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6 March 2009, 01:21 AM | #1 |
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Without spoilers, I'd give it a 7.5 out of 10.
Dan Dreiberg, Eddie Blake and Hollis Mason were spot on, Laurie Juspeczyk was better than I originally feared. Doc Manhattan looked great but sounded wrong. Rorschach looked pretty good but moved and sounded all wrong. Adrian Veidt - WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG!!! Snyder screwed the pooch there. I'm on the fence about whether Alan Moore was right in not wanting to have anything to do with the movie. Overall, the spirit of the story was maintained except for one key scene right at the end. I'll talk about that part later to keep from dropping a spoiler.
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*Cough Squid *Cough *Cough!!!!
Looks good but Claire has decided it will be one to catch on dvd (bah)!!!! Trailers for Wolverine (probably be bloody awful) and Terminator Salvation (Should be bloody awful but is looking better and better) look like the top summer films!!!!! J |
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Nah, Squid wasn't a problem. There's something else a bit after that which was missed out, and that's the one thing about the movie that really got my nose out of joint. Stay tuned.
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Are you guys serious? i thougt it was a really good movie..a lot of good reviews fomr here...but i guess i have to watch it myself....trailer look awesome and sound track too....ummmm maybe Gi Joe the movie will be the same too? hahahhaa i hope not...
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I think it might be good for someone who hadn't read the comic. For those who have, it will be less than totally satisfying, although to be fair, the movie did do a reasonable job of handling such a complex story within such a short running length. It was nowhere as intricate as the comic, but you'd really have to make it a miniseries if you wanted to do that.
I've waited 20 years for this movie, and I wasn't disappointed. It doesn't sound like much until you consider that I wanted to take out contracts on the idiot brothers who mangled V For Vendetta beyond recognition.
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I have no idea what you guys are talking about so its off to WIKI land for a bit.
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Joe, head down to Borders and pick up a copy of the comic - that'll get you up to speed. It wasn't the only comic to have made it to Time's Top 100 Novels list for nothing.
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Thanks for the update and brief review, James. It's opened NZ wide yesterday so Zemina and I plan on catching it this weekend.
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JJ yung think you can bring Ronan? wait...is it Rated? but anyway he might love the movie...
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read the comic book back in 1989,seems like yesterday.i was blown away.never thought the day would come when it would be turned into a movie.expectations are high.hope to catch it this weekend.seems alan moore distancing himself again from a movie adaptation of his work.hope it doesnt turn out like v for vendetta which i thought was a bit lame and the league of extraordinary gentleman which was a bit of a mess.
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i got my imax tickets for tomorrow night cant wait to see it!
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I think Watchmen comic is too perfect. The BEST Comic I ever read beside Kingdom Come & Marvels. It's hard to making the movie.
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i just saw it in IMAX. since i never read the book i have to say i have very low standards, for me the movie is amazing! can't wait for the blu ray so many twists! all i can say is if you did not read the book the movie is worth watching, if you read it, forget about the book and just enjoy the movie. Go Rorschach! no compromise even in the face of armageddon!
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And here I am thinking it was a movie of watches!
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Ok. I know nada, nothing, zippo about this movie(or the comic strip). However, today I heard a review on NPR(US: National Public Radio, listener and partially gov't supported) that canned the movie. Don't worry. I'm relying on your judgment in this that I won't waste my precious $7.50 or whatever outrageous sums of money they're getting to see a movie these days. I'll let you know. I did go and read about this at suggested sites. We shall see.....(only the Shadow knows?) |
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Pfft - I wouldn't want to be a film critic. However, if film critics were made high court judges with the power to pass death sentences, I might be interested.
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That's all right, Bubba - all you have to remember is that Frans is the executioner.
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sounds a good idea he did not like his last job as a volunteer fire reservist, the Dutch credit crunch made the job even more dangerous
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I think I just ruptured my gut!
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Hilarious!!
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I saw it and it SUCKED! It was the WORST movie I've seen in a LONG time.
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True, V for vendettat and Speed-Racer were the worst films
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Took my son to watch it and all i got was this lousy comedian pin! and a picture.
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What was it specifically that sucked?
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