Rate The Watchmen movie

[WhatGravitas]

Interestingly I find I'm still thinking about the film three days after seeing it - that is pretty unusual for me, and in the cold light of dawn I'm happy with my '9' rating I gave it.

(Sometimes I enjoy the initial thrill, but on retrospect a film was a bit empty. Didn't happen that way with watchmen for me).

Yup - I saw it last week and I still think the film is great or think about it a bit. In retrospect, Watchmen lacked the initial "whooph" of an action flick, but it sure has the lasting effects of a drama, which makes it decidedly different for a comic book film - but given the source, that's a given.

Cheers, LT.

 

[Plane Sailing]

lacked the initial "whooph" of an action flick, but it sure has the lasting effects of a drama,

Yes, that's it exactly!

 

[El Mahdi]

For what it's worth, from someone who didn't read the comic, I thought it was one of the best movies I've ever seen. And definitely THE best superhero movie I've ever seen.

It had wonderful characterization, intricately enjoyable layers to the story and plot, and every color of the moral/ethical spectrum (not just Black and White). And like Plane Sailing said, even days afterward I still find myself thinking about it.

Definitely one I'll have to get in a collectors edition when it comes out on disc.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

It was quite packed in Vancouver, when I saw it. And I heard it was one of the only films that was in production in my town last year when the writer's strike happened.

I really liked it, despite a few minor flaws. I was amazed how many parts exactly mirrored the comic. Personally I felt that the best done parts of the movie was the opening montage, and a look into Dr. Manhattan's past and inner thoughts.

I'm just wondering that since they had Matt Frewer who played Max Headroom cast as Moloch, if they happened to actually show Max Headroom on TV at any point in the movie.

 

[Steel_Wind]

Saw it over the weekend. Neither my wife nor I have read The Watchmen.

We enjoyed the movie, though neither of us would rate it as the best comic book movie we've seen. Having read about the "real" ending and watched the "movie" ending, we both agree the movie ending was a better choice and made for a better film.

i'm not sure that we needed Richard Nixon to be the boogie man, and I must admit that I objected to that. Reagan would have filled that role just as well. That's a quibble with the book - not the movie.

On a more philosophical note, I'm not so sure that this was a movie that needed to be made. I can think of a few better bets on which to gamble 150 million dollars in film.

That said, there have certainly been FAR worse films and FAR worse bets, too. So that's par for the course I guess.

I'll get this on Blu-Ray when it comes out as I am sure many others will too. The studios will end up making back their money in the end. This is not a "bomb" of a film. But it's not a hit - and I don't think it deserves to be one, either. If the great unwashed prefers their comic book stuff more....comic bookey, then I'm not sure that's a great surprise to anyone.

Absent Heath Ledger's untimely death, I don't think The Dark Knight makes a Billion at the box office either. To tell the truth, I prefered Iron Man.

 

[Steel_Wind]

I'm just wondering that since they had Matt Frewer who played Max Headroom cast as Moloch, if they happened to actually show Max Headroom on TV at any point in the movie.

Not that I saw.

I never thought of Max Headroom when I saw him though. I thought "Trash Can Man". He played that role - and rather memorably at that - in the mini-series version of Steven King's "The Stand".

 

[Plane Sailing]

I was amazed how many parts exactly mirrored the comic.

I heard that they basically used the comic as their storyboard for large sections of it

 

[Klaus]

Gave it a 9.

I think it was amazing, and very tight. If it were any tighter, it'd be Malin Ackerman's costume ( :heart: ).

Rorschach, Nite Owl and Dr. Manhattan were awesome.

My wife's comment: "Everyone is a Comedian."

 

[Richards]

I never thought of Max Headroom when I saw him though. I thought "Trash Can Man".

Whereas I saw him as Taggart from "Eureka." Pretty cool that we got two "Eureka" alumni in "Watchmen" - Matt Frewer as Moloch, and Chris Gauthier (Vincent on "Eureka") as the guy in the smiley face T-shirt at the New Frontiersman about to pick up Rorschach's journal from the slush pile at the end of the movie.

Johnathan

 

[Jdvn1]

Gave it an 8. It was excellent, but a bit on the long side, and had gratuitous nude scenes that lasted much longer than needed.

Ultimately, I don't think they needed sex to sell this one.