artyjeffrey 20 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Is everyone to be wiped out in this thread? IS THERE NO ONE LEFT BUT I?! (screams overdramatically, cue Bernard Herrmann Twilight Zone "Where is Everybody?" music) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Sure, if you keep that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I'm not gonna post any un-blocked-out spoilers, but I'm definitely of the opinon that anyone who doesn't want the movie spoiled shouldn't be reading this thread in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 And there we reach an agreement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I've been reading along and have no idea what the eff you guys are talking about. I despise Zack Snyder, so I won't be seeing this film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Sometimes, I do not know what the eff* I am talking about.* This is not the censor at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,323 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I don't understand the appeal of this movie?I haven't read it but supposedly it's based on one of the best and most progressive graphic novels ever. I say, bring it on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Tracklist had been released1. Rescue Mission2. Don't Get Too Misty Eyed3. Tonight The Comedian Died4. Silk Spectre5. We'll Live Longer6. You Quit!7. Only Two Names Remain8. The American Dream9. Edward Blake – The Comedian10. The Last Laugh11. Prison Fight12. Just Look Around You13. Dan's Apocalyptic Dream14. Who Murdered Hollis Mason?15. What About Janie Slater?16. I'll Tell You About Rorschach17. Countdown18. It Was Me19. All That Is Good20. Requiem (Excerpted from Mozart's Requiem)21. I Love You Mom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 20. Requiem (Excerpted from Mozart's Requiem)Tyler Bates is learning to credit the people he steals from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,136 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I've been reading along and have no idea what the eff you guys are talking about. I despise Zack Snyder, so I won't be seeing this film.So do I. I feel conflicting emotions. I loved the novel, but hate the director. This movie rates a meh on my scale.20. Requiem (Excerpted from Mozart's Requiem)Tyler Bates is learning to credit the people he steals from That's exaclt what I was going to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,323 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 So do I. I feel conflicting emotions. I loved the novel, but hate the director. This movie rates a meh on my scale.You love graphic novels but you hate Zack Snyder? How strange! Why hate a director that knows how to create a film that looks like a graphic novel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 300 was exactly what a filmed version of the comic should be. I don't know what most of you guys were expecting. Come on, it's Frank "I'm the god-damned Batman!" Miller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeagol 0 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Just finished reading it and at last I understand the problem with the ending. Any ideas of how they were going to fix that? The whole 'without the squid nothing makes sense' thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I just don't know. But I haven't seen anything from this movie to make me hopeful. And this movie really required grittier cinematography. IT looks too plastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Music From The Motion Picture Watchmen, the film's official soundtrack, includes My Chemical Romance's powerful reinterpretation of Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row," recorded exclusively for the film.Uh oh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Wow Snyder actually used the Philip Glass piece from the trailer in the film. Now I'm 100% not seeing it... ever. Although it does appear he likes Bob Dylan. Whatever, this movie is going to be completely and utterly awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,323 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Thanks for warning us, KS! I already scratched it from my list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 No problem. Glad I could help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I just don't know. But I haven't seen anything from this movie to make me hopeful. And this movie really required grittier cinematography. IT looks too plasticIndeed, especially from a comic book that prided itself on displaying superheroes in a very mundane way. That's way the costumes look the way they do, they aren't supposed to be high-tech and cool.Also, Snyder added a whole new subplot dealing with the queen to 300 that wasn't in the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wycket 36 Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 I just don't know. But I haven't seen anything from this movie to make me hopeful. And this movie really required grittier cinematography. IT looks too plasticIndeed, especially from a comic book that prided itself on displaying superheroes in a very mundane way. That's way the costumes look the way they do, they aren't supposed to be high-tech and cool.Also, Snyder added a whole new subplot dealing with the queen to 300 that wasn't in the book.At least he was trying to make the movie at least have some sort of a plot to it. The book itself is not one of Miller's best works, so I welcomed that he tried to at least add some depth to the story.And omg, they used a Philip Glass piece in the movie. The movie must be terrible!