DISQUS

tmccar20 · 8 months ago

Well then it should have been made into a miniseries. Look to Band of Brothers, I see that as a true translation of a novel format. It is able to tell many different types of stories, while having a well maintained overall story arc. When compared to its counterpart of Saving Private Ryan, people general say that Band of Brothers is better of the two. This is because it is able to give the audience more time to live with the characters through battles and through the downtime.

tmccar20 · 8 months ago

The Watchmen movie is a lot to take in, and while the running time may seem long, it still has some distance to go before reaching the scope and depth of the graphic novel. It is a lot of characters to explain in a two and half hours, and these characters are each unique and immersive the audience really has to get to know them. I think The Watchman as a movie this is the best an audience is going to get, but it may be a short time before it gets translated again into a miniseries. The miniseries medium needs to be rethought. Maybe someday a studio will instead of a 100 million dollar 2 to 3 hour movie, make a 12 to 20 hour miniseries that has the necessary scope and depth to tell the story to its fullest extent and giving each character the necessary screen time they deserve.

coffee · 8 months ago

something that stands out to me about Watchmen is the amazing character development; they do a great job making each person in that movie a whole, unique person

LandonPalmer · 8 months ago

That's probably more to Moore's credit than Snyder and co.'s for creating such interesting characters in the first place.

blckmanjew · 8 months ago

i think the running time was the factor that got 1/3 of the theater to leave half way through...

DirectingTitan · 8 months ago

The only purpose I saw for "All Along The Watchtower" was that particular chapter in the graphic novel is named after lyrics in the song, and the same lyrics close out the chapter at its finish. (The two riders approaching being Rorschach and Nite Owl II, etc)

curt · 8 months ago

"The only songs contemporaneous with the film’s temporal setting were Nena’s 1983 “99 Luftballoons” whose Cold War protest seemed fitting for the film’s setting, but it felt thrown away as a between-scene montage as Spectre goes out on a date."

Hell yea it was thrown away. 99 luftballons (the most relevant) was not even on the soundtrack. wtf?

Aleric · 8 months ago

I agree, 99 luftballons was one of the few songs that fit the timeline and point in the film, but many of the younger members of the audience didn't realize the meaning of the song or even the context it was being used in. Most have only heard Nena on retro 80's albums and the stray MTV reference so they were not able to connect the two.