MentalPolyphonics
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I’ve only read Watchmen once. I enjoyed the major theme: the lonely god contrasted with the only-too-human heroes. But I felt like I missed tons of detail. And I’m not talking about all the passing references that Moore is famous for, but many of the basic character aspects. I don’t feel like the comic did much to prepare me for the movie.
Watchmen (film) is getting surprisingly lukewarm reviews. Onecommon criticism is that the plot is too convoluted. But I found the film just big enough that I could load it into my head, then disassemble and rearrange it to figure out all what’s going on. Maybe it was because all the filler like Tales of the Black Freighter got cut?
And now I see the story has amazing character depth. Who cares whether it subverts Reaganism or deconstructs the (now routinely deconstructed) superhero genre? It’s simply a much better story than The Dark Knight.
The title sequence that explains the alternate history is amazing. But you’ll have to find it yourself online because Warner Bros are idiots.
The ending is much tighter than the original even if it has a different meaning than the goofy squid. The music is over-the-top in the way a comic movie soundtrack should be. The acting is good, including:
My only complaints are that the script is too faithful to Moore’s sometimes-cheesy dialog and the visceral violence added by Snyder feels a little out of place.
Jack
Tales of the Black Freighter is being released as a standalone movie, in preparation for an “ultimate cut” that includes it in the main narrative correctly.
Kyla
Your YouTube link is dead from Warner Bros
Jared
Yeah, I noticed that was happening. It’s still pretty easy to find online, but I’m not going to bother linking to anything because I assume WB is playing wack-a-mole.