My Watchmen Review

[skywaterblue]

dianora2 said she was waiting to hear it, which uh, very flattering.

I REALLY LOVED IT. I saw it with powerof3 and a bunch of her people, all of whom are really nice. I was worried that the people in the group who hadn't read the book would get lost, but it's actually so faithful to the story that I think everyone followed it well enough. It's an interesting

Comments

[persephoneflame]

I for one, cannot wait for the Nite Owl/Rorschach slash.

There was subtext in the book. In the movie it was text. It was so text. It was like, "my crazy ex-boyfriend, let's bust him out of prison".

I think Laurie translated as well as possible. Sally is, as you say, way more interesting a character, though more fucked up. Really it's amazing Laurie is as normal as she is. Relatively. I REALLY wished they hadn't turned the lighting a cig into randomly pressing buttons. We see so little of Laurie acting on her own in the film that when what we do see is a big 'oops, I set shit on fire' moment is pretty damning. I'm pretty sure the change was because good guys can't smoke in movies any more, though.

Last thing I want to address is-- holy crap it totally looked like they all had super powers due to the filming style.

[skywaterblue]

What I like is that they show up and he's already busted himself out.

I'm pretty sure the change was because good guys can't smoke in movies any more, though.

Too sad and too true.

Last thing I want to address is-- holy crap it totally looked like they all had super powers due to the filming style.

I'm pretty sure that if Alan Moore ever saw it he'd be pissed about how it glorifies the violence. And as you say, it makes them look like supers.

[selenak]

There is already some Nite Owl/Rorschach slash out there, based on the novel. I think the logistical problem you have there (if you don't just wave it away and go for a PWP) is Rorschach's attitude towards all sexuality, he's so repressed and has channelled so much self-loathing into all the rants about homosexuals and whores that I have a hard time believing he'd ever admit to himself he loves Dan. Which he clearly does.

(andrastewhite wrote a great subtexty story about Rorschach and Nite Owl, as I recall, which I can recommend.)

it's no wonder some of the old fogey movie reviewers left confused about who had superpowers and who didn't given the ultrastylized fight sequences.

You know, you're right there. I hadn't thought of it, but yes, if you haven't read the novel you might think these guys have superpowers as well, albeit just in strength and speed, instead of Dr. Manhattan being the only metahuman around.

[skywaterblue]

persephoneflame and I were just chatting about that on AIM. I'm a firm believer that there can't be Rorschach porn (even though he is strongly implied to be homosexual in my opinion, were he to have a healthy sexuality). Rorschach really is a guy who has completely given up his humanity. But... if andrastewhite did it, it's probably pretty good.

The crank ass reviewer at either the New York Times or the New Yorker panned it, and because he never read the source material, said he left confused as to who had powers and who didn't.

[dianora2]

Thanks for the review! I still haven't made up my mind whether I will see it in the theater or not, but it's encouraging to hear that you liked it. Although I don't remember the comic that well, so am really just more concerned as to whether I will find it an enjoyable movie at this point, you know? I'm not going to remember so much if they get something wrong.

[skywaterblue]

I haven't read it in years. I think the people who are liking it best are those familiar with it, but not TOO familiar with it, you know?