Comments | dandysora: We watch the watchmen

dandysora

We watch the watchmen

Mar 08, 2009 19:51

Today was a good day, I had a fabulous lunch of PIE and caught up with people, ingested far too much dessert and then was able to say at the end of the day that I had seen the comic phenomenon that was The Watchmen--

( -- Even if I did think it was a hot, boring mess.... )

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loqia March 8 2009, 10:48:26 UTC

Rorschach as the story's conscience? o_O

Dr. Manhattan threesome was awesome; as if you'd be walking out on that, srsly...

Strictly speaking, the actual plot of Watchmen is a McGuffin; you're supposed to be looking at the DEEP TEXTUAL SYMBOLISM or... something. I dunno. Alan Moore said so.

dandysora March 8 2009, 11:10:02 UTC

That threesome was one of the good times I had a proper laugh.

Rorschach wasn't the story's conscience, but he *had* a conscience that didn't weary as much as saving children from a burning building and celebrating with a romp on the floatmobile's console. A lot of the time I didn't know why the Silk Spectre or Owl Man were on screen, why was I supposed to be watching them and nothing they did could make me care about their greater purpose. At least I knew that Rorschach was trying to uncover the plot of why Watchmen were being murdered.

And ultimately I don't SSII and Owl achieved came to a purposeful fruition. If the Silk Spectre hadn't brought Dr Manhattan back, Ozymandius still could have killed them all to keep them from telling the world of his master plans. I think there was so much in this film that didn't need to be there.

loqia March 9 2009, 20:23:13 UTC

I think there was so much in this film that didn't need to be there.

QFT. >_>

pie!! _liatris March 9 2009, 07:22:04 UTC

I love this review strangely enough. Clearly you should have continued to hang out with me instead. (next time there will be more pie! and chocolate!! mwahahaha!!!)

Rapist-huh, seriously? I could probably see past everything else in that list. So the Rosenebsdbddeburgh guy was a goodie? It seems to me that the director didn't learn much from his last film. A narrator would have been perfect for this film. I'll wait for the dvd.

Re: pie!! dandysora March 9 2009, 10:27:41 UTC

I don't think I could have handled any more pie or chocolate yesterday! I am so glad for finding that food joint, though.

Rorschach was the narrator, though I think the best narration was in the opening credits where a wordless montage did all the work. The whole movie should have been told like that!