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<blockquote data-quote="horacethegrey" data-source="post: 6856971" data-attributes="member: 40123"><p>I don't hate Zack Snyder. I've given him numerous chances to prove me wrong. As I said before, I enjoyed <em>300</em>. <em>Watchmen </em>however, left me cold. And I still watched <em>Man of Steel</em> in theaters in the hopes that critics were being unusually harsh on it. Boy was I wrong, that movie was a pain to watch.</p><p></p><p>The last thing I wanted was for BvS to receive the critical savaging that it's been getting. Like I said, I want DC's Extended Universe to be a thing that goes up against the MCU. But I guess hoping against hope that Zack Snyder would listen to the complaints regarding MOS was too much.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'd give more credit to the original source material rather than Snyder. While <em>Watchmen </em>isn't my favorite work from Alan Moore, it's still a fantastic graphic novel on it's own and there's a goldmine of stuff that would translate well onscreen. </p><p></p><p>But man, did Snyder mess up in adapting some scenes from the book. Whatever subtlety and carefully constructed symbolism Moore inserted into it Snyder seems happy to take a wrecking ball and smash it down. </p><p></p><p>Like when Walter Kovacs finally loses it and becomes Rorshach full time. A scene which plays out like silent mental breakdown from Rorshach's perspective, but Snyder films it like Rorshach finally succumbs to his bloodlust and kills the guy by hacking his head. </p><p></p><p>The scene where Laura Juspeczyk (Silk Spectre 2) finally discovers the truth regarding her and the Comedian is also another misfire. In the book Laura has her revelation by piecing together all the snippets from her memory, but in the movie it's through some quantum magic via Dr. Manhattan that she finds out. I thought that was such a lazy copout and really undermined Laura's character. </p><p></p><p>And lest we forget, did we really need that extended sex scene between Night Owl and Silk Spectre? <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/worried.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":-S" title="Uhm :-S" data-shortname=":-S" /></p><p></p><p>I could go on and on about why I think Snyder's <em>Watchmen </em>is such a poor adaptation, but I'll leave saying that I thought the opening credits were cool.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="horacethegrey, post: 6856971, member: 40123"] I don't hate Zack Snyder. I've given him numerous chances to prove me wrong. As I said before, I enjoyed [I]300[/I]. [I]Watchmen [/I]however, left me cold. And I still watched [I]Man of Steel[/I] in theaters in the hopes that critics were being unusually harsh on it. Boy was I wrong, that movie was a pain to watch. The last thing I wanted was for BvS to receive the critical savaging that it's been getting. Like I said, I want DC's Extended Universe to be a thing that goes up against the MCU. But I guess hoping against hope that Zack Snyder would listen to the complaints regarding MOS was too much. I'd give more credit to the original source material rather than Snyder. While [I]Watchmen [/I]isn't my favorite work from Alan Moore, it's still a fantastic graphic novel on it's own and there's a goldmine of stuff that would translate well onscreen. But man, did Snyder mess up in adapting some scenes from the book. Whatever subtlety and carefully constructed symbolism Moore inserted into it Snyder seems happy to take a wrecking ball and smash it down. Like when Walter Kovacs finally loses it and becomes Rorshach full time. A scene which plays out like silent mental breakdown from Rorshach's perspective, but Snyder films it like Rorshach finally succumbs to his bloodlust and kills the guy by hacking his head. The scene where Laura Juspeczyk (Silk Spectre 2) finally discovers the truth regarding her and the Comedian is also another misfire. In the book Laura has her revelation by piecing together all the snippets from her memory, but in the movie it's through some quantum magic via Dr. Manhattan that she finds out. I thought that was such a lazy copout and really undermined Laura's character. And lest we forget, did we really need that extended sex scene between Night Owl and Silk Spectre? :-S I could go on and on about why I think Snyder's [I]Watchmen [/I]is such a poor adaptation, but I'll leave saying that I thought the opening credits were cool. [/QUOTE]
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