Comments | judd_sonofbert: Watchmen: "They're shaping me into something gaudy..."

judd_sonofbert

Watchmen: "They're shaping me into something gaudy..."

Mar 09, 2009 22:47

"How do you know when you're a superhero and not just a fetish person with a death wish?"

- Grant Morrison, Seven Soldiers #0

( ...and lethal. Review behind the cut. )

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Comments 37

indie_insurgent March 10 2009, 03:09:37 UTC

I was quite happy that Dan had a bit of a gut.

The sex scene was I think meant to be funny.

I found the music often good, sometimes subtle, but sometimes very much intrusive. The intrusiveness was occasionally annoying.

Missteps judd_sonofbert March 10 2009, 03:12:32 UTC

I didn't find it funny; I found it wince-inducing. The music felt particularly ham-handed in that scene.

The All Along the Watchtower on the way to Ozy's place felt like the other musical misstep to me.

Re: Missteps memento_mori March 10 2009, 03:59:00 UTC

Re: the owlsex, I just thought, "Ah, a Saturday night at Skull Mountain."

Re: Missteps ext_37604 March 10 2009, 04:00:06 UTC

It took a bit of thought afterwards, but the sex scene on Archie was the punchline of a comment on the sexual fetishization of superheroes. When it was Dan and Laurie, Dan couldn't get it up. After a bit of costume action he's all man. The cheesiness is intentional, I believe, as part of the comment, but I may be wrong.

I only got it in the larger context of the deconstruction of superheroes that Watchmen is all about, though.

Thread 11

highmoonmedia March 10 2009, 03:13:09 UTC

Overall, yep, I liked it. As much as I enjoyed the boob shots during the Tumble in the Clouds (and the boots, yeah) it was a bit gratuitous, but I guess no more than some of the violence, which I felt could have been handled off-screen at times. Looking forward to an even longer version on DVD.

highmoonmedia March 10 2009, 03:14:01 UTC

And yes, the opening sequence alone was worth the price of entry.

cartoon_goblin March 10 2009, 03:15:14 UTC

I thought the movie masterplan was better than the comic, too. I pretty much have the same quibbles, too (although I liked the sex scene). Overall, a fantastic movie.

sunpony March 10 2009, 03:17:08 UTC

I'll get right on #2 :-)!

Regarding #2 judd_sonofbert March 10 2009, 03:34:11 UTC

Yes, please!

jccohen March 10 2009, 03:52:06 UTC

Thank God (or Dr. Manhattan?) that I'm not the only one who thought the movie ending made for a better, tighter master plan.