Comments on: REVIEW: Watchmen (Ryan)

By: Top 10 Films of 2009 « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:47:04 +0000

[...] You know how people never forget where they were when Elvis died, or when they saw Star Wars for the first time? Going to the midnight screening of Watchmen will probably be that memory for me. This was, hands down, the most excited I’ve ever been for a film in my life. I bled the book for years, and lived through the marketing leading up to the release. It did not disappoint me, a scrutinous Watchmen fanboy. Though the debate rages on still, I stand firm when I say that director Zack Snyder did it. He filmed the un-filmable, and beautifully. Read my original review. [...]

By: Ryan Ferrier

Ryan Ferrier — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:22:29 +0000

“Hey, since you guys are publishing multiple reviews of the same film, can I post mine? ”

You bet Jon!

And I agree with you (except for that Manhattan scene, I still really disliked it)… FAH… KING… EPIC.

By: Jon Stephens

Jon Stephens — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:48:49 +0000

Oh, and I’ve got to say that I thought the scene that “went from CNN to Sally Jesse Raphael” was a great way to heighten the drama and humanize Manhattan. It’s damn near impossible for him to express emotions, and if they didn’t take a minor liberty like that to do it, then a lot more people would’ve just shrugged this movie off, and it’d never get it’s dues.

Zack Snyder is a fanboy GOD now.

By: Jon Stephens

Jon Stephens — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:42:59 +0000

This movie was about the best adaptation we are ever going to get. I was in awe the first time I watched it, I was wrapping my head around it all in the second time, and by the third I completely understood just how fantastic this is. As a Watchmen fanatic myself, I couldn’t be more pleased.

I was even pleased with Snyder’s ending. Blaming it all on Manhattan. Giant Killer Squid’s wouldn’t have worked. That’s amazing.

Hey, since you guys are publishing multiple reviews of the same film, can I post mine? You could always go to the fantastic MovieGuys.org to check it out. I went out of my way to do a realistic review and curb the fanboy-ism.

I loved this movie almost as much as I love my wife. Almost. I saw a guy on Superherohype message boards that had a great analogy for this, I won’t repeat it just in case girls are reading, but I’ll say it had something to do with the film being better than recieving some, ummm… how do I put this… oral pleasure. Yeah, I’d say that’s about right. I friggin loved it!!!

By: dale

dale — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:56:37 +0000

Great review, I couldn’t agree with you more, fantastic movie. As someone who basically walked into the movie and story blind, I might have a few points to add from the mainstream audience.

But first, I’d like to say that this was my first midnight screening of a movie and I think that ultimately changed the experience pretty significantly. Really, the memories I have of the film are mostly emotions and quick moments, almost like I dreamed the whole thing.

I’m sure I was awake the whole movie, so I don’t know if it was exhaustion or the seemingly random sequence of time and events, but I had no clear idea at what the heck was going on throughout most of the film. And without knowing the source material, I don’t know if that’s how it’s supposed to be or I was only awake for half of it.

Relationships among the watchmen, the dooms day clock, the smartest guy in the world who I was waiting to spout ‘Turtle, turtle’ ala Dana Carvey in the Master of Disguise, the blue naked guy…

Even with that on my plate, the movie was so gorgeous to look at and fun to experience I won’t have any issues returning to figure out the story. But I have a feeling a lot of people are going to shrug and move onto the next thing.

But that’s the beauty of the movie. It hasn’t slowed down to let passer-by’s jump on. Like you said, it’s a total fan’s movie so be prepared.