Comments on: Phil Watches the Watchmen http://theboysaunders.com/2009/03/phil-watches-the-watchmen/ You Little Punks Think You Own This Town... Mon, 21 May 2012 02:40:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Phil http://theboysaunders.com/2009/03/phil-watches-the-watchmen/#comment-632 Phil Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:41:26 +0000 http://theboysaunders.com/?p=289#comment-632 All valid criticisms, although the pacing was probably due to time constraints. I'm hoping that the director's cut (complete with the 'Tales of the Black Freighter' comic within a comic interspersed) will solve a lot of these problems. The violence worked better in the comic book as it was often just hinted at, rather than the visceral torture-porn that we were occasionally subjected to. I would encourage anyone who even remotely enjoyed the film to check out the original for a far more rounded Watchmen experience! All valid criticisms, although the pacing was probably due to time constraints. I’m hoping that the director’s cut (complete with the ‘Tales of the Black Freighter’ comic within a comic interspersed) will solve a lot of these problems.

The violence worked better in the comic book as it was often just hinted at, rather than the visceral torture-porn that we were occasionally subjected to. I would encourage anyone who even remotely enjoyed the film to check out the original for a far more rounded Watchmen experience!

]]> By: SisterSaunders http://theboysaunders.com/2009/03/phil-watches-the-watchmen/#comment-630 SisterSaunders Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:56:59 +0000 http://theboysaunders.com/?p=289#comment-630 We went to see Watchmen last week... as a so called 'neutral' I did enjoy the film but had a couple of issues with it. Firstly, I think a two minute introduction to what exactly the watchmen are about would have been great for the benefit of those that haven't read the graphic novel. They spent a long time showing how they had developed and changed but it took us a while to figure out what their purpose was, which detracted from a simpleton like me concentrating on the plot. I also completely agree about the gratuitous violence. Violence is fine in my opinion when its contextual and appropriate but I agree that those two particular scenes did feel a bit forced in. I also have a few qualms against watching a pregnant woman being killed for no apparent reason...violence between men and women that are capable of giving as good as they get is fine, but I felt that some of the violence was too near the knuckle for me. Not a criticism of the film, but of a character; Silk Spectre II is a whore! Women in films who can't make up their minds and mess people around in the process make me angry. On a side note, the scenes and character development of Doctor Manhattan were awesome, although I'm sure a lot of the male audience didn't want *that* in their face for three hours. We went to see Watchmen last week… as a so called ‘neutral’ I did enjoy the film but had a couple of issues with it. Firstly, I think a two minute introduction to what exactly the watchmen are about would have been great for the benefit of those that haven’t read the graphic novel.

They spent a long time showing how they had developed and changed but it took us a while to figure out what their purpose was, which detracted from a simpleton like me concentrating on the plot.

I also completely agree about the gratuitous violence. Violence is fine in my opinion when its contextual and appropriate but I agree that those two particular scenes did feel a bit forced in. I also have a few qualms against watching a pregnant woman being killed for no apparent reason…violence between men and women that are capable of giving as good as they get is fine, but I felt that some of the violence was too near the knuckle for me.

Not a criticism of the film, but of a character; Silk Spectre II is a whore! Women in films who can’t make up their minds and mess people around in the process make me angry.

On a side note, the scenes and character development of Doctor Manhattan were awesome, although I’m sure a lot of the male audience didn’t want *that* in their face for three hours.

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