WATCHMEN Movie Thread: Directors Cut is out (updated: deleted scene)

[arrjae]

this movie looks so sick!
dont really know what its about though....
hopefully i dont have to read it 1st....

 

[air kamote23]

What so special with the Absolute Watchmen GN compared with the regular ones?

 

[falcon4567]

Higher quality paper, hard cover and slipcase plus it has extras like Moore's scripts (which are dense as hell) and Gibbon's sketches

 

[soulcollector1]

I've read the novel, pretty cool stuff IMO, me and my boys will be in INDY @ the Imax to check this out...

 

[lesfamilia]

Originally Posted by RFX45

Probably something not everyone will get but I figure it is worth a post:

LOL...

 

[360wavesandxbox]

Read the novel 3 times so far..about to make it a fourth in the upcoming week..this story>>>>>any other comic story period..

 

[rfx45]

I'm open to people's opinion and I have no problem with what people have to say about the movie but this is one of the stupidest movie reviews I'veever read:

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Film Review: Watchmen

By Kirk Honeycutt, February 26, 2009 03:35 ET


Bottom Line: Ouch.
It's not easy being a comic book hero these days. The poor boys have taken their lumps in "Hancock," "The Dark Knight" and even "Iron Man." Self-doubt, angst and inadequacies plague them. And now comes "Watchmen." Its costumed superheroes, operating in an alternative 1985, are seriously screwed up -- and so is their movie. If anyone were able to make a nine-figure movie, something like "Watchmen" would have been the opening-night film at the Sundance Film Festival.

As stimulating as it was to see the superhero movie enter the realm of crime fiction in "The Dark Knight," "Watchmen" enters into a realm that is both nihilistic and campy. The two make odd companions. The film, directed by Zack Snyder ("300"), will test the limits of superhero movie fans. If you're not already invested in these characters because of the original graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, nothing this movie does is likely to change that predicament.

That's bad news for Warner Bros. and Paramount, which hold domestic and international rights, respectively. Opening weekends everywhere will reflect the huge anticipation of this much-touted, news-making movie. After that, the boxoffice slide could be drastic.

Snyder and writers David Hayter and Alex Tse never find a reason for those unfamiliar with the graphic novel to care about any of this nonsense. And it is nonsense. When one superhero has to take a Zen break, he does so on Mars. Of course he does.

The film opens with a brutal killing, then moves on to a credit-roll newsreel of sorts that takes us though the Cold War years, landing us in 1985 when Nixon is in his third term, tipping us that we're in an alternate 1985 America, where our superheroes have taken care of Woodward and Bernstein and other forces have evidently taken care of the U.S. Constitution.

The opening murder happens to a character called the Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), who was once a member of a now-banished team of superheroes called the Masks. Fellow ex-Mask Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) -- his mask one of perpetually shifting inkblots -- takes exception to his old colleague's death. He believes the entire society of ex-crime-fighters is being targeted even as the Doomsday Clock -- which charts tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that could lead to nuclear war -- nears midnight.

His investigation and renewed contacts with former buddies fills us in on the complicated histories and problematic psychiatric makeups of these colleagues.

It's all very complicated but not impenetrable. We pick up the relationships quickly enough, but soon realize these back stories owe more to soap operas than to superhero comics.

The thing is, these aren't so much superheroes as ordinary human beings with, let us say, comic-book martial arts prowess. The one exception is Billy Crudup's Jon Osterman, aka Dr. Manhattan, who in true comic book fashion was caught in a laboratory accident that turned him into a scientific freak -- a naked, glowing giant, looking a little bit like the Oscar statuette only with actual genitals -- who has amazing God-like powers.

These powers are being harnessed by an ex-Mask, Matthew Goode's menacing though slightly effeminate industrialist Adrian Veidt.

When Dr. Manhattan's frustrated girlfriend, yet another former Mask, Malin Akerman's Laurie Jupiter, can't get any satisfaction from Dr. M, she turns to the former Nite Owl II, Dan Dreiberg, who seems too much of a good guy to be an actual superhero, but he does miss those midnight prowls.

