT -5
Watchmen comes out this week! Whoever sees it, let me know about it. I haven't been to a movie in a theater in 5 years, but I may just try and see this one. I was one who dug the comic and when I see the previews for the movie, it really reminds me an awful lot of the comic. My main concern is they over-cheese it up! If it can stay serious, I think it has a legitimate chance!
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Post by G on Mar 6, 2009 7:33:10 GMT -5
Watchmen opens up today in theaters! Anybody going to see this? It wont be today and probably not this weekend, but my wife and I have already agreed to go see this as part of my birthday present which is also coming up this week (hint, hint)  Anyway, if anybody else sees it, Im dying to hear what you have to say about it. I hope the movie is more substance than hype, but man, when I see the trailers, I almost feel like I am looking at the comic all over again! I just hope they don't silly it down. That is the one thing that will easily ruin it. If it remains serious, it has a fighting chance. |
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Post by azbatx on Mar 10, 2009 19:25:57 GMT -5
I watched it on the internet. I thought it was good.
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Post by G on Mar 10, 2009 21:14:02 GMT -5
I watched it on the internet. I thought it was good. I've read "elsewhere" that it sucked. But this was from a known Watchmen hater. So, I'm not sure what to think. I haven't been to a movie in 5 years and for my birthday, my wife was going to take me to see this. If it sucks, I don't want to go. I'll figure another way to see it eventually. But I myself liked the comic. A lot actually. So I want to see if they can do the book justice. But to be let down by this movie would be a big let down to me personally. I don't really need a let down these days.  |
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Post by G on Mar 13, 2009 12:21:25 GMT -5
Well, I'm one day away from seeing the Watchmen. It is a birthday present from my wife to see this. I told her months ago that when this finally came out I wanted to see this and she never forgot, so even though Ive been telling her a lot more lately that we don't need to see this because I have begun to fear that I will be disappointed in it, she insists on taking me. So tomorrow I am off on a 40 mile ride one way to go see a nearly 3 hr comic book movie from my past.
As for part of the preparation, Ive been reading reviews of it anywhere I can. I've read a couple of views from our "friends" on the fellow message boards. I've read reviews from various movie theater reviewing threads where you know the type, the type of fans that go to movies and think they can understand a movie better than your feeble mind ever could post their significant reviews on how they feel.
I must say, I am optimistic to this day, but I still fret that I will be disappointed. This movie has reviews all over the place. From those flat out gushing about it as one of the greatest things they ever saw, to the exact opposite, the most pathetic piece of movie ever to hit a screen with people leaving their seats and not returning half way through the movie. My, my, my.....such a rousing response this movie brings out of people it seems.
Since my wife confirmed with me via phone that we would indeed be going to the movies tomorrow, I decided to make one last check of the reviews. I say the average reviewer is probably placing the movie around a "B". For the most part, I think more people like it than dont like it. I'd say its probably in the area of 70-80% of the reviews I read, people gave it a "B" or higher with many giving it an "A". But I decided to read more of the "F's" and see just why those people hated it. Clue me in a little bit about what they expected was so bad about it.
I found the following review comical. He gave every category that you can grade on the movie an "F". His review seems a little wordy at 1st and might start to lose you, but I encourage you to keep reading it as he tends to get funnier as he progresses. I cannot help it, but I almost envisioned "cfs" writing this as I know he is not a fan of Watchmen at all. One thing about it though. His review is scolding and it blasts anybody that has anything to do with the movie including those that watched it. He ends up having a kind of affect on me that Im not sure was intended. He gives it such a bad review that he makes me want to see it more.
His descriptions of some of the things that happened are exactly the kind of things I expect to see in this movie. So maybe when it is my turn, I can view it with more laughter than those around me. I worry about making my wife sit through this. And she wanted to bring our 13 year old son, but I convinced her this aint no Batman or Spiderman and he shouldnt go to this. I mean I'm going to have to explain to her why their is a blue penis walking around throughout the movie. I feel like I should prepare her for the reality of where this movie is taking place and at what time of the world. I feel at face value, she won't get it or understand what is trying to be said. That's what I fear most from people that go and never were exposed to the Watchmen or even gritty comics before. This isn't superheroes saving the day over and over. This is probably a darker movie than those on the outside ever expected. So, that's why I want to see it even more.
