Did You Like Watchmen's Movie Adaptation?

[thestickman91]

In the Book there is a subplot where artists and scientists go missing Ozymandias

I liked it and I enjoyed the movies end much more than

Spoiler

the magical space octopus

I haven't read the novel, although I did enjoy the movie quite a bit, but I simply have to ask; what magical space octopus?

alright

Spoiler

In the Book there is a subplot where artists and scientists go missing. it turns out Ozymandias had them design a (no joke) super magic octopus that he teleports into new york to destroy the city with its psychic wave and make the world leaders focus on destroying the evils of the intergalactic space octopus army rather than each other... and Dr. Manhattan still leaves for no reason

 

[Treefingers]

I have to say it's one of the best films I've watched.

Perhaps you ought to watch more films then.

 

[thethingthatlurks]

In the Book there is a subplot where artists and scientists go missing Ozymandias

I liked it and I enjoyed the movies end much more than

Spoiler

the magical space octopus

I haven't read the novel, although I did enjoy the movie quite a bit, but I simply have to ask; what magical space octopus?

alright

Spoiler

In the Book there is a subplot where artists and scientists go missing. it turns out Ozymandias had them design a (no joke) super magic octopus that he teleports into new york to destroy the city with its psychic wave and make the world leaders focus on destroying the evils of the intergalactic space octopus army rather than each other... and Dr. Manhattan still leaves for no reason

Seriously? The movie ending makes a whole lot more sense...

 

[Tracer Bullet]

What movie adaptions? You mean the over the top shots of Dr. Manhattan's dick ALL the time? Cause that freaked me out. Cinematically the movie was spectacular it is clearly right up there with 300. Just sometimes the scene was just like... Dark. Like overly not realistic dark. That always bothers me in movies.

 

[thestickman91]

SNIP

Seriously? The movie ending makes a whole lot more sense...

Exactly my point. the books ending is fine, just a little goofy.

 

[HigherTomorrow]

I have to say it's one of the best films I've watched.

Perhaps you ought to watch more films then.

Thanks for the extremely detailed response. I appreciate your time in typing up a whopping 8 words just to tell me that my opinion is invalid.

 

[simmeh]

It's definitely not a movie I would watch again, that's for sure.

Honestly, I thought it was an overlong, inconsistent, overhyped, but sometimes fun hodge-podge, worth seeing once just so you can keep your geek license and so that you can be "in" on various conversations. I felt like it was just trying way too hard to be everything, and never really settled into a specific tone. It would try at times to be a visceral action piece, but the complex characters and storyline kind of undermine the whole, "shut your brain off and watch things explode," vibe those types of movies are known for. Other times it would try and be a serious crime drama, only to cut away to something just too silly to stand along side the somber tones. I guess it succeeded in not being a typical superhero movie, which I'm pretty sure was one of its goals, so I'll give it that. But it just wasn't the movie everyone was saying it was supposed to be. Maybe that's just what I get for hanging out in circles comprised entirely of geeks...

Oh, and:

I have to say it's one of the best films I've watched.

Perhaps you ought to watch more films then.

This guy put it best, methinks.

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

It was a near perfect adaptation of the comic. Only the end was a little meh because they changed it up a bit. but judged as just a movie it's an amazing peice of film.

 

[Random Argument Man]

Didn't read the novel, but it was still a good movie. Although, I would've changed the soundtrack (except that Bob Dylan song(not because I love Bob Dylan, but because it was well-placed)). That, and I would've removed the awkward sex scene.

EDIT:Snyder always has to include tits for some reasons. I wished he would forget that idea. He could probably deserves a mountain of prizes afterwards.

 

[Cynical skeptic]

... 50 posts and no mention of how the entire movie is a gigantic plothole?

Disappointing.

The squid was supposed to be stupid. The entire story was set up in a realistic fashion to maximize the unreality of ozymandias' plan. Sure, it assumes psychics actually exist (which was somewhat questionable before james randi and/or john edwards became (a) household name(s)), but in the context of the story, the fact something so completely insane could even exist, let alone be a part of a plan for world peace is what finally broke the comedian. In the movie, what did the comedian discover to push him over the edge?

But most characters were severely underdeveloped to devote more time to manhattan (safely able to justify an entire movie by himself), night owl and rorschach. Cutting away most of what made watchmen a classic.

 

[RetroViruses]

I read the first chapter or two a few months before the movie came out, which definitely helped my get into the movie faster, and then I read the novel after, and I thought both were excellent media in their respective fields: it's a shame the movie didn't get better reviews.

