Comments on: Movie Review: Watchmen (2009)

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:28:59 +0000

@coffee — I thought they did a pretty good job of capturing 1985. For the most part, I enjoyed the music. I was a little taken aback by Leonard Cohen's version of "Hallelujah", but more because it was really, really loud than anything else. I do likes me some Leonard Cohen.

By: coffee

coffee — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:08:53 +0000

I loved they way they bridged different generations throughout the movie, both with props (like the floppy discs) and with music

By: Slowhand

Slowhand — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:16:42 +0000

Good point. I’m not sure why they shouldn’t. My guess is the whole drive to make movies shorter than 90 minutes is to let the theaters cram that many more shows into a day.

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:24:57 +0000

@Slowhand — I wouldn't have a problem with a four-hour blockbuster if theaters brought back the intermission, which isn't likely to happen in the contemporary megaplex.

By: Slowhand

Slowhand — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:26:23 +0000

I don’t get this fetish for short movies myself. Blockbuster movies routinely approached four hours or more back in the day. Think Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, Gone With the Wind! You young whippersnappers have no endurance.

That said, I liked Watchmen a lot. Obviously, it won’t touch Dark Knight in boxoffice. Hardly anything ever will. But it’ll probably do 200 million. 55.something for the opening weekend. I plan to see it at least once more.

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:12:35 +0000

@Greg — Please do return with comments after seeing the movie; I'd love to hear your opinion.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:10:07 +0000

Dying to see the movie. I only skimmed your review, since I know nearly nothing about Watchmen yet and I’d like to go in fresh. I’ll revisit your post after seeing it.

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:52:19 +0000

@Rachel — The comic does have plenty of gore (not to mention nudity and profanity), but there is (to me, at least) a fairly substantial distinction to be made between a single panel showing Dr. Manhattan violently redistributing a person's molecules and that same redistribution shown in lovingly-rendered, vividly-colored motion. You are more than welcome to flip through my copy of Watchmen to see if you'd like to read it; I suspect you may not, for the same reasons you've chosen not to see the film. The graphic novel, like the film, is simply not suited to all tastes and audiences.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:42:58 +0000

I am not going to see the movie (that much gore is a real turn off) – but I am extremely curious about the comic (…which probably has an equal amount of gore.. uh. Hm.)

Your review was insightful, though I still don’t plan to see it.

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:17:43 +0000

@Bridget — Expectations are often the key to whether or not I enjoy a movie, so I'm right there with you. I certainly had expectations, but I knew not to expect the typical superhero formula. I was very pleased with what I saw, and I'm glad I'm not the only one who was. Question: now that you've seen the movie, do you have any interest in reading the comic?