Comments on: Just Back from ‘Watchmen’ – The Theatre was Empty

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:20:21 +0000

I guess you're Michael Jackson then. Sorry, “300″ was one of the worst movies of the year and “Day of the Dead” was laughable. If a movie is going to be exactly like its source material, then why is there a need for a movie? But that's my point — Snyder's movie isn't even good enough be considered an exact copy of Moore's novel. It reappropriates only the visual elements and guts it of every bit of actual substance.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:20:21 +0000

By: edg_07

edg_07 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:26:12 +0000

did u read the graphic novel? did u liked 300 or Day of the Dead? i thought it was the rightest movie for the graphic novel's content, the characters were the same that the ones in the GN, if the idea of the “bad guy” winning in comic book movie it's not original, i'm michael fucking jackson

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:26:00 +0000

Gratuitous slow motion, masturbatory violence, bad acting, and not a single original idea do not a good movie make. Zack Snyder is a professional story-boarder, not a filmmaker.

By: Jett Loe

Jett Loe — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:06:04 +0000

Hi edg_07 – i hear what you're saying – i'll have to disagree with you re: the film being strong and deep :) for more of our thoughts on Watchmen you can listen to our show on it here:

http://www.thefilmtalk.com/2009/03/08/watchmen-...

By: edg_07

edg_07 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:56:13 +0000

dude! what is your angst against "watchmen", look i like movies, i'm actually studying to become a filmmaker, this film is deep, strong, intense, obviously is not better than the graphic novel, but is an excellent translation form comic to cinema, no piece of literature has been translated exactly like it was on the book because it's impossible, and because of the year gap between the release of the book and the moviemaking, i loved it, just because WB made an hilarant merchadising about it, well, what did you expect? this film was "the dark knight" of this year for them, they wanted to squeeze the juice of the fanboys pockets, and they do it wit every single film that is marketable... if you wanna discuss more here's my e-mail: sodagreen@hotmail.com

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The Film Talk » General Cinema — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:48:38 +0000

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By: Jett Loe

Jett Loe — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:48:03 +0000

You make a valid point peter + yes, we'll put a spoiler warning in – and, we'll see after we record the ep tomorrow, but the the whole ep may be spoiler territory :(

By: peter

peter — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:18:31 +0000

I don't disagree with your point on the merits of these graphic novel adaptations (watchmen, sin city, etc). However, since when has movie success had anything to do with quality? Paul Blart made over 100 million dollars, even crap like Epic Movie and Meet the Spartans was profitable. Its an unfortunate truth of our age that with the right marketing you can sell almost anything.

P.S. When you guys record your watchmen review, I'd appreciate it if you audibly warn us before you get into spoiler territory, as I won't be seeing the movie till next week. You're welcome to discuss spoiler (ending) material, just give a heads up before you do. Thanks.

By: Jett Loe

Jett Loe — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:57:24 +0000

Am sure you're right Johnny – though if it is financially successfully I think it will have an 'anti-Easy Rider' effect = the studios will finally have cracked the code on how to make a movie generate income without having to worry about quality – to be concerned if the film is any good.

All you'll have to do is scan in comics to to a computer to serve as a basis for your storyboards and you're away = you don't have to worry about bringing any film-making skill to the project.