The Watchmen....unwatchable?

[Felon]

Well, things are looking up a bit at Metacritic. It's at a wishy-washy 57, but that comes on the heels of some unreserved praise, including Roger Ebert who, whether I agree with him or not about any particular movie, always struck me as a reviewer who didn't get some huge kick out saying negative things about a film.

 

[Krug]

Watchmen scores at the box-office: Midnight 'Watchmen' does $4.6 mill - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety

Warner Bros.' "Watchmen" grossed $4.6 million in Thursday midnight runs, more than double the midnight gross for Zack Snyder's previous film "300."

Pic played more than 1,595 midnight run across the country.

All of the 124 Imax midnight runs were sold out to the point that the exhib added 3 a.m. shows. Imax says much of the weekend is sold out.

Have seen it and given it 7/10. Review in the rate the watchmen thread.

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

A sad illustratoin of today's youth. I have yet to read anything worthwhile from this new poster in any thread. And the fact that you attempt to judge anything off of a portion of itself explains everything.

She's had plenty of worthwhile posts. And I also don't agree with judging a movie on the first 15 minutes*, but still. That's just too rude to say that, and it's a borderline personal attack.

*Actually, there are a lot of times I've accurately judged a movie within the first 15 minutes -- usually when it's spectacularly bad, spectacularly awesome, or so spectacularly bad that I enjoy it and can't stop watching.

 

[Krug]

Ebert likes - 4 stars:
Watchmen :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews

 

[Crothian]

Our IMAX viewing seem to be all sold out for the weekend already as are many of the popular time slots. That's good news for the movie.

 

[RangerWickett]

*Actually, there are a lot of times I've accurately judged a movie within the first 15 minutes -- usually when it's spectacularly bad, spectacularly awesome, or so spectacularly bad that I enjoy it and can't stop watching.

I ditched Oscar-winning Gladiator 15 minutes in, and theater hopped to see Love and Basketball instead.

Oh, and I also ditched Ultraviolet, and instead watched Dave Chappelle's Block Party. That was a good choice, I think.

Watchmen was groovy.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

When I saw it this afternoon, there were only 15 people there in a 300+ seat theater. I don't know if it was the demographics of the area, or that Watchman has a dedicated but small following that will see it early, and at IMAX.

 

[Hand of Evil]

9/10 for me, found it to be great!

Friday's take:

In its full opening day, Watchmen pulled in an estimated $25.1 million on approximately 7,500 screens at 3,611 theaters, including an estimated $4.55 million from its first midnight shows. That ranks as the eighth-highest grossing opening day for a superhero movie and 32nd among all movies. Adjusted for ticket price inflation, other comic book adaptations rate higher opening days, including the first X-Men and Hulk pictures, but Watchmen's first day wasn't far off from the first weekends of previous Alan Moore adaptations V for Vendetta and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Among R-rated movies, Watchmen's opening day was fifth behind The Matrix Reloaded, 300, Sex and the City and The Passion of the Christ. 300, the previous picture from Watchmen director Zack Snyder and the one referenced prominently in Watchmen's advertising campaign, raked in $28.1 million in its opening day on around 4,800 screens at 3,103 sites. That picture was released in early March 2007 and holds the overall March record for opening weekend ($70.9 million).

 

[Krug]

Opening credits: Watchmen: The Best Part Of Watchmen Online Now

 

[JiffyPopTart]

I ditched Oscar-winning Gladiator 15 minutes in, and theater hopped to see Love and Basketball instead.

Oh, and I also ditched Ultraviolet, and instead watched Dave Chappelle's Block Party. That was a good choice, I think.

Watchmen was groovy.

If you literally CAN'T watch Gladiator....well...then...you have some harsh cut-offs for what makes an unwatchable movie.

DS