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I don't have the time nor energy to really give all my thoughts on WATCHMEN. In fact, I may hold off entirely until I've seen it a second time.
I think that folks really really *really* need to see it at least twice--if they can--just as I think people need to reread the book at least a couple times (with healthy breather periods in between, natch). It's not as dense as the book, but good lord, did they manage to cram so much in that two and a half hour period.
It was fascinating to read all the very different reviews over the past month, giving me a bizarre but very effective combination of over-hype and lowered expectations. Furthermore, the way everyone's coming into this with their own expectations versus the film's delivery is actually a surreal inverse of my own expectations and demands of THE DARK KNIGHT and being the world's biggest Harvey Dent fan*, but that's a whole essay unto itself.
The real test will be seeing how well it survives the first weekend. How will it hold up once word of mouth spreads? Because let me tell you, by the time of Rorschach and Dan's first meeting, several of us could feel other members of the audience bristle. This will most definitely not be for everybody, fan or otherwise.
And dear lord, I don't think I can read any more reviews right now, between ALL the goddamn bitching. No one can agree on what works or what doesn't, and right now, I'm in no mood to process it.
A warning to everyone, though: I don't think any of us will really be able to judge WATCHMEN the movie until we see the complete 302-minute long cut on DVD this Fall. Only then... ONLY then... will we truly see Snyder's WATCHMEN as it should be, and judge it on its own true merits. Until then, we've got this lengthy excerpt Cliff's Notes version.**
I'm gonna have a lot to say. But for now, based on what I did see, let's just say I give it a solid B+. Hell, maybe even A-. Even now, I think about it with wonder and go, "Wow, I actually saw that." But let's see how I feel after Round 2. Possibly in IMAX. Or at least the Uptown.
That said, when it comes to a couple of my opinions, many of you will think I'm outright nuts. Fair warning.
*Can I realistically claim that? So far, I haven't met anyone else as passionate and/or as well-versed of the character, but I don't wanna sound like an unhealthily obsessed freak or anything.
**And before you think that you can judge everything now, that no amount of extra scenes or different editing can make any difference, chew on this thought: the Director's Cut of DAREDEVIL was actually watchable.
I think that folks really really *really* need to see it at least twice--if they can--just as I think people need to reread the book at least a couple times (with healthy breather periods in between, natch). It's not as dense as the book, but good lord, did they manage to cram so much in that two and a half hour period.
It was fascinating to read all the very different reviews over the past month, giving me a bizarre but very effective combination of over-hype and lowered expectations. Furthermore, the way everyone's coming into this with their own expectations versus the film's delivery is actually a surreal inverse of my own expectations and demands of THE DARK KNIGHT and being the world's biggest Harvey Dent fan*, but that's a whole essay unto itself.
The real test will be seeing how well it survives the first weekend. How will it hold up once word of mouth spreads? Because let me tell you, by the time of Rorschach and Dan's first meeting, several of us could feel other members of the audience bristle. This will most definitely not be for everybody, fan or otherwise.
And dear lord, I don't think I can read any more reviews right now, between ALL the goddamn bitching. No one can agree on what works or what doesn't, and right now, I'm in no mood to process it.
A warning to everyone, though: I don't think any of us will really be able to judge WATCHMEN the movie until we see the complete 302-minute long cut on DVD this Fall. Only then... ONLY then... will we truly see Snyder's WATCHMEN as it should be, and judge it on its own true merits. Until then, we've got this lengthy excerpt Cliff's Notes version.**
I'm gonna have a lot to say. But for now, based on what I did see, let's just say I give it a solid B+. Hell, maybe even A-. Even now, I think about it with wonder and go, "Wow, I actually saw that." But let's see how I feel after Round 2. Possibly in IMAX. Or at least the Uptown.
That said, when it comes to a couple of my opinions, many of you will think I'm outright nuts. Fair warning.
*Can I realistically claim that? So far, I haven't met anyone else as passionate and/or as well-versed of the character, but I don't wanna sound like an unhealthily obsessed freak or anything.
**And before you think that you can judge everything now, that no amount of extra scenes or different editing can make any difference, chew on this thought: the Director's Cut of DAREDEVIL was actually watchable.
