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WATCHMEN Review
This is my first ever blog post, but I saw Watchmen at a sneak preview and I felt compelled to right this.
Now, before I start, I must say that I have never been a comic book/graphic novel geek, but I have read a few in the past, the most notable of which is the Sandman series by Neil Gaiman. I had never read or even heard of Watchmen until it was announced that the movie was being made and I ended up reading the Wikipedia article. Like everyone else thats familiar with the novel, I became fascinated by the story, but not fascinated enough to go out and get the actual novel.
When the chance to go to the sneak preview came up, I thought I should get the novel, so that I’m more familiar with the subject matter. I started reading and right away I was drawn in. I didn’t finish the novel before the preview and that sort of worked to my advantage. I went in to the movie not expecting anything, but hoping it would be good and that I would like it.
Many people have seen the first 45 mins. of the movie and thats about as far as I got in the novel. The movie is shot almost panel for panel from the graphic novel and it is AWESOME! What I found was that I kept comparing the movie to graphic novel and that sort of kept me out of the movie. I wasn’t able to fully immerse myself in the entire experience. Once I got to the point where I had not read, I was finally able to appreciate the movie for what it was. There are no real break out performances by the actors, but they all did a good job. Jeffrey Dean Morgan as The Comedian was perfectly cast and he delivered the best performance of the cast. I won’t get into the details of the movie, but fans and non-fans alike should like and appreciate the movie.
What made the novel so great, was the character development. You were able to truly understand the characters and get a lot of back story with the excerpts from the various books and reports that are included in the novel and that is what’s lacking here. With a running time of 2 hrs and 41 mins, the movie is long, but it doesn’t drag, it holds your attention for the entire time and even without the back-story, you are able to get a sense of the characters and their motivations. There are scenes in the movie that are different from the novel, but they work really well. Some scenes are changed, I think, in the interest of time and also because some of the scenes have been done before in various movies and TV show. One of the biggest changes is the ending, which a lot of people complained about, but in my opinion, it works and actually makes more sense, considering the story-line.
To conclude, the movie is faithful to the novel, with good cinematography and a great soundtrack. The movie is violent, shocking, funny and overall very entertaining. It doesn’t give you anything new. If you’re expecting the movie to have the same cultural impact as the novel, you’ll probably be disappointed, but as far as comic book/graphic novel film adaptations this is definitely in my top 10.
My rating - FULL PRICE!
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Comment by DeathMetalMike on March 2, 2009 at 7:19pm -
I'm not worried about a "bad adaptation," just bad acting and script, because from what I've seen they both suck, but most of the reviews I've read say otherwise ... I just don't know
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Comment by History Man on March 2, 2009 at 3:08pm -
I appreciate the review from a generally un-bias stand point, I have read the novel and am more concerned with the adaptation of what all of us who read the novel love. As long as Synder sticks to the story I will be happy, the ending doesn't upset me as much as others because the point of ending is something that could be accomplished by a very large general event.
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Comment by Justin Credible on March 2, 2009 at 2:20pm -
Finally a review from someone that isn't a real hardcore fan of the comics. Thanks! :P
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Comment by ccayco on March 2, 2009 at 1:31am -
The MAIN CONCERN is what the ending is going to be. Rly, no nuke, no squid, so what can it be???
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Comment by Heyra3000 on March 2, 2009 at 1:27am -
I'm not worried that this is a bad movie so much as this is a bad adaptation. But we'll see.
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Comment by Lord Galvatron on March 2, 2009 at 12:14am -
Wow thanks for giving it full price I think it will be a good movie either way
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Comment by The zwieb on March 1, 2009 at 10:28pm -
aah, im seeing this tuesday and I hope that it will be enjoyable. Gosh critics need to make up their minds!
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Comment by roccofatcat on March 1, 2009 at 10:02pm -
can someone send me the link to the watchmen preacher. thanks
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Comment by Furyfilm on March 1, 2009 at 9:42pm -
Good review! Glad to hear its not going to be a disappointment
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Comment by NotTheWhosTommy on March 1, 2009 at 9:12pm -
Nice review. Just don't let the Watchmen preacher see it!
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