tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119906447472922361.post4480411556159552936..comments2023-12-21T22:03:18.964-08:00Comments on Sound and fury, signifying nothing: Movie review: WatchmenDade Cariagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431049944346345893noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119906447472922361.post-34551982717428638242009-03-14T14:44:00.000-07:002009-03-14T14:44:00.000-07:00Watchmen is a visual and psychological cornucopia ...Watchmen is a visual and psychological cornucopia -- definitely worth watchingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119906447472922361.post-42656257600572680692009-03-12T12:50:00.000-07:002009-03-12T12:50:00.000-07:00(Dade asked me to drop these reactions into the co...(Dade asked me to drop these reactions into the comments, so here they are)<BR/><BR/>I went to see Watchmen a second time last night. Some observations the second time around: <BR/>1. Matthew Goode is being called out as the weak link of the cast by forum-posting geeks, but I think he was excellent. Snyder, however, mis-directed the Veidt character in the first 3/4 of the film - he foreshadowed too much, telegraphing that Adrian was the bad guy. In the final scenes, though, I think Veidt was portrayed well. <BR/><BR/>2. Speaking of those final scenes: your theory that Veidt used an easy password just so Dan and Rorschach would discover his plan is bolstered by the fact that Adrian dons his crimefighting uniform for the implementation of his plan. He knew Dan and Rorschach were on their way, so he dressed for a fight. <BR/><BR/>3. Where does Laurie get her Silk Spectre costume when she and Dan go out at 3:00 am? For that matter, where does she get a revolver to shoot at Veidt? (In the book, she picks it up off a dead cop in NYC; in the film we don't get that scene). <BR/><BR/>4. Two semantic nitpicks that bother me: that they refer to "The Watchmen" as an actual crimefighting team (there wasn't one), and that they refer to Laurie as "Laurie Jupiter" (s/b Juspescyk). Both are understandable with respect to translating graphic novel to film, but they bug me nonetheless. But they are only nitpicks. <BR/