Okay, so I went to see that little movie based on some four-color funny book that just hit theaters, “Watchmen,” and maybe it was the inundation that comes along with every big-budget movie like this, but when I finally got to see how Zach Snyder, David Hayter and Alex Tse rendered their homage to Alan [...]
Watchmen is not as weird as it should be
March 7, 2009 Leave a Comment
The deconstructionist middle finger of Alan Moore’s “Watchmen” showed an industry built around taking masked heroes seriously just how silly it was. It was the punk kid in the back of the classroom who knew everything already, and was angry with and bored at the kid in the front of the classroom who didn’t know [...]
Watchmen lives up to the hype
March 7, 2009 2 Comments
So “Watchmen” is not a perfect film. But it is, without a doubt, a damn good one.
Watchmen: Unforgettable
March 7, 2009 8 Comments
Does it hold a candle to the original, or is this just a case of fearful symmetry?
Watchmen’s Silhouette: Apollonia Vanova
March 2, 2009 3 Comments
When the film adaptation of the graphic novel sensation “Watchmen” was first announced, the main concern was whether director Zack Snyder could pull off a successful adaptation of Alan Moore’s iconic word. Key among those concerns was whether the Minutemen — a group of superheroes founded in 1939 and pivotal to the story of “Watchmen” [...]
A chaste discussion of the first 18 minutes of Watchmen
Feb. 8, 2009 2 Comments
The 18 minutes of “Watchmen” footage reaffirmed what I already anticipated – “Watchmen” is brilliant. Dave Gibbons, co-creator and illustrator of the “Watchmen” graphic novel, discussed with the audience how director Zack Snyder incorporated a combination of scenes both in and outside of the comic book to create a better visual picture for all audiences to appreciate. I was awed how, within the first 10 minutes of footage, “Watchmen” had managed to establish the idea of “the Doomsday clock is always five minutes to midnight” and the fact the film takes place in an alternate time where Nixon is still president.
Some Tales of the Black Freighter
Feb. 5, 2009 Leave a Comment
Warner Bros. issued a press release today announcing the DVD and Blu Ray release of the much anticipated “Watchmen” companion — “Watchmen: Tales from the Black Freighter and Under the Hood” — will be released on March 24, 2009. “Tales of the Black Freighter” will also include “Under the Hood,” an autobiography of “Watchmen” character [...]
Watching the fate of Watchmen
Jan. 12, 2009 1 Comment
Everyone is watching the Watchmen–or rather, everyone is watching the dueling studios 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers as the fate of the highly-anticipated film is gradually shrouded in uncertainty and confusion. With Rorschach, the Comedian, Silk Specter, Nite Owl, and the rest of Alan Moore and David Gibbons’ brilliant cast so tantalizingly close to the silver screen, fans and film-lovers alike are anxious over the conflict. Will there be “Watchmen” on the night of March 6th, the day of the film’s scheduled release? Or will the conflict remain unresolved, as many fear, and result in postponement or even cancellation?
Comic-con 2008: All eyes watching “Watchmen”
July 26, 2008 Leave a Comment
Director Zack Snyder tried to stay as true to the original story as a two-and-a-half-hour movie can to a 416 page novel.
“Making a movie about the war on terror and [modern politics] seemed really wrong in a lot of ways to me,” said Snyder. “It’s cooler if people go, ‘Oh hey, this makes me think,’ instead of me telling people what to think.”