The thing that kind of baffled me is how completely tone deaf to the material Snyder was. I mean if this is what he saw in it I have no idea why he would think the comic was remotely exceptional.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
it was on that time list dude, just needed more kicking and stuff
― da croupier, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
I must again defend this movie's excellent jowl-reconstruction of John Mclaughlin.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 22:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm reading a book about taxidermy right now and it talks about how people love the animals so much that they go out, kill them, strip them down and painstakingly spend tons of money and time trying to make them look like they're alive again.Just saying.
― i never promised you a whinegarten (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 6 May 2010 05:01 (fourteen years ago) link
If only Snyder hadn't murdered Dr. Manhattan.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 6 May 2010 05:18 (fourteen years ago) link
could not stay awake through this. kept falling asleep, waking up, not caring, going back to sleep.
― akm, Thursday, 6 May 2010 06:45 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd never noticed how much the raft's sail (in the Black Freighter comic) looked like Rorschach's mask
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 4 December 2010 08:28 (thirteen years ago) link
fucking awful film
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Saturday, 6 August 2011 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
> nolan batmen tbh
― 10/11 of a dead jesus (darraghmac), Sunday, 7 August 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
yeah but so's a nice biscuit
― i'm sorry for whatever (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 7 August 2011 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
Stay far away from Sucker Punch, holy shit that movie.
― circa1916, Sunday, 7 August 2011 01:44 (twelve years ago) link
never get tired of laughing at "Superman Returns is going to be legendary"
― some dude, Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
I still don't see what's so bad about it. It's about as faithful to the comic as a film's going to get.
― Why'd You Wanna Tweet Me So Bad? (dog latin), Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:29 (twelve years ago) link
Watchmen, that is
― Why'd You Wanna Tweet Me So Bad? (dog latin), Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:30 (twelve years ago) link
I watched it just before reading the book admittedly. Maybe my opinion would change were I to watch it again. I dunno.
― Why'd You Wanna Tweet Me So Bad? (dog latin), Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:32 (twelve years ago) link
"about as faithful to the comic as a film's going to get"
that's where it went wrong, though. Because the comic was (in addition to everything else) a very formalist critique of the comic form and movies are a very different medium. For one, they have moving images. Or at least THEY SHOULD.
― like working at a jewelry store and not knowing about bracelets (Dr. Superman), Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:36 (twelve years ago) link
and "Hallelujah" wasn't in the comic
::shudder::
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:37 (twelve years ago) link
Edelstein pretty well summed up how noisily lifeless i think it is ("Watchmen is dead on the screen, but I gotta admit it's some corpse: huge, loud and gaseously distended by its own dystopia"), but i'm also one of the only people who doesn't think the source material was all that perfect to begin with.
― some dude, Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:38 (twelve years ago) link
tons of people don't care for the comic. that said, alex in sf otm when he said the movie was completely tone deaf to the material - i think that's really the key problem with the movie from which all the littler problems emanate
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKbsdMRqhcI (Princess TamTam), Sunday, 7 August 2011 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i guess that must be true -- i just got a very "that's it? that's all? van damme" feeling when i read it
― some dude, Sunday, 7 August 2011 03:29 (twelve years ago) link
yeah the movie got EVERYTHING wrong tone-wise. and theme-wise for that matter.
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 7 August 2011 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
like i realize its probably hard to get any blockbuster greenlit w/ actors over 30 who are remotely less-than-beautiful, but the fact that theyre middle aged, blemished, baggy skined frumps is kinda the whole goddamn point.
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 7 August 2011 03:34 (twelve years ago) link
actors too good-looking was really the least of its problems
― some dude, Sunday, 7 August 2011 03:35 (twelve years ago) link
well yeah.
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 7 August 2011 03:36 (twelve years ago) link
although Malin Akerman is definitely one of the most astoundingly talentless model-turned-actresses to ever headline a major Hollywood flick (xpost)
― some dude, Sunday, 7 August 2011 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
i mean zach snyder is michael bay on adhd meds so i wasnt expecting anything above the level of "adolescence-raping horror" but ugh.
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 7 August 2011 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
I remember almost nothing about this movie
― g++ (gbx), Sunday, 7 August 2011 03:52 (twelve years ago) link
snyder's more like bay on ritalin since the super fast cutting isnt really his bag... im much more willing to believe that snyder could make a good movie one day than bay could
i didnt find any of the cast to be excessively beautiful. laurie's not supposed to be a baggy frump, and patrick wilson captured dan's essential goobertude pretty well. most of the acting is quite bad but i dont really blame the actors for that
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKbsdMRqhcI (Princess TamTam), Sunday, 7 August 2011 03:59 (twelve years ago) link
oh i missed the "on adhd meds" part
love the graphic novel, but this movie was bleh
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 7 August 2011 04:04 (twelve years ago) link
patrick wilson totally did a standup job
― some dude, Sunday, 7 August 2011 04:05 (twelve years ago) link
only place where the casting falls down is an ozymandias that everyone in the cinema could destroy in a fight
― 10/11 of a dead jesus (darraghmac), Sunday, 7 August 2011 08:49 (twelve years ago) link
matthew goode more like matthew bade
― some dude, Sunday, 7 August 2011 11:05 (twelve years ago) link
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Sunday, 7 August 2011 11:40 (twelve years ago) link
the comic was a big part of my childhood and i seem to be the only person on earth who found nothing except "hallelujah" to object to in the movie
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 7 August 2011 12:27 (twelve years ago) link
hey I'm just trying to save you guys from wasting yr hard-earned kopecks on this movie. You'll thank me later
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 18 July 2008 19:09 (3 years ago)
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 8 August 2011 04:41 (twelve years ago) link
Grant Morrison defended this movie in a recent interview; maybe he'll get Snyder to do Invisibles or We3?
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 8 August 2011 04:53 (twelve years ago) link
dude he already has the producer of League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen and the Transformers movies on We3
― generous loller at dollies (sic), Monday, 8 August 2011 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
this totally seems like it would be in Gmo's wheelhouse
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKbsdMRqhcI (Princess TamTam), Monday, 8 August 2011 05:27 (twelve years ago) link
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Monday, 8 August 2011 10:59 (twelve years ago) link
you said that a few posts ago.
― Why'd You Wanna Tweet Me So Bad? (dog latin), Monday, 8 August 2011 11:06 (twelve years ago) link
"fucking awful film"
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Monday, 8 August 2011 11:07 (twelve years ago) link
awful fucking film
― Number None, Monday, 8 August 2011 11:10 (twelve years ago) link
fifth pilfered filthy pilchard falafel
― Why'd You Wanna Tweet Me So Bad? (dog latin), Monday, 8 August 2011 11:12 (twelve years ago) link
to be fair, this film was fucking awful
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Monday, 8 August 2011 11:18 (twelve years ago) link
and there was awful fucking
― Number None, Monday, 8 August 2011 11:19 (twelve years ago) link
it's awfully fucked
― Millsner, Monday, 8 August 2011 11:24 (twelve years ago) link
I liked it too.
I wonder if the point of the hallelujah bit is to make you go "jesus christ this is disgusting", just as it would be if you were actually watching two old fetish people getting it on?
― The New Dirty Vicar, Monday, 8 August 2011 12:22 (twelve years ago) link
I doubt it. Also neither of them are old
― Number None, Monday, 8 August 2011 12:24 (twelve years ago) link
dont really see how malin akerman is disgusting unless you hate people with oblong heads
fucking awful film mind you
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Monday, 8 August 2011 12:45 (twelve years ago) link