Especially after reading this guys review in the following post which made me laugh out loud more than once!
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Post by G on Mar 13, 2009 12:26:31 GMT -5
Answer to Positive Reviews (Why Watchmen SUCKED).
by patriotactboy3 (movies profile) Mar 12, 2009
19 of 24 people found this review helpful
[Anatomy is bearable/ shouldn’t be a concern.]
Movies shouldn’t be “bearable.” When I go out to a movie, it’s like going out to dinner somewhere: I expect to enjoy the experience, not see if I can sit through it/ bear it. The food/ movie should actually be ABOVE PAR. I don’t go out to eat so they can serve me some frozen carrots and peas, and tell me “C’mon, this meal is bearable, you can choke it down.” Yes, I probably can bear it. But the point is, I, the average movie go-er, do not want to see blue-penis and repeated male bare-ass, particularly when it’s completely irrelevant to the plot or characters. Sure, the director has the right to put blue-penis in the movie. And I have the right to say that the choice was annoying to me. Hell, even the gay couple in front of me was saying “wow – this is pretty gay.”
[The characters are supposed to be vile and gritty. Human nature/ realism.]
This movie tries to copy Sin City in this regard, but fails miserably. If you want to show a dark side of human nature, or just present something and let the audience judge, that’s fine. But if you’re going to show Adolf Hitler or a version of Superman where Superman abuses his power to rape people without consequence, you might want to present these characters as “evil monsters” to resonate with the audience. Or you could show people in the gas chambers and add a laugh track or some elevator music to the scene, which is essentially what this movie did. By the way, this movie/ it’s blue penis-loving fans think “wow – this is really violent and gory.” NOT EVEN – It’s not even up there with Saw, Jeepers Creepers, Hostel, most American war movies, etc. – it’s just pretentious as if a 13 year old boy (the director) was saying to the audience, “Here’s you’re f’ing Spiderman, hahaha!! *snort*”.
We don’t need to see a seven year old girl’s underwear, and discover she was burned in a furnace, chopped up, and fed to dogs, and watch the dogs fighting over her bony leg with the shoe still on it. It wasn’t physically repulsive to me personally (I’ve watched countless horror films far more disgusting physically) – the idea was just mentally repulsive and frankly not necessary. Why don’t we show the little girls face burning off too? Or show THAT rape seen? Why don’t we show the 7 year old getting raped and then show someone pissing on the American flag and taking a dump on a statue of Jesus Christ – only to tell people who thought it was needless to the thematic nature of the film that “they are just too sensitive and squeamish” or something. UP YOURS. It was all very poorly done. By the way, why is the guy who raped aforementioned 7-year old girl and threw her in a furnace, actually DISTURBED when he sees a DEAD DOG? HE JUST MUTILATED A SEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL. PLOT HOLE, *****S!
But don’t let my hyperboles fool you – this movie is mostly BORING AND SLOW WITH TONS OF EXPOSITORY SCENES.
[Latex girl (Spectre) is not a whore by sleeping with two guys!]
Ha – I know you masturbate to her constantly, but even a character I tried to like because of her tits, you eventually begin to despise and want her to burn. The character is not fleshed out or three dimensional at all. Major points include she cries when she’s not given enough attention by the Blue Penis (that’s original) and really really really thinks that humanity/ the world should be saved (gee, who doesn’t think nuclear holocaust is a bad thing? – well, actually I think the theatre was praying a real nuclear holocaust would happen and end their misery).
And Latex girl is despised even by a young dude like me because she DOES seem like a whore. 1. She slept with Blue Dude while he was married to someone else! AND DON’T SAY IT’S A COMMENTARY ON HUMAN NATURE – BY DEFINITION ANYTHING THAT ANYONE DOES FOR ANY REASON AT ANY TIME IS ‘HUMAN NATURE’ BECAUSE YOU ARE A GODD*MN HUMAN AND YOU ARE DOING IT!
