Watchmen

[feliciakw]

Well, I hadn't planned on doing a review for Watchmen. I liked it okay as a movie experience, but it's not something I want to sit through again. Geo read the book before we went to see the movie, and he was very eager to see how they were going to adapt it to the screen. (For the record, he called it probably the best movie adaptation of a comic he'd ever seen.)

We went to a Friday matinee. I was one of only 3 females in the audience that I counted. Geo said they were probably all there against their wills. I said, "Not me. Remember? I'm the one who suggested we see this when I found out JDM was going to be in it."

I've not followed the reviews or anything, but just so you know, the movie is loooonnnnngggg. And it is not--repeat NOT--a kid's movie. Nor is it a "superhero" movie. It is dark. Brutal. Very.



Even though it was a long movie, it was not so epic as to be confusing, though I probably did miss some of the details simply because I hadn't read the source material. But whatever. Like I said, not confusing.

And I loved the use of slo-mo filming, capturing the feel of a comic book when the picture is of a close-up to highlight something. I'm not sure I can explain it; I just thought it was really cool.

Rorschach's mask was also really cool.

After the movie, Geo clued me in on the things they changed or the details they had to leave out. Which are all pretty understandable.

The solution, though, that Oxymanis (or whatever his name was) came up with? To unite the US and Russia against a common foe? I mean, I know this is an AU of the United States, but did he learn nothing from WWII? We were allies against a common enemy there, and as soon as the war was over, the Cold War started. Killing millions to save billions is hardly the ideal solution, particularly when the result is so shortsighted.

I've been asked what I thought of JDM's character, The Comedian. I really can't say I feel one way or the other about him. JDM was the perfect casting choice for the character, and he did a great job with the role. But the character was . . . brutal. A spark of humanity, yes, but it didn't manifest until too late. And yet his murder and funeral were very sad.

Upon sitting here pondering things in a quiet office, I realize that while I enjoyed the movie as an entertainment experience, I . . . wasn't really emotionally invested in any of the characters. Yes, I liked Laurie and Dan, and Rorschach in his own twisted sociopathic way. But it didn't take me that one step deeper. Huh.

The girl who played Laurie is very pretty, and I hope she ends up in more stuff that I'd be likely to see.

So, yeah. There ya go.

Comments

[sarcasticval.livejournal.com]

I didn't like the mask and found it distracting. I get what they were trying to do with it, but every time the darn thing moved I found myself watching it instead of the action.

I think Laurie's actress was in 27 Dresses, which cracks me up for some reason.