The point is that these superheroes, before Nixon banned them, were more vigilantes than real heroes, so the question the movie poses is, ah-hah, who is watching these Watchmen? They don't seem too much different from the villains.

Which also means we don't empathize with any of these creatures. And what's with the silly Halloween getups? Did anyone ever buy those Hollywood Boulevard costumes?

The violence is not as bad as early rumors would have one believe. It's still comic book stuff, only with lots of bloody effects and makeup. The real disappointment is that the film does not transport an audience to another world, as "300" did. Nor does the third-rate Chandler-esque narration by Rorschach help.

There is something a little lackadaisical here. The set pieces are surprisingly flat and the characters have little resonance. Fight scenes don't hold a candle to Asian action. Even the digital effects are ho-hum. Armageddon never looked so cheesy.

The film seems to take pride in its darkness, but this is just another failed special effect. Cinematographer Larry Fong and production designer Alex McDowell blend real and digital sets with earthen tones and secondary colors that give a sense of the past. But the stories are too absurd and acting too uneven to convince anyone. The appearances of a waxworks Nixon, Kissinger and other 1980s personalities will only bring hoots from less charitable audiences.

Looks like we have the first real flop of 2009.

 

[john23friend85]

Kirk Honeycutt is a idiot.

Originally Posted by illmaticsoulchild

Hopefully they used female voices for the female characters in the motion comic though.

Same dude the whole way through.

 

[dr spaceman]

Originally Posted by RFX45

I'm open to people's opinion and I have no problem with what people have to say about the movie but this is one of the stupidest movie reviews I've ever read:

Spoiler

Spoiler

Spoiler [+]

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FILM REVIEWS

Film Review: Watchmen

By Kirk Honeycutt, February 26, 2009 03:35 ET


Bottom Line: Ouch.
It's not easy being a comic book hero these days. The poor boys have taken their lumps in "Hancock," "The Dark Knight" and even "Iron Man." Self-doubt, angst and inadequacies plague them. And now comes "Watchmen." Its costumed superheroes, operating in an alternative 1985, are seriously screwed up -- and so is their movie. If anyone were able to make a nine-figure movie, something like "Watchmen" would have been the opening-night film at the Sundance Film Festival.

As stimulating as it was to see the superhero movie enter the realm of crime fiction in "The Dark Knight," "Watchmen" enters into a realm that is both nihilistic and campy. The two make odd companions. The film, directed by Zack Snyder ("300"), will test the limits of superhero movie fans. If you're not already invested in these characters because of the original graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, nothing this movie does is likely to change that predicament.

That's bad news for Warner Bros. and Paramount, which hold domestic and international rights, respectively. Opening weekends everywhere will reflect the huge anticipation of this much-touted, news-making movie. After that, the boxoffice slide could be drastic.

Snyder and writers David Hayter and Alex Tse never find a reason for those unfamiliar with the graphic novel to care about any of this nonsense. And it is nonsense. When one superhero has to take a Zen break, he does so on Mars. Of course he does.

The film opens with a brutal killing, then moves on to a credit-roll newsreel of sorts that takes us though the Cold War years, landing us in 1985 when Nixon is in his third term, tipping us that we're in an alternate 1985 America, where our superheroes have taken care of Woodward and Bernstein and other forces have evidently taken care of the U.S. Constitution.

The opening murder happens to a character called the Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), who was once a member of a now-banished team of superheroes called the Masks. Fellow ex-Mask Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) -- his mask one of perpetually shifting inkblots -- takes exception to his old colleague's death. He believes the entire society of ex-crime-fighters is being targeted even as the Doomsday Clock -- which charts tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that could lead to nuclear war -- nears midnight.

His investigation and renewed contacts with former buddies fills us in on the complicated histories and problematic psychiatric makeups of these colleagues.

It's all very complicated but not impenetrable. We pick up the relationships quickly enough, but soon realize these back stories owe more to soap operas than to superhero comics.