 

[AzrealMaximillion]

In the Book there is a subplot where artists and scientists go missing Ozymandias

I liked it and I enjoyed the movies end much more than

Spoiler

the magical space octopus

I haven't read the novel, although I did enjoy the movie quite a bit, but I simply have to ask; what magical space octopus?

alright

Spoiler

In the Book there is a subplot where artists and scientists go missing. it turns out Ozymandias had them design a (no joke) super magic octopus that he teleports into new york to destroy the city with its psychic wave and make the world leaders focus on destroying the evils of the intergalactic space octopus army rather than each other... and Dr. Manhattan still leaves for no reason

Seriously? The movie ending makes a whole lot more sense...

Well if you read into the book you'd realize that the "island" they keep bringing up was where Ozymandias had a mock film production company hire people to design a monster for a horror film. In the articles of the book you'll read that a dead psychic's brain was dug up and removed. This was to be pot into the genetically engineered monster for use of the psychic blast. ( The same genetic technology was used to create Ozymandias's Lynx "Bubastis"/)

And the teleportation was due to them copying Doc Manhattan's "technique". The movie ending made more sense because it was handed to you on a plate. The joy of reading Watchmen and seeing the ending was that you had found all the pieces of the puzzle before the "Explanation Act" of the book. The movie ending wasn't as good because it heavily relies on the inaction of the most powerful character in the story. Doc Manhattan.

 

[nightblade253]

Having read the novel, I have to say I was very surprised by the movie's attempt to re-create it. Now the usual idea that movies don't match their respective books is a common one, the movie seemed to attempt to rush it's story too quickly and doesn't really create as memorable characters. I mean, it makes them unique, but the complexities of the novel are just so completely lost in the film.

While a decent hollywood production in its right, it just can't stand up against its novel.

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

I read the book first, then watched the movie. The movie was good but I liked the book alot more. I think its an amazing read and to those of you who haven't read it GO DO SO RIGHT NOW! It has all the little sub-plots in it, which I like, and the Tales of the Black Freighter worked in as well (I have to watch the animated version some time). The whole experience put together makes it one of the best stories I have ever read. I don't know how I feel about the endings of the two. The movie version was alot simpler, but the book version made sense if you paid attention to the sub-plots throughtout the story. Plus the several full pages of the devastation of New York was some REALLY powerful stuff. A lot more horrible (in my opinion) than Ozymandias' "Dr. Manhatten generator" thing. And the book ending isn't that fantasical considering the fact that a guy gets disintegrated, then reforms himself into a glowing blue demigod WITH HIS MIND. That is just a leeeettle bit far-fected. Just a little bit. I still like the movie though, it was a good adaptation (at points line-for-line adaptation). The film left out some details and shortened up some scenes, but then of course most movies do that. I really liked the opening credits with "The Times Are A-Changin" by Bob Dylan playing in the background though, it was a great way to introduce the setting.

Edit: And about that love scene in the movie, did anyone else laugh when the Silk Spectre hit the flamethrower button right while climaxing? Anyone?

 

[Durxom]

SNIP

Seriously? The movie ending makes a whole lot more sense...

Exactly my point. the books ending is fine, just a little goofy.

Also if you pay close enough attention in the movie, the thing that Ozy has Dr Manhattan build, and is later used as the "Dr. Manhattan" bomb, is codenamed SQUID (you can see the label on it)....so technically, a squid still did blow up New York.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I thought it was quite well done and that each character was quite believable and well portrayed. I did think the aforementioned sex scene was over-the-top and really didn't add anything to the movie. Of course I didn't read the original graphic novel so I don't have much to compare it to besides other superhero movies and up against those I'd say it surpasses most.
Speaking of which, I think that's the best way to enjoy a movie adaptation of anything is to not have read/played/watched the original source material. For example Eragorn, I quite enjoyed that movie, but I've never read the original novel so it was all new to me. Naturally I've come across 1001 people here on the Internet who're whining that they "ruined it". In fact I'm sure this post alone will draw out at least 50 or so.
*looks at watch and starts timing*

 

[Metallgoth]

I had read the comic a few times before seeing the movie and I enjoyed it immensely. The ending tweak did make more sense. Also, the cut with the Black Freighter parts put in is excellent. I think most of the dislike comes from people who believe that there can never be a decent movie made from a book and had their minds set that they weren't going to like it before they saw it. If anything the movies seem to serve as a catalyst for people to rediscover the source material. Except for those who seem to think that movies are made so they don't have to read the book.

 

[WolfThomas]

I thought it could have been much worse, especially as I read somewhere that Warner Bros. initially wanted Dan to kill Veidt (and possibly stop the explosion/s), they wanted to cut the Comedian and Dr Manhattan's flashbacks and biggest no-no they wanted to update it to modern day times with Dr Manhattan winning the Iraq war and bush being re-elected for more terms.