watchmen
March 16th, 2009 by AriSomehow I’ve managed to go my entire life without reading Watchmen. That was a mistake. Watchmen was dark, thought provoking, interesting, well written, well drawn, non-linear, twisted, disturbing, and will be haunting my nightmares for years to come. In short: awesome. Best comic book ever. I don’t even think I want to watch the movie now, because I know there’s no way it can possibly live up to the comic book.
March 16th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
I have been a fan of the comic since ’86. Welcome!
That said, I watched the movie yesterday (“quis custodiet ipsos custodies? ego!”) and I enjoyed it a great deal. It is much more “action movie inspired by Watchmen” than “adaptation,” but that doesn’t detract from the cool. Just don’t expect it to be something it can’t, and it’s a good movie.
March 16th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Your feeling was the same feeling pretty much anyone who has ever read Watchmen had when they announced that there was going to be a movie based on the comic. But as far as movies go, it is a very nice treat. Plot-wise the graphic novel is by far better but action-wise it was really cool seeing the characters come alive in the movie. Rorshach was awesome.
March 16th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
I read it for the first time a little more than a year ago, after I heard about plans for the movie. I re-read it two months ago and noticed a lot of details that I missed the first time around. Although the movie couldn’t possibly contain all of the nuance of the novel, it was an admirable attempt and the alterations that were present weren’t egregious. Patton Oswalt says it best (NSFW): http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=67077201&blogId=475266763
March 23rd, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Wow – I never knew I was part of the nerd mafia before. Sweet!
Okay, in all seriousness, he does have a good point, and this is both hilarius and right on he money:
“The fuel of the Nerd Mafia is disappointment and exclusion.”