Early Watchmen reviews

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**Frazzled**

I may have done some thread necromancy. here's a separate thread.

Some first reviews I have found:

'Watchmen' forgettable after opening blast
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2009-03-04-watchmen_N.htm

Inversely:
Ebert's review of Watchmen:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090304/REVIEWS/903049997

**olympia**

Hitler provides a review of the movie here:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/04/hitler-finds-out-abo.html

**dietrich**

With Zak Snyder as the director, my expectations are low.

**Cheese Elemental**

I' saw it yesterday. It's so much more realistic than other movies. They don't cut down on the GRIMDARK or the violence.

**Anung Un Rama**

I have to say, I'm quite pleased with the movie. It was not brilliant, but it works very well the way it is.

Spoiler:

I thing both Silk Specter 1 and Ozymanias could've used a bit more backstory but besides that I'm glad that Snyder managed to put the story on the big screen so well.
Sure, the Graphic Novel has a lot more "layers" but the movie works just fine like that.

**warpcrafter**

So that's why Hitler shot himself? Yipee!

**stonefox**

Cheese Elemental wrote:I' saw it yesterday. It's so much more realistic than other movies. They don't cut down on the GRIMDARK or the violence.

So Grimdark is more realistic than Romantic or HappyWorld? It's just as silly.

**Jin**

stonefox wrote:
Cheese Elemental wrote:I' saw it yesterday. It's so much more realistic than other movies. They don't cut down on the GRIMDARK or the violence.

So Grimdark is more realistic than Romantic or HappyWorld? It's just as silly.

To be fair, it is set in 1985 NYC - pretty grimdark back then.

**dietrich**

I read somewhere (maybe even here) that Dave Gibbons commented that Watchmen the comic was about comic superheroes and that Watchment the movie is more about movie superheroes than comic superheroes.

Of course it won't translate exactly. That doesn't mean it won't be a good movie. It also doesn't mean that I won't be disappointed by it. I'd like to go see it though, might even this weekend (but I might need to spend my free time building Tau for Adepticon).

**sexiest_hero**

I was very disappointed. they had a rape scene and took out the Giant tentatcle squid. It was supposed to be a tentatcle Hentai right???

**Da Boss**

Well, there was a rape scene in the comic. I'm sad that they got rid of the squid.

**LuciusAR**

Well I saw this today. I'm a huge fan of the comic and as far as I'm concerned its about as faithful as is humanly possible given the different mediums.

It's almost 3 hours long and yet I didn't suffer from bum numbness once. In fact I was grinning for most of the film. A definite 9/10 from me.

Of course I speak as someone familiar with the plot. It would be interesting to hear what the layman thinks of it.

Oh and if you do go and see it, don't be late. As bizarre as this sounds the introductory credits are amongst the films highlights. It sets everything up so perfectly. I almost gave them a round of applause, I kid you not!

**Black Blow Fly**

I can't wait to see it.

G