I finally saw it. And what can I say? I thought it was awesome. I loved the graphic novel and I, like everyone else who read it, was very sceptical if ZACK SNYDER was the right man for the job. Can he do it? 300 was a nice flick, but it wasn't the most demanding piece of fiction to say the least. WATCHMEN on the other hand is a very complex graphic novel, with an almost insane amount of details and subplots and... well crazy shit going on. Can he do it? YES HE CAN!
WATCHMEN is one hell of a flick. SYNDER manages to stay true to the novel and still delivers a very entertaining blockbuster. Of course some things are missing, but it didn't harm the story at all.
As we could expect, the movie is visually stunning. And it's so violent and explicit, I still can't believe the amount of gore I've witnessed. But it's not like a BRUCKHEIMER-esque adaptation of good material, it's deep, it takes its time to tell the story and describe the characters (with the exception of Veidts character, which in my opinion should have gotten more attention) and embraces them properly. This movie is almost on par with THE DARK KNIGHT and I love how dark, explicit and badass Hollywood can be, if you let the right people do their job.
However, I can understand, that this movie isn't suited for everyone. It is not your average superhero flick. It's confusing at times (especially if you have not read the graphic novel), it's complex and it mixes sort of reality with very strange fiction and it calls on your imagination. You definitely have to let yourself go on this one.
When something as big as WATCHMEN gets adapted for the big screen, you alyways have those hardcore fans, that bitch about every little piece, that's missing from the original or they moan about changes, with no regard of how those changes work or fit for the movie. They bitch about LORD OF THE RINGS, they bitch about HARRY POTTER and of course they will bitch about WATCHMEN. Don't you believe em. This is a movie. It is not the graphic novel, it's an adaptation. And a great one, I might add. This movie comes as close to the original, as I can imagine a movie could get. If you read the graphic novel and expect that exact same feeling that you had when you first read it from the movie, than you're an idiot. Is it impossible to like or even worship a great novel like LOTR or WATCHMEN and STILL like the adaptations? No it's not, if it's done as good as this. All you hardcore geeks, should get your thumbs outta your ass and enjoy this motion picture version of one of the best graphic novels of all times. Let me tell you this: I even like the ending of the movie better than the version of the graphic novel! Yeah, I said it! I can imagine how ALAN MOORE sits at home thinking "damn, why didn't I come up with that twist?".
I tip my hat to all those involved in the making of this flick.
Can't wait to see the directos cut!
Check this out: KEVIN SMITH will direct a movie, which he didn't wrote! Isn't that incredible? Chances are he might not bomb at the Box Office for once in his career. The cast sounds promising so far - BRUCE WILLIS and TRACY MORGAN (you know him as the crazy black dude in NBCs hit sitcom 30 ROCK, and of course WHO DAT NINJA...).
The movie is penned by MARK and ROBB CULLEN and comes by the name of A COUPLE OF COPS.
IMDB describes the plot outline as follows:
A comedy about two cops whose adventures include locating a stolen baseball card, rescuing a woman, and dealing with gangsters and their laundered money.
Yeah, I know... the headline is kinda exaggerated but it's true. WATCHMEN scored the best opening for an R-rated movie EVER. Although it even scored the best opening for the year so far, it still came in lower than expected with "only" $56 million. Check it out:
source: variety
ZACK SNYDER topped the BOX OFFICE two years ago with 300. It took the first place with $70.9 million over the course of its first weekend. What's so interesting about those figures is, that 300 scored $2.5 million after the friday midnight screenings before the weekend and what's even more interesting is, that WATCHMEN grossed $4.6 million after the same time counting the early showings. So it's pretty save to say, that WATCHMEN will kick some serious box office ass this weekend! Yay!
source: EW
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM is one of my favourite shows of all times. In case you have lived under a huge rock -or in Europe, where this awesome show never got recognized- and you don't know what the fuck I'm talking about. Get a clue. CURB is created from and about LARRY DAVID, who is one of the creators of the most successfull sitcom on Earth called SEINFELD. It's about LDs life after he became uber rich with SEINFELD and basically has nothing to do, but living his life in Hollywood and pissing off everybody around him. Sounds great, right? Anyways, the show is heading for it's seventh season this Fall (yes, you've been missing out a great show for over six years now) and EW has exklusive news on the new season. Check it out:
"The Seinfeld cast is making another must-see appearance. EW has learned exclusively that the four stars of NBC's long-running comedy -- Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards -- will be featured in a multiple-episode story arc on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm this fall. The cameos will mark the first time that all four actors have appeared together in a scripted TV show since Seinfeld went off the air nearly 11 years ago. [...]"
A new trailer for the new HARRY POTTER flick is out. I couldn't care less, since I despise the whole Potter-Universe, but I respect the fact, that it has A LOT of fans around the world, who go nuts when this little headgeek swings his magic wand (which -actually- he rarley does...hm).
So here it is:
Despite the disappointing ratings (the show just hit an all-time low with "only" 7 million people watching. That's 2 million people less than last year), despite the rumors that the show is getting axed and despite the fact, that the show has gone downhill quality-wise and basically sucks donkey balls now (and I LOVED the first season!), HEROES will survive for another season reports THR.
NBC ordered another 18-20 episodes confirmes ANGELA BROMSTAD, entertainment president of NBC.
Another point in “Heroes” favor is the show performs well internationally. Bromstad said she experienced the drama's global popularity first-hand in her previous NBC post, heading the network’s international efforts based in London.
"Every single place you go has heard about 'Heroes' -- whether you’re in China or Japan or Russia," she said. "And to me, that is global content."
Boy oh boy, PUBLIC ENEMIES and WATCHMEN are two of my most anticipated movies for 2009. So I'm glad to announce that the official trailer for MICHAEL MANNS (COLLATERAL, MIAMI VICE, HEAT) crime thriller has just been released. The flick features an uber cast: JOHNNY DEPP as legendary bank robber John Dillinger, CHRISTIAN BALE as FBI agent Melvin Purvis and MARION COTILLARD (won the Oscar 2008 for best female lead in LA VIE EN ROSE) as Dillingers girlfriend Billie Frechette.
PE will hit the big screen in July in the U.S. and August in Europe!
Click here to watch the trailer.
If you happen to be a machine, than get ready to get you ass handed by John Connor! The new TERMINATOR SALVATION trailer kicks some serious butt and I am now officially hyped!
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