Despite My Disappointment, Zack Snyder Probably Made a Good Decision (But What Do I Know?)

My wife and I watched Zack Snyder's epic treatment of the graphic novel Watchmen, and I assumed that my wife would need my help with the plot-- because she didn't read the graphic novel-- but, oddly, she was able to follow the film without my insight, which leads me to believe that Zach Snyder did a good job for the lay person, and I also think he did a good job for people familiar with the graphic novel-- but don't say this to Watchmen fanatics . . . for some reason they hate the movie, but I can't figure out why-- as in my humble opinion, the movie looks like a comic book and feels like the world of the Watchmen and Malin Akerman, the chick who plays Laurie Jupiter, is about as super-heroic looking as it gets (she's a hotter version of Linda Carter) and Dr. Manhattan, glowing radioactively and sporting a swinging blue tally-wacker, blends naturally into the scenes, which are more like sequences of loosely connected tableaux, but they do the trick and get across the plot . . . and though I was disappointed that the ending varied from the graphic novel, the movie ending is probably more elegant and requires less explanation and back-story, and so, in retrospect, after my initial disappointment of not getting to see a giant octopoid faux-alien transported into downtown Manhattan, I agree that the new ending makes more sense . . . and I give the movie nine blood covered smiley faces out of a possible ten.

7 comments:

Lecky said...

read the comic, and I thought the movie was excellent, did not understand any of the negative reviews

Dave said...

you are obviously the same as me-- one of the unwashed. i don't think the lord himself could have made a movie good enough to please the "true" watchmen fans.

Lecky said...

I'm in a big anti-critic phase right now, movie and music critics suck. Sports reporters are really driving me nuts, the Jay Cutler stuff drove me over the edge and I don't even care about him or the bears.

Although I do hope they bash the new Kevin Smith movie so he finally commits hari kari

T.J. said...

If he does, he'll do it live on twitter...he might be the biggest twitter whore out there.

T.J. said...

Oh yeah...Dave, eat more tacos.

Dave said...

there's a new kevin smith movie? i used to like his movies, but not lately.

we're going out to eat tonight after swim lessons, i'll push for mexican.

eric said...

I'm with the rest of you; however, the I liked the ending of the movie better.

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