Who Watches Those Who Watch the Watchmen Trailer?
Yeah, okay, so I saw The Dark Knight last night. It rocked; that's a separate post. What I am mentioning in this post is something I never thought I would say after seeing a trailer for The Dark Prophet's grand masterpiece: hope. Yeah, I know the material gonna get cut left and right but it appears like the writer and director have made decisions to keep some pretty important stuff, including the Mars sequences, which features my favorite speech of the book. I've always gotten a shiver when I read the stuff about "thermodynamic miracles", so that was a big deal. Also, one thing that appears to have been emphasized was how much of a 'game-changer' Dr. Manhattan really was, how freaking and powerful he was.
I was really scared about a ton of material being cut and the movie being a parody of itself. Also, the fact was that the graphic novel made sense in the Cold War mentality but worried that it wouldn't translate. I think it can and may well translate because the scary thing about the Cold War that I often forget was how powerless 'ordinary' men and women were to stop/change things. Generals in war-rooms in bunkers on our side, politburo members in bunkers on their side, each side holding total annhiliation in their hands. It could work.
Or it could not. I'm hopeful now, but still cautious. The guy who did 300 (those red cloaks kept it from being a gay porno) is directing it and you can see the 'hyper-realism' he favors but also, some scenes did remind me of Blade 2. In Blade 2, there were two types of sequences. Comic-book and anime. Each one had a slightly different feel but in the comic-book ones, you could see the actors moving between beautifully-setup storyboard shots. I think I saw some of that here as well. Again, I hope.
I was really scared about a ton of material being cut and the movie being a parody of itself. Also, the fact was that the graphic novel made sense in the Cold War mentality but worried that it wouldn't translate. I think it can and may well translate because the scary thing about the Cold War that I often forget was how powerless 'ordinary' men and women were to stop/change things. Generals in war-rooms in bunkers on our side, politburo members in bunkers on their side, each side holding total annhiliation in their hands. It could work.
Or it could not. I'm hopeful now, but still cautious. The guy who did 300 (those red cloaks kept it from being a gay porno) is directing it and you can see the 'hyper-realism' he favors but also, some scenes did remind me of Blade 2. In Blade 2, there were two types of sequences. Comic-book and anime. Each one had a slightly different feel but in the comic-book ones, you could see the actors moving between beautifully-setup storyboard shots. I think I saw some of that here as well. Again, I hope.