Did anyone enjoy this ponderous, pretentious, waste of 3 hours?
I did come away with an idea for a short story although all I’ve got is a title at this point. It’s going to be called Dr Manhattan’s Johnson of Blue. I don’t know what it’s about, but it needs to be written.
We’ve talked about this in MR.
You should pop by some time.
I will not stand for a discussion of such great importance being co-mingled with the mindless drivel of MR.
i really enjoyed the movie, altought the blue penis was a little much…
The cinematography was amazing! and i absolutley loved the the title sequence in the beginning. Honestly i will probably go see this movie again before its not in theaters.
That sentence right there is more dumbed down then most discussions in MR. Specially the one of Watchmen. So congrats on doing something a bit lower than the standards of MR and for showing us your lack of knowledge and acceptance on a topic.
Anyways, about the movie, is was amazing. Im completely confused how people complain that it was too much like the novel. I stated this in MR already, but the whole scene ending with the line “I’m not locked in here with you, you’re locked in here with me!”
Jackie Haley as Rorschach was just as good as a pick as Ledger for The Joker.
The movie was a bit long, but not once did I find myself noticing that during the movie, just afterwards when I noticed I had to get home to get ready for a practice. But they could of took took a few mins to explain some of the smaller things that someone like me, who didnt read the novel wouldnt know. But most stuff after a few scenes would make sense.
Most movies I download and hardly pay attention to, but this one I paid for, and will pay for again and it had my attention from start to finish.
And I’ll bet you actually think Zack Snyder is “Visionary”.
Nope. I dont care that much. Did a great job on 300 and watchmen though.
Doo doo face.
I liked it alot. I came out from the movie asking myself… “Was Dr. Manhattan circumcised?” I really wasnt sure but I think so.
Other people have answered your question. Now it’s your turn. Did YOU like the movie?
I would have to answer that the existence of this movie is a highly overrated phenomenon. (It wouldn’t surprise, by the way, to find out that I’m stealing that line from Joel Siegal or Gene Shalit.)
And please don’t think I’ve failed to appreciate the asking of a loaded question in response to a loaded question.
I liked it! That’s all I have to say on the matter.
My only quibble with the film is that even though his was blue, Dr Manhatten made me feel like much less of a man.
save yourselves time and money, get a copy of V for vendetta instead, or better yet read the cartoon
I heard Manhatten wasn’t circumsized, but I also thought he was.
I honestly expected them to have sex when she was wearing the night vision goggles, and it would have made a funny scene because those things are so big and cumbersome. I could see her hitting the fire button from the instant they started doing it in the space ship thing.
I could only think how much the movie messed up displaying the temp in antartica, it’s probably soooo much colder than that, I would have been freezing if I left that door to the secret vault thingy open.
Was the sex scene in the comic book? In the movie there was obvious sexual tension between those two from the beginning, was it like that in the book?
I was thinking the very same thing except that I had to pause and consider the politics of each movie and wonder if there are those who don’t consider V For Vendetta to be as ponderous and pretentious as I found this film. I think V has it over Watchmen in being just the right length at least.
I didnt like V as much as Watchmen. V was just something that was there and I sat through it. Though it had its parts.
The politics of both movies I didnt put any thought to. Seeing how they are remaking a fantasy, the way the political stuff works in them seems like a waste to put much attention to. But if you want to complain about how things work in fantasy, go for it.
Had you read the book?
The movie, being mostly just like the book, is full of symbolism and contradiction. The characters are the embodiment of certain ideals and what happens when they conflict - Rorsach being Moral Absolutism whereas Veidt is Moral Relativism. Dr. Manhattan is pure logic juxtaposed against the Silk Specter who represents humanity and emotion. The only character that isn’t an exaggeration is Night Owl, who really doesn’t do anything throughout the book (and is fat and unattractive) - symbolizing the impotence of moderation and how it has taken a backseat to these extremes. The book makes a point to show that the extreme of either side leads to disaster.
A certain ending scene in the book is omitted from the movie - where The Silk Specter and Night Owl have sex in Veidt’s lair after all the crap when down. Dr. Manhattan walks in, sees them, smiles, and leaves earth after telling Veidt that “nothing really ends.” - If you follow the interpretation then this symbolized humanity finally mating with moderation, with the approval of logic - who has already killed moral absolutism (Rorsach) and then goes and tells moral relativism that his plan really didn’t solve anything at all. Then logic leaves earth and the cycle starts all over again.
You get that more from the book than the movie, but there is a lot more there under the surface. It has a lot to say.
And now, for your enjoyment, a discussion in MR:
MR: the digital equivalent of drool.
Im surprised you call that a discussion. Go find a real one, like the Watchmen discussion and get back to me. Kthxbai.
Then again, I can just start taking a lost of replys out of MR just for you.
I had to look up the ending to compare it to how it happened in the movie, but in the movie it wasnt too bad and I know Phil and Sean agreed that it was done well for film.
I found this film extremely distasteful. Not only did I disagree with many of it’s moral implications, but I also found much of the action parts to be absolutely disgusting, the plot was hard to follow, and many of the script/acting was quite cheesy. I was planning on just going to a movie that night, and that one seemed to be the only one that sounded interesting, and I ended up waiting over an hour to be bored for another 3 hours. A true Hollywood disaster.
Edit: A very big problem with this movie is it was made by idiots who attempted to create characters that were more knowledgeable and intelligent than any other humans on earth. Clearly, many things are going to go wrong, because idiots who are lacking in knowledge are unable to think like super-intelligent geniuses who know everything, thus unable to accurately portray such characters.
I think we can pretty much split the likes/dislikes down to people who have read/haven’t read the book.
Jerrick is the exception to this rule.
Don’t ask me why, I don’t know how it works.
This is certainly the best Alan Moore book/movie adaptation to date.
V for Vendetta wasn’t bad.
From Hell was meh.
Let’s not talk about The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
The movie makers made a pretty damn good effort of what was (in the words of Alan Moore) described as an inherently unfilmable book.
I’d put this up there with The Rocketeer and Sin City when it comes to comic book movies that are accurate to the original material.
Comic books a notoriously difficult to nail on film.
What looks good on a page will often be laughed at on screen.
The decision to take out the tentacled squid monster was a good one and took nothing away from the story.
If anything, what they replaced it with felt like a better denouement.
I liked it.