For comic books fan who have spent many years admiring Alan Moore’s graphic novel, a film adaptation of WATCHMEN has been a long time coming, and one plagued with no end of false starts – some promising, some not so much. Now it’s actually happening and based on the reception the recent trailer has received from comic fans, it seems most are excited about seeing Moore’s deconstructionist tale come to life.
Thing is, I’m not. In fact, I don’t think it should have ever been done in the first place.
Having seen the trailer for WATCHMEN a few times now, the way I feel about has fluctuated each time I’ve seen it. Sometimes I get swept up by geeky excitement over how dead-on the on screen representations of Dr. Manhattan, The Comedian, and Rorschach are. Sometimes I just can’t get past the fact of the younger casting of The Owl and Silk Spectre II, their costumes, and the film’s excessive visual style (I was someone who was not impressed by 300). So needless to say, I’m conflicted, uncertain, and still unconvinced this should have been adapted into a movie to begin with (more on that in another article).
But you do see Dr. Manhattan’s penis in the trailer, so that’s a major plus in favor of the film, and I have to say that’s probably the most effective choice and use of a song I’ve seen in a trailer in a long time.
What did you who know the graphic novel think, and what about those of you who haven’t?
Let’s hope this time they are a bit more furious in the story department
Now that Michelle Rodriguez is confirmed to be on board for the fourth installment of the FAST AND FURIOUS franchise, I think they might as well call it FAST AND FURIOUS: DEAD END. Because that’s exactly what all main actors have hit in regards to their careers: a dead end. It seems then that they possibly hope the franchise that launched their careers, especially Vin Diesel, might help reboot it before it crashes and burns (wow, so many mixed metaphors). That being said, I did enjoy the first installment, and given that I’ve already invested so much in the series (yes, I even saw TOKYO DRIFT) I think the return of the original cast might be enough to draw me into theatres for this one.
Who watches the Watchmen character pictures?
After much frothing at the mouth, we finally get some concrete visuals from the Zack Synder adaptation of Alan Moore’s seminal graphic-novel, WATCHMEN. (To save space here, I’m going to link you over to JoBlo for the pictures). For the most part these look pretty good. I think they’re perhaps a bit too Batman for my tastes, by which I mean too much muscle impressions in the costumes, but the original costumes from the graphic novel would have looked pretty ridiculous. So I’m more than willing to concede the look here.
I suppose the only concern I really have left about WATCHMEN is that – clearly being the minority here – I think Zack Snyder kind of ran 300 into the ground. I didn’t like 300 at all. I felt that even though it looked cool, that’s all it ended up aspiring to. I love a cool looking film as much as the next guy, but I still need a bit more than just pretty pictures. Style needs substance, otherwise it’s about as filling as TV dinners. I worry especially about this film falling into the same trap because 300 wasn’t as much of a comic classic as WATCHMEN is, so there was less at stake. Here, there is much more potential for screw ups and disappointments.
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