2. She clearly gets wet when talking to her mom’s rapist scumbag. There isn’t a man she won’t do, right?
3. When talking to Owl man, she just jumps on top of him and starts riding. The man doesn’t initiate at all. Acceptable, but adds to her whorishness. That and she loves breaking the face of police officers for personal amusement.
I love how the heroes all have their own issues.
What issues? No, they don’t have any relatable issues at all. Spiderman had relatable, believable problems. What are these guys “great issues”?
Comedian – his issue is that he loves murdering people. Feel for him? Sympathize?
Latex girl – her issue is that her man turned into a non-man blue robot. Don’t you hate it when you’re man becomes distant because a radioactive machine turned him into an omniscient being who can no longer relate to anyone from mankind?
Blue man – his issue is he can’t relate to mankind or feel for humans because he’s a God now. SO RELATABLE.
Owl Man – his great issue is erectile dysfunction. No joke. TAKE SOME VIAGRA MORON. He also lacks balls to stop psychopaths. Listen folks, if you have a sniper rifle, and Osama Bin Laden is in your sights, and you can kill him just by pulling the trigger (or let’s say maybe just knock him out at the LEAST) – IF YOU CAN’T PULL THE TRIGGER, NOTHING IS EVER GOING TO MAKE YOU. If you don’t have the will to stop women being raped or innocents being slaughtered – that is not a value you “learn” – you are just not going to be a very likable guy.
Rogosnock/ masked guy – ONLY REDEEMABLE CHARACTER, BUT CAN’T SAVE THIS P.O.S. The Blue idiot destroys him for fun for no reason, further enraging the audience who only liked one character (this one). He could have erased his memory, imprisoned him, but him on a house on Mars… no, explode him to get you’re giant exposed blue Rocks off, while Owl Dude stands by because that that is theme of this movie.
Let me say that again, the theme of this movie is STAND BY WHILE THE WORLD BURNS AND YOU’RE FRIENDS DIE. STAND BY AND DO NOTHING.
Owl man let’s comedian kill innocents.
Blue man let’s comedian kill innocents.
Smart man blows up East Coast, including New York City (millions dead – hooray).
Owl man let’s Blue guy kill his friend, Bag man.
Blue Guy abandons earth to watch it burn – leads to cataclysmic damage (see above).
Some guy here said this was better than the Dark Night. OMFG LOL. That’s like saying the National Enquirer has more literary merit than Mark Twain, you brain dead idiot (is that you director Zack Snyder?)
Bruce Wayne/ Batman is relatable.
The Joker is relatable.
Two-face is relatable.
Spiderman and the X-men are f’ing relatable.
THE WATCHMEN ARE LOATHED SCUM AND BRAINLESS DOLTS.
Nice shot of the TWIN TOWERS still standing in the background as millions of New Yorkers lie dead in holocaust-level nuked city. Another example of something added in (other historical movies have already done this but for good reasons) merely for shock value or a feeble attempt to provoke a reaction from the audience. Everything is shock value without reason. You should have had Nixon whip out his penis and start masturbating on screen as more hippies got blown away.
YOU WILL BE IN THE THEATRE THREE HOURS PAST THE START TIME LISTED, WATCHING MUCH SMARTER AUDIENCE MEMBERS JUST POUR OUT IN THE MIDDLE, CLAWING YOUR EYES OUT WHILE THE MOVIE HAS A LORD-OF-THE-RINGS LEVEL LONG-WINDED RAP UP. SKIP THE DVD. WAIT A WEEK AND SIMPLY GOOGLE IMAGE LATEX GIRL TO SEE HER TITS IF YOU HAVE TO, PROBABLY THE ONLY POSSIBILITY THAT AGREED TO SEE THIS P.O.S WITH MY FRIEND. WATCHMEN SUX.
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