The thing is, these aren't so much superheroes as ordinary human beings with, let us say, comic-book martial arts prowess. The one exception is Billy Crudup's Jon Osterman, aka Dr. Manhattan, who in true comic book fashion was caught in a laboratory accident that turned him into a scientific freak -- a naked, glowing giant, looking a little bit like the Oscar statuette only with actual genitals -- who has amazing God-like powers.

These powers are being harnessed by an ex-Mask, Matthew Goode's menacing though slightly effeminate industrialist Adrian Veidt.

When Dr. Manhattan's frustrated girlfriend, yet another former Mask, Malin Akerman's Laurie Jupiter, can't get any satisfaction from Dr. M, she turns to the former Nite Owl II, Dan Dreiberg, who seems too much of a good guy to be an actual superhero, but he does miss those midnight prowls.

The point is that these superheroes, before Nixon banned them, were more vigilantes than real heroes, so the question the movie poses is, ah-hah, who is watching these Watchmen? They don't seem too much different from the villains.

Which also means we don't empathize with any of these creatures. And what's with the silly Halloween getups? Did anyone ever buy those Hollywood Boulevard costumes?

The violence is not as bad as early rumors would have one believe. It's still comic book stuff, only with lots of bloody effects and makeup. The real disappointment is that the film does not transport an audience to another world, as "300" did. Nor does the third-rate Chandler-esque narration by Rorschach help.

There is something a little lackadaisical here. The set pieces are surprisingly flat and the characters have little resonance. Fight scenes don't hold a candle to Asian action. Even the digital effects are ho-hum. Armageddon never looked so cheesy.

The film seems to take pride in its darkness, but this is just another failed special effect. Cinematographer Larry Fong and production designer Alex McDowell blend real and digital sets with earthen tones and secondary colors that give a sense of the past. But the stories are too absurd and acting too uneven to convince anyone. The appearances of a waxworks Nixon, Kissinger and other 1980s personalities will only bring hoots from less charitable audiences.

Looks like we have the first real flop of 2009.

That was really moronic. It reads like it was written by a well versed 12 yr old.

 

[air kamote23]

Originally Posted by Falcon4567

Higher quality paper, hard cover and slipcase plus it has extras like Moore's scripts (which are dense as hell) and Gibbon's sketches

Thanks!

 

[rfx45]

Watchmen Clip Montages Coming to NBC
Source:Warner Bros. Pictures February 26, 2009

Haven't seen enough Watchmen footage yet? First up, there are now 14 clips online that can be watched via this link.

Warner Bros. Pictures also made the following announcement today:

In the days leading up to the much-anticipated March 6th release of "Watchmen," brand new clip montages from the film will air exclusively during thebroadcast of six different shows across three NBC Universal networks. Each of the action-packed segments focuses on one of the film's centralfigures-Rorschach, Dr. Manhattan, The Comedian, Ozymandias, Nite Owl, and Silk Spectre II-introducing the film incarnations of the characters who have movedfrom the pages of the legendary graphic novel to the big screen in the new film presented by Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures, in association withLegendary Pictures.

The promotion begins on March 1st and encompasses several of the most popular series on three NBC Universal networks: NBC ("Heroes" and "30Rock"), SCI FI ("Battlestar Galactica" and "Ghost Hunters International") and USA Network ("Burn Notice" and the acquiredtheatrical "National Treasure"). The select clip montages have been slated to air as follows:

* March 1 - Clip montage featuring Dr. Manhattan airs exclusively during "National Treasure" on USA Network.
* March 2 - Clip montage featuring Rorschach airs exclusively during "Heroes" on NBC.
* March 4 - Clip montage featuring Ozymandias airs exclusively during "Ghost Hunters International" on SCI FI.
* March 5 - Clip montage featuring Nite Owl airs exclusively during "Battlestar Galactica" on SCI FI.
* March 5 - Clip montage featuring Silk Spectre II airs exclusively during "Burn Notice" on USA Network.
* March 5 - Clip montage featuring The Comedian airs exclusively during "30 Rock" on NBC.