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 He added neither depth nor much more plot with the addition, it just came off as unnecessary. But I will say this, Snyder certainly got the look of the graphic novel down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,136 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 300 was exactly what a filmed version of the comic should be. I don't know what most of you guys were expecting. Come on, it's Frank "I'm the god-damned Batman!" Miller.Yes, I know. The style Snyder brought was perfect for 300. My problem is, he seems to have brought exactly that to the Watchmen which doesn't really seem to fit with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 And omg, they used a Philip Glass piece in the movie. The movie must be terrible!!! I despise Philip Glass more than Zack Snyder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Well, Koray, here's something else you'll probably despise: My Chemical Romance's cover version of "Desolation Row."I should admit that as a raging Bob Dylan fan, the odds that I would like a cover of "Desolation Row" -- easily one of my favorite songs by anyone -- were never good. But I'm not just a fan of Dylan as aperformer, I'm a fan of Dylan as a songwriter, and I love hearing cover versions of his songs. I like a lot of them that I probably shouldn't: Cher's "All I Really Want to Do," the Four Seasons' "Like a Rolling Stone," even William Shatner's "Mr. Tambourine Man," amongst others, because even though those are some pretty cheesy songs, they're at least trying to stay true to the original song's intent, or at least to one possible interpretation of the original song's intent. So don't think I'm opposed to any cover of "Desolation Row," because that just isn't the case.This cover, though, is pretty f---ing wretched. For one thing, it's, like, four minutes long. Which is partially because My Chemical Romance, about whom I know little, play it as if they're trying to out-Ramones the Ramones. Which in and of itself, I can respect; the music has a drive to it that translates pretty well into punk. But this isn't punk. This is pop-punk, and there's just nothing to it but a pretend sneer. It's utterly meaningless music, and if there's one thing I know "Desolaton Row" isn't, it's meaningless.So, here's hoping that this song isn't used prominently in the movie: buried halfway through the end credits would be okay, overheard for five seconds on a passing car radio would be even better.If I thought this was an actual indication of the kind of music that was going to be in the movie, I'd be terrified right now, but reviews I've read have indicated a truly excellent use of Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin' " (the original version, that is), and that bodes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delorean90 42 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 And omg, they used a Philip Glass piece in the movie. The movie must be terrible!!! I despise Philip Glass more than Zack Snyder.Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 -Now that Warner Brothers can actually see what you’ve done with “Watchmen,” has anyone tried to broach the subject of a sequel?-No, no. I don’t know how you would do that. We never did it, but we were going to do a limited release Bazooka bubble gum. I wanted Dave [Gibbons] to draw a comic book for me, and you had to collect all of them to make it make sense. I think it’s three panels per bubble gum, and you had to get 10 gums to make it all. And I was going to make a thing called Planet Rorschach. So you see this planet, and it’s covered with New York City. It’s like a planet of New York City. There’s no suburbs. There’s one giant Empire State Building, like Mount Olympus, in the middle of it. And hovering above the needle is Manhattan, blue, glowing. But the planet’s going, “Hurm, hurm, hurm, hurm, hurm, hurm.” You can’t tell, it’s this big, deafening, “Hurm.” And as you get close, you go down into the city and the whole world is populated with Rorschachs. And they’re all bumping into each other, going, “Hurm, hurm, no compromise, hurm, hurm, Armageddon.” That’s basically it. So I was like, “Is that the movie you guys want to make?”I get good vibes from Snyder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 The reviews that are starting to pop up are, to say the least, encouraging. None that I've read have been without their list of nitpicks, but that's to be expected.Bring on March 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I have no idea what Watchmen is all about (I'd never heard of it until recently), but apparently the film is making the die-hard fans very happy, which bodes well. I'll probably wiki the backstory sometime today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I'm starting to get intrigued by this movie. I don't know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wycket 36 Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 Yeah, I'm definitely happy that this film is getting positive reviews, as its one of the few I'm looking forward to this year. If the theatrical version is good (which it appears to be) then I'll definitely wait for the Director's cut DVD when the film is released on DVD. Apparently there's more than a half of hour of more film the studio made Synder cut, which can only add to the Watchmen goodness.March 6 can't come any faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 And omg, they used a Philip Glass piece in the movie. The movie must be terrible!!! I despise Philip Glass more than Zack Snyder.Why?How many times do I have to explain it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I have no idea what Watchmen is all about (I'd never heard of it until recently), but apparently the film is making the die-hard fans very happy, which bodes well. I'll probably wiki the backstory sometime today.I strongly recommend buying the comic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
