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Watchmen Watched
In a blatant attempt to make my movie-going a valid business expense, I'm putting together some notes on Watchmen, and providing a place for you all to discuss it. The first thing I want to say is that I had high hopes: If you ask any serious comic book nerd what the most important book is, they will probably give you one of two answers, and "Watchmen" is the right one. So really Snyder, the director of 300, could only do wrong. Fortunately for me, he was very true to the book: just like 300, many sequences are shot-for-shot from the comics. Some stuff didn't make it, and the new ending has a different meaning to me (one that really isn't as satisfying, but is certainly cleaner). But what I can't say is if it was a good movie or not. I sorta wish I could get an impartial opinion of someone who isn't a nutty fan of the book to tell me how it stands as a movie. I imagine a bit slow, wordy and maybe a bit confusing in parts. I'll leave full reviews to others, but I enjoyed the picture and suspect you will too.
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wait fuck, nevermind...
Never read the comics or books, Send me to see it on the /. dime and I will give you an opinion on how it was just as a movie. =P
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I have not read the book, nor seen the movie. It was great! How's that for an untainted opinion?
"No matter where you go, there you are." -- Buckaroo Banzai
CmdrTaco doesn't work you insensitive clod.
You can't legislate goodness. Let each to his own destiny, by will of his freely made choices.
Can I get this from torrent already? I'm not cheap. I just like to tie a couple slashdot topics together when I can.
Now we see the violence inherent in the system.
15 minutes of oblique tit vs. 45 minutes of full frontal blue dong. Feminism is out of control.
If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we shoot people for Apollo-related non-sequiturs?
they somehow expect an R rated movie to have fluffy bunnies farting rainbows or something.
Sooner or later someone will make a highly disturbing R rated movie with bunnies who fart rainbows and you'll eat those words.
Happy Tree Friends?
http://io9.com/5165227/the-version-of-watchmen-the-studio-wanted
Great jumping cats! Someone made an animated "Saturday Morning Watchmen" cartoon and it is seriously funny. It's at the end of this article, but here's a direct link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w
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Sooner or later someone will make a highly disturbing R rated movie with bunnies who fart rainbows and you'll eat those words.
(Don LaFontaine):
In a world where evil stomps good like God at a Dawkin's speech, cute little bunnies fight to protect the innocent.
Action!
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Sniff my gas if you want to live.
Comedy!
Tom Cruise: hehehehehe
Drama!
Oprah Winfrey: Girlfriend, you got gas!
More comedy!
Bruce Campbell: Good, bad, I'm the bunny with gas.
Irresponsible casting:
Rosie Perez: I'll take bodily functions that start with the letter F, Alex.
More gratuitous action!
Arnold Schwarzenegger again: We've got to get out of heah! Go! now! Get to the CHOPPA!
More head-scratching casting!
Keanu Reeves: Dude! Wait...what?
Coming soon to a theater near you, United Artists presents: Little Bunny Poot-Poot
This time, it's personal.
Rated R. Film contains scenes depicting flatulence, dutch ovens, donkey punches, and Nascar.
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I was in Las Vegas recently, and the entire strip was full of fullscreen content stretched to fit widescreens. It seemed like a little metaphor for Las Vegas, really.
I'm 45 years old. I read Watchmen for the first time ever about a week ago and I loved it. But then I'm fairly immature.
The road to hell is paved with Cat 5 cable.
"no talking chicks behind you."
You are aware that this is a movie based on a comic book, right?
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