WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN...
Hate it or love it, Watchmen is on everyone's mind. After topping the box office with $55.7 M opening weekend, everyone wants to know why. Anyone that has read it knows every detail, every character, every upcoming scene, frame for frame. Obviously, these fanatics brought their friends with them to the movie.
Over the weekend Twitter and Facebook had post after post about Watchmen. Some were disgruntled, and some were ecstatic. Nevertheless, Watchmen is the most talked about thing this week.
With that being said, I'll give you the top 10 reasons why you will hate or love the Watchmen movie.
You will HATE IT because;
- this is NOT a family friendly movie.
- there isn't action scene after action scene.
- no one has super Powers.
- the good guys don't win in the end.
- the good guys are the bad guys.
And you will LOVE IT because;
- this is not a FAMILY friendly movie.
- the characters are realistic.
- no one has Super powers.
- 3 hours doesn't seem that long.
- the attention to detail is phenomenal.
This movie is rated R! Why? Because whenever there is blood there is a LOT of gore. AND, there is nudity and sex. No holding back in this movie.
This isn't an action adventure. Similar to Matrix but more on the level of real life tell the story with drama and life. There isn't fighting everyday, even if you're a crime fighter. When there is any action, the visuals are amazing.
No super powers? Well, besides Dr. Manhattan being able to have almost all the powers of God, there are NO super heroes in this movie. Each hero uses their God given talent to fight bad guys, along with their costumes. This works for them though because this makes them more realistic and life like - similar to Batman, without daddy's money.
I hate to break it to you, but the good guys are not perfect. They are human beings like me and you and make mistakes. Obviously, they make mistakes and they fail to save all of man kind in the end.
Every good guy is punished for his or her evil deeds. The pain and hurt is true to life. You come to find out the good guys weren't and/or aren't always good. Kind of like Heroes Season 3 VILLAINS.
Although this plot takes place in an alternate 1985, the feel is rather realistic and could be taken serious, unlike other comic book / super hero movies where you need to use you imagine and pretend that mutants could be real. Because of this, you can actually relate to characters, generally speaking.
Now originally this movie was about 4 hours, but they cut it to be under 3 hours. It doesn't feel as long as The Dark Knight though. I think if I watched the movie again, I'll come across scenes I forgot about. Plus, I believe you will notice something different the next time you watch it. If you are a fanatic or plan on getting the DVD, you'll be able to enjoy the full length director's cut as well.
Watchmen has been in the works since the 80s. Now that someone can actually accomplish turning the comic book into a feature film, you will be rewarded by their efforts. The attention to detail is amazing.
Throughout the first hour I tried to pick out something that was a flaw, i.e. the shadows of the camera crew in Transformers. But they made this movie the best movie they could. Each set was built in living color and matched perfectly with the comic book. They even used the comic as their story board. Amazing.
If you don't think they paid 110 times more attention to detail than any other blockbuster director, just download their podcast on iTunes for free and watch the video journals. You will be impressed. Directors and film makers, take notes!