Following their network airing, the clips will be available for viewing on NBC.com/Watchmen.

A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, "Watchmen" is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric ofeveryday society, and the Doomsday Clock-which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union-moves closer to midnight. When one of his former colleaguesis murdered, the outlawed masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects withhis former crime-fighting legion, Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences forthe future. Their mission is to watch over humanity…but who is watching the Watchmen?

"Watchmen" is directed by Zack Snyder and produced by Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin and Deborah Snyder. The screenplay is by David Hayter and AlexTse, based upon the award-winning graphic novel co-created and illustrated by Dave Gibbons and published by DC Comics. Herbert W. Gains and Thomas Tull are theexecutive producers, with Wesley Coller serving as co-producer.

The film stars Malin Akerman as Laurie Jupiter, aka Silk Spectre II; Billy Crudup as Jon Osterman, aka Dr. Manhattan; Matthew Goode as Adrian Veidt, akaOzymandias; Carla Gugino as Sally Jupiter, aka Silk Spectre; Jackie Earle Haley as Walter Kovacs, aka Rorschach; Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Edward Blake, aka TheComedian; and Patrick Wilson as Dan Dreiberg, aka Nite Owl.

Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures present, in Association with Legendary Pictures, a Lawrence Gordon/Lloyd Levin Production, a Zack Snyder Film,"Watchmen." "Watchmen" will be distributed domestically by Warner Bros. Pictures and internationally by Paramount Pictures. "Watchmen:The IMAX Experience" will debut concurrently with the 35mm release in traditional theatres. The film has been rated R by the MPAA for strong graphicviolence, sexuality, nudity and language.

 

[darth dnzy]

--I just locked up my IMAX tickets for next Friday...cant wait!!

 

[visualmusic]

I walked into Newbury Comics two days ago and couldn't help but think Alan Moore would be pissed the !$%* off if he walked in there

. Still, I was ableto buy a few Watchmen accessories. I bought a shirt in Hot Topic too!

Regardless of my doubts of Synders directing abilities, I need to see this movieasap. My hype for this is out the rough.

 

[jaysbboy]

damn i just got back a few hours ago watching an early screening. it's dope but it's a long movie.

 

[thegoat121886]

I downloaded the Motion Comic and watched the entire thing last night. Took me four hours, but i was too into it to stop. All i can say is

I couldn't wait for this movie before, but now i really can't.

Just from looking at the trailer, the way they have lifted scenes exactly as they appear in the comic is amazing.

 

[crazy ebw]

I wanna see this joint. I know literally nothing about it though. Don't feel like reading the book either.

 

[thegoat121886]

Originally Posted by Crazy EBW

I wanna see this joint. I know literally nothing about it though. Don't feel like reading the book either.

watch the motion comic instead. thats what i did

 

[crazy ebw]

Word good looks. How long is that joint though?

 

[rfx45]

http://www.superherohype.com/news/watchmennews.php?id=8126

 

[thegoat121886]

Originally Posted by Crazy EBW

Word good looks. How long is that joint though?

each chapter is about 20-25 minutes long. x12 chapters, so like 4 hours or so?
idk...i watched the entire thing last night...didnt really pay attention to the time.

 

[rfx45]

 

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[rfx45]

 

[rfx45]

Originally Posted by thegoat121886

Originally Posted by Crazy EBW

I wanna see this joint. I know literally nothing about it though. Don't feel like reading the book either.

watch the motion comic instead. thats what i did

http://www.watchmenmotioncomic.com/

Saw on Yahoo that the movie clocks in at about 2 hours and 46 mins. Pretty hefty.

 

[duba169]

in the watchmen featurettes what is that MUSIC at the very beginning

it's soooooo familiar, I need that tune bad

anyone know what it is? I'm 99 percent sure it's def not made for the watchmen. Wow I can;t remember it's bothering me very bad.