I saw Watchmen last night at midnight. It is a great film, and I recommend you see it.
…I was still disappointed.
I mean, going into this, there was really no way that I wasn’t going to be disappointed, but I believe there is a difference between that and jusfifiable disappointment, which I experienced. Watchmen is one of those books that really made me want to be a writer. I’ve said before that comics in general made me want to write fiction, but Batman and Watchmen are at the top. And I felt that they did a good job of working everything in to the movie! I mean, there were scenes that were cut out just because they wouldn’t have really lended themselves to a film, I can understand that.
But Rorschach is NOT a kung fu master! So why do we have to make him one!? The only times in this movie when I really believed he was the same guy from the comics were when he was in prison. And (to me) all of the fighting was gaudy and overblown. Bear with me, will you? While I direct a letter
Dear Zack Snyder,
Not every fight scene has to be done in bullet-time/slo motion/as ridiculous as you made it. This should not be an action movie. You did a good job with a lot of the psychological stuff, but you had to go and screw it up! Also, why was there so much blue penis!?
Sincerely, Andy.
Watchmen is not cheesy. It is not an action movie. It is dark, it is gritty, it is depressing as hell. And it is perfect in this way. I don’t want to say I didn’t like the movie, because I did. I just don’t really like Zack Snyder.
Sue me.
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the music was good tho
*refrains from blue penis comment*
this entry ends with sue me and the one below it starts with sue me. lawsuits on the mind?