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Post by Silent Brad on Feb 23, 2009 21:33:06 GMT -5
Haha, found this a second ago: ![](http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x135/symbiote24/AlanfrackingMoore.jpg)
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Feb 23, 2009 21:36:25 GMT -5
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.
That was incredible.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Feb 23, 2009 21:51:42 GMT -5
Haha, found this a second ago: ![](http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x135/symbiote24/AlanfrackingMoore.jpg) I hope it doesn't become a reality, but it is awesome!
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Post by Rorschach on Feb 23, 2009 22:55:17 GMT -5
Alan Moore as Ozymandias?
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Feb 24, 2009 5:32:13 GMT -5
DOES THAT MEAN I FINALLY GET TO SEE LAURIE'S BOOBS WITHOUT DAMN SHADOWS IN THE WAY!!!!! Who knows? You can see full frontal nudity in a PG here. It's been given that rating for "strong bloody violence" and with the occasional exception (Wanted was the last one I can remember) that normally would occur with horror films. So expect some pretty strong stuff in this film. Well according to the Times Newspaper review preview (It got 4 stars in the newspaper I read) there is a lot of violence, some sex scenes including Nite Owls need to beat up thugs to perform and Doctor Manhatten is there in all his naked glory. But yeah I wasn't expecting it to be 18, but that should make it even more interesting. Here it is online: entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/film_reviews/article5791888.ece
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2009 9:32:44 GMT -5
I can say is Rorsache is perfect in the movie. From his voice, to the way he walks. I can't wait again!
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Feb 24, 2009 11:45:48 GMT -5
Empire have their review online. They've given it 4 stars. Here's the link but I haven't read through the full review, so it may have some spoilers in there.
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Post by Silent Brad on Feb 24, 2009 22:05:29 GMT -5
2 New TV Spots:
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Post by Rorschach on Feb 24, 2009 22:08:26 GMT -5
Heh. The way they're oversaturating this thing makes THE DARK KNIGHT look humble in comparison. People are going to be so sick of hearing about this film by the time it debuts.....it just might hurt the box office.
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Post by skiller on Feb 24, 2009 22:17:52 GMT -5
*Is excited... that is all*
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Feb 24, 2009 22:26:02 GMT -5
Empire have their review online. They've given it 4 stars. Here's the link but I haven't read through the full review, so it may have some spoilers in there. After reading that review, it sounds like the movie is what I figured: it's good but not the graphic novel.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2009 23:20:37 GMT -5
Empire have their review online. They've given it 4 stars. Here's the link but I haven't read through the full review, so it may have some spoilers in there. After reading that review, it sounds like the movie is what I figured: it's good but not the graphic novel. Thats what the Directors Cut DVD will be, a graphic novel. You do have to realize that Watchmen had a budget of 150 million dollars and Snyder wanted 50 million more! I don't think there is enough fans of Watchmen to make the budget and if there are it'll probably just make it even. It needs to appeal to the outside and so far in my college, alot of people I know who has never heard of Watchmen before are really interested in the movie. As a fan of the graphic novel I am excited for the theatrical release of the "movie" Watchmen. But as a Watchmen fan I'm more excited about three and a half hour directors cut DVD being the true film adaptation of Watchmen.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Feb 24, 2009 23:27:11 GMT -5
After reading that review, it sounds like the movie is what I figured: it's good but not the graphic novel. Thats what the Directors Cut DVD will be, a graphic novel. You do have to realize that Watchmen had a budget of 150 million dollars and Snyder wanted 50 million more! I don't think there is enough fans of Watchmen to make the budget and if there are it'll probably just make it even. It needs to appeal to the outside and so far in my college, alot of people I know who has never heard of Watchmen before are really interested in the movie. As a fan of the graphic novel I am excited for the theatrical release of the "movie" Watchmen. But as a Watchmen fan I'm more excited about three and a half hour directors cut DVD being the true film adaptation of Watchmen. Yeah, I'm going to see the movie in theaters, but I'll also be first in line to buy the DVD. I'm also planning on buying the Black Freighter DVD.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Feb 25, 2009 0:15:18 GMT -5
After reading that review, it sounds like the movie is what I figured: it's good but not the graphic novel. Thats what the Directors Cut DVD will be, a graphic novel. You do have to realize that Watchmen had a budget of 150 million dollars and Snyder wanted 50 million more! I don't think there is enough fans of Watchmen to make the budget and if there are it'll probably just make it even. It needs to appeal to the outside and so far in my college, alot of people I know who has never heard of Watchmen before are really interested in the movie. As a fan of the graphic novel I am excited for the theatrical release of the "movie" Watchmen. But as a Watchmen fan I'm more excited about three and a half hour directors cut DVD being the true film adaptation of Watchmen. I understand that. I was just saying that from that review, the theatrical release sounds like what I thought it would be.
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Post by Silent Brad on Feb 25, 2009 22:58:44 GMT -5
Yet Another New Clip:
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Post by "American Cream" Dusty Loads on Feb 25, 2009 23:49:46 GMT -5
And people complain about Bale's Bat-voice. :-P
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Post by Solid Stryk-Dizzle on Feb 26, 2009 0:15:21 GMT -5
With all these clips, we'll be able to piece together the whole movie!
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Post by Millie D on Feb 26, 2009 15:40:15 GMT -5
First Review In! Not a good one either....
The Hollywood Reporter said this:
Bottom Line: Ouch. It's not easy being a comic book hero these days. The poor boys have taken their lumps in "Hancock," "The Dark Knight" and even "Iron Man." Self-doubt, angst and inadequacies plague them. And now comes "Watchmen." Its costumed superheroes, operating in an alternative 1985, are seriously screwed up -- and so is their movie. If anyone were able to make a nine-figure movie, something like "Watchmen" would have been the opening-night film at the Sundance Film Festival.
As stimulating as it was to see the superhero movie enter the realm of crime fiction in "The Dark Knight," "Watchmen" enters into a realm that is both nihilistic and campy. The two make odd companions. The film, directed by Zack Snyder ("300"), will test the limits of superhero movie fans. If you're not already invested in these characters because of the original graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, nothing this movie does is likely to change that predicament.
That's bad news for Warner Bros. and Paramount, which hold domestic and international rights, respectively. Opening weekends everywhere will reflect the huge anticipation of this much-touted, news-making movie. After that, the boxoffice slide could be drastic.
Snyder and writers David Hayter and Alex Tse never find a reason for those unfamiliar with the graphic novel to care about any of this nonsense. And it is nonsense. When one superhero has to take a Zen break, he does so on Mars. Of course he does.
The film opens with a brutal killing, then moves on to a credit-roll newsreel of sorts that takes us though the Cold War years, landing us in 1985 when Nixon is in his third term, tipping us that we're in an alternate 1985 America, where our superheroes have taken care of Woodward and Bernstein and other forces have evidently taken care of the U.S. Constitution.
The opening murder happens to a character called the Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), who was once a member of a now-banished team of superheroes called the Masks. Fellow ex-Mask Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) -- his mask one of perpetually shifting inkblots -- takes exception to his old colleague's death. He believes the entire society of ex-crime-fighters is being targeted even as the Doomsday Clock -- which charts tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that could lead to nuclear war -- nears midnight.
His investigation and renewed contacts with former buddies fills us in on the complicated histories and problematic psychiatric makeups of these colleagues.
It's all very complicated but not impenetrable. We pick up the relationships quickly enough, but soon realize these back stories owe more to soap operas than to superhero comics.
The thing is, these aren't so much superheroes as ordinary human beings with, let us say, comic-book martial arts prowess. The one exception is Billy Crudup's Jon Osterman, aka Dr. Manhattan, who in true comic book fashion was caught in a laboratory accident that turned him into a scientific freak -- a naked, glowing giant, looking a little bit like the Oscar statuette only with actual genitals -- who has amazing God-like powers.
These powers are being harnessed by an ex-Mask, Matthew Goode's menacing though slightly effeminate industrialist Adrian Veidt.
When Dr. Manhattan's frustrated girlfriend, yet another former Mask, Malin Akerman's Laurie Jupiter, can't get any satisfaction from Dr. M, she turns to the former Nite Owl II, Dan Dreiberg, who seems too much of a good guy to be an actual superhero, but he does miss those midnight prowls.
The point is that these superheroes, before Nixon banned them, were more vigilantes than real heroes, so the question the movie poses is, ah-hah, who is watching these Watchmen? They don't seem too much different from the villains.
Which also means we don't empathize with any of these creatures. And what's with the silly Halloween getups? Did anyone ever buy those Hollywood Boulevard costumes?
The violence is not as bad as early rumors would have one believe. It's still comic book stuff, only with lots of bloody effects and makeup. The real disappointment is that the film does not transport an audience to another world, as "300" did. Nor does the third-rate Chandler-esque narration by Rorschach help.
There is something a little lackadaisical here. The set pieces are surprisingly flat and the characters have little resonance. Fight scenes don't hold a candle to Asian action. Even the digital effects are ho-hum. Armageddon never looked so cheesy.
The film seems to take pride in its darkness, but this is just another failed special effect. Cinematographer Larry Fong and production designer Alex McDowell blend real and digital sets with earthen tones and secondary colors that give a sense of the past. But the stories are too absurd and acting too uneven to convince anyone. The appearances of a waxworks Nixon, Kissinger and other 1980s personalities will only bring hoots from less charitable audiences.
Looks like we have the first real flop of 2009.
Ok Who really listens to reporters anyway??
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Feb 26, 2009 16:17:28 GMT -5
Love the Moore cartoon.
From reading the above review though, seems like the guy missed the point of the book entirely- you're not supposed to empathize with any of the characters very much, they're all flawed..
but it's kinda what I'm betting your main movie-going public is going to feel like too.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Feb 26, 2009 16:18:43 GMT -5
Bah, all you have to do is say the film is from the guy who made the 300 film and the general public will flood to it just to see it.
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