222max 1 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I have no idea what Watchmen is all about (I'd never heard of it until recently), but apparently the film is making the die-hard fans very happy, which bodes well. I'll probably wiki the backstory sometime today.It's also getting a good tomato-meter rating at Rottentomatoes so far too. Some are calling it a work of art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I'll bet Alan Moore isn't one of them, God love him.Anybody else read Top Ten? I'd kill your mother to see a great movie (or, better, tv series) made out of that one. Couldn't bring myself to kill my own mother, but yours...? Don't know her, so sure, why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delorean90 42 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 And omg, they used a Philip Glass piece in the movie. The movie must be terrible!!! I despise Philip Glass more than Zack Snyder.Why?How many times do I have to explain it?I don't know, I haven't seen the posts where you explained it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wycket 36 Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 And omg, they used a Philip Glass piece in the movie. The movie must be terrible!!! I despise Philip Glass more than Zack Snyder.Why?How many times do I have to explain it?I don't know, I haven't seen the posts where you explained it.Yeah, I'm surprised at you Delorean. Everyone here knows exactly what everyone likes and dislikes. In more serious matters, I'm glad the movie is getting good word of mouth, with all the criticisms (miscasting Ozymandias, too much slow-motion) exactly what I expected. Regardless, I'm just glad to see that hopefully this movie will do well and inspire people to read the book. Many are going to be surprised when they go to the theater next weekend, as it appears that Synder was successful at making this like no other comic book movie before it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Except that it has the exact same mindless over-the-top style and action as Sin City, 300, The Spirit, etc. I've seen so much slow-motion in this film it's absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I was worried about Ozy but from the stuff I've seen, I'm actually liking him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I don't know, I haven't seen the posts where you explained it.Didn't mean to be so blunt, but I thought you were the one that I discussed it with previously.Knock, knock.Who's there?Knock, knock.Who's there?Knock, knock.Who's there?Knock, knock.Who's there?Knock, knock.Who's there?Knock, knock.Who's there?Knock, knock.Who's there?Philip Glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Do you guys get it?He's repetitive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Thank you, QMM, that was the joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,323 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Except that it has the exact same mindless over-the-top style and action as Sin City, 300, The Spirit, etc. I've seen so much slow-motion in this film it's absurd.Why is the style and the action mindless? I don't get it. I feel that precisely those elements are extremely well thought out. I've not seen The Spirit but that one isn't getting good reviews.Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I've seen so much slow-motion in this film it's absurd.It's the reason why I avoided 300 since the first trailer, and it's reason why I will avoid this film since the first trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,323 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I've seen so much slow-motion in this film it's absurd.It's the reason why I avoided 300 since the first trailer, and it's reason why I will avoid this film since the first trailer.Yes, and? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 And it's stupid that half the film will be in slow motion. That's the main reason why I will not be seeing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,323 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Nevermind. Hey, it's 92% on RT, boys. It looks like this one could be really something. The reviews use a lot of superlatives!Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Except that it has the exact same mindless over-the-top style and action as Sin City, 300, The Spirit, etc. I've seen so much slow-motion in this film it's absurd.Think you're exaggerating a bit. I haven't seen much of the action, and while I've seen some of the slowmo that's been in the clips, Snyders reasoning for them in the film is that they're the equivalent of splash pages from the comic.I can get behind that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Nevermind. Hey, it's 92% on RT, boys. It looks like this one could be really something. The reviews use a lot of superlatives!AlexYou're contribution to this thread has been amazing, astonishing and downright biblical. One of the greatest posts of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Nevermind. Hey, it's 92% on RT, boys. It looks like this one could be really something. The reviews use a lot of superlatives!Alexits at 80 and dropping, only two major sources at this point have reviewed it, and both posted negative reviews, the majority of the other reviews falls into that sexless crowd again, a bunch of fanboys creaming their drawers isn't the basis for a solid review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I'd argue that apart from the Lucas boys, fanboys in general are actually the HARDEST to please out of anyone.The fact they are singing the praises of a hugely unknown potential franchise does indeed bode well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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