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over a year ago
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best super hero movie ever..
Im not watching it right now(its on telly) but I still think its absolutely amazing, I was given the graphic novel years before the movie(while being arty comics werent my thing , the stories werent my bag), so when the movie came out I was gobsmacked
and also gobsmacked atits poor reception.
it IS the ultimate super hero movie
and I still laugh at how fucking awful avengers was...REALLY |
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There is a Fan Edit available on the internet called 'Watchmen - Midnight' which is a re-edited, re-cut version of the film with a lot of the directors extra footage put back in which makes it far more like the comic book in narrative and flow - it also makes it nearly 3 hours long.
Highly recommended viewing. |
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Avengers wasn't bad - in many ways its a high point in what is a golden age of Superhero films - it appealed to mainstream audiences and made serious bank. If it means more films like Watchmen get made then it can only be a good thing.
The commercial success of Avengers means that at DC are turning out some excellent animated movies for their properties and avoiding killing their franchises off in one hit by trying to do a Justice League movie (after the appalling effort that was Man of Steel). |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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ya tit!
I think its really one of those films u have to watch and NOT think its a superhero movie ( lickity), there is SOOOOOOOO much more going on in the actual thought processes to be honest, and it stems really into the the most powerful super hero ever(Dr manhattan)- he is the key, he is basically god, and becomes apathetic to joy and suffering
I honestly dont think even the newer SH movies have ever been able to to touch on the films actual deper depths |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"ya tit!
I think its really one of those films u have to watch and NOT think its a superhero movie ( lickity), there is SOOOOOOOO much more going on in the actual thought processes to be honest, and it stems really into the the most powerful super hero ever(Dr manhattan)- he is the key, he is basically god, and becomes apathetic to joy and suffering
I honestly dont think even the newer SH movies have ever been able to to touch on the films actual deper depths"
I'll try it again when life itself is less grim. I will concentrate better. I'd already worked out Dr Manhattan is the puppet master but the violence was getting to me. |
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on the same subject so to speak, district 9 is one of the most amazing scifi films...and here is a gem
the man who fell to earth
stuff u have to watch
* im all for whambam scifi but when it says somnething to u, about how u'd think in extreme outlandish cases
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I think the poor critical reception was down to two things - firstly it had been in production limbo for so long and secondly Zac Snyder so obsessively reproduced the comic frames (except in the final act). This meant that it didn't really seem to be saying or doing anything new - particularly given that the Nolan Batman films had already done the whole superhero angst thing, and the Incredibles had lovingly plagiarised banning superheroes.
I loved the film - particularly given the cast of relative unknowns - but does it add anything to the book, particularly given that it was the only graphic novel in a Time list of 100 greatest books? Not sure... |
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I love Alan Moore's work and although he hate movie adaptations I think this was as good as it could be. The only issue I had was the ending and why they changed it, the comic book ending makes more sense; especially if read the Tennyson poem |
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Good soundtrack but I was finding the grim noir style difficult to handle on this one.
Fuck tv licences, tv licences are for pussies!
