Re: WATCHMEN -- the reviews are coming in -so far so good...
I agree 100%. Hayter put nearly a decade in writing the script (Alex Tse helped too), and I feel, despite some cuts that will be restored in the director's version, this film is truly beautiful. It had to be made, because after 20 years of superhero tentpole films, sooner or later, some people are going to be tired of the usual "get powers, fight and defeat the baddie, save the world/city and get the girl" routine.
Sure, the hatred towards the film has been...vicious. A.O. Scott of the NY Times noted that maybe it's time to grow up, but in the recent summary in this week's movie listings, he noted that a lot people "did watch the Watchmen" but wanted to know why?
The film and GN are a deconstruction of the superhero archetype, injected with a maturity hormone, a celebration of the comic book, which has been misunderstood and mistreated by its' birth country, a subversive and necessary funhouse mirror that focused on society, exposing our flaws, inanities and complexities.
Damn the haters. They can watch "Witch Mountain". "Watchmen: The Film" is a classic already.
Originally posted by Terrance Mulloy
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I agree 100%. Hayter put nearly a decade in writing the script (Alex Tse helped too), and I feel, despite some cuts that will be restored in the director's version, this film is truly beautiful. It had to be made, because after 20 years of superhero tentpole films, sooner or later, some people are going to be tired of the usual "get powers, fight and defeat the baddie, save the world/city and get the girl" routine.
Sure, the hatred towards the film has been...vicious. A.O. Scott of the NY Times noted that maybe it's time to grow up, but in the recent summary in this week's movie listings, he noted that a lot people "did watch the Watchmen" but wanted to know why?
The film and GN are a deconstruction of the superhero archetype, injected with a maturity hormone, a celebration of the comic book, which has been misunderstood and mistreated by its' birth country, a subversive and necessary funhouse mirror that focused on society, exposing our flaws, inanities and complexities.
Damn the haters. They can watch "Witch Mountain". "Watchmen: The Film" is a classic already.
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