Movies 2009
Seen at the cinema:
Slumdog Millionaire
Seven Pounds
Valkyrie
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Franklyn
Watchmen
Trailer:
What a nice surprise. A comic book movie that is very faithful to the comic itself. Visually impressive. Some bits were missing but I have no complaints over what director Zack Synder chose to leave out. The ending I think is a little different in the movie than the comic (someone correct me if I'm wrong) but heck I do believe Mr Snyder did a fantastic job out of choosing what to shoot from what is a complex comic. I absolutely love what he did with the beginning credits - establishing the alternative USA that the Watchmen exist in with imagery and music - superb. My favourite characters in the movie are still the same as those when I read the comic. (Jon/Doctor Manhattan in case anyone is wondering).
It is a different experience watching the movie though - you have to go at the directors pace, and that means you really do have to concentrate. It's not like you can go back and re-read Rosarch's journal etc which I did find myself doing when reading the comic itself. For example whilst I was reading the comic I was moved by 'Heard a joke once....' journal entry by Rosarch, and despite the imagery in the movie matching the panels - the dialogue even though its exactly the same - I found it less moving in the movie. But I can't put my finger on why. You can tell IMO that Snyder is a fan of the graphic novel given the visuals and camera angles lifted from panels. I loved it :) This movie has been trying to get made for years, and now its been done - thankfully IMO it was worth the wait. :) Cast were great I might add.
Favourite quote: The morality of my activities escapes me.
Bonus - Marvel vs DC from the brilliant it's just some random guy:
Slumdog Millionaire
Seven Pounds
Valkyrie
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Franklyn
Watchmen
Trailer:
Click to viewWhat a nice surprise. A comic book movie that is very faithful to the comic itself. Visually impressive. Some bits were missing but I have no complaints over what director Zack Synder chose to leave out. The ending I think is a little different in the movie than the comic (someone correct me if I'm wrong) but heck I do believe Mr Snyder did a fantastic job out of choosing what to shoot from what is a complex comic. I absolutely love what he did with the beginning credits - establishing the alternative USA that the Watchmen exist in with imagery and music - superb. My favourite characters in the movie are still the same as those when I read the comic. (Jon/Doctor Manhattan in case anyone is wondering).
It is a different experience watching the movie though - you have to go at the directors pace, and that means you really do have to concentrate. It's not like you can go back and re-read Rosarch's journal etc which I did find myself doing when reading the comic itself. For example whilst I was reading the comic I was moved by 'Heard a joke once....' journal entry by Rosarch, and despite the imagery in the movie matching the panels - the dialogue even though its exactly the same - I found it less moving in the movie. But I can't put my finger on why. You can tell IMO that Snyder is a fan of the graphic novel given the visuals and camera angles lifted from panels. I loved it :) This movie has been trying to get made for years, and now its been done - thankfully IMO it was worth the wait. :) Cast were great I might add.
Favourite quote: The morality of my activities escapes me.
Bonus - Marvel vs DC from the brilliant it's just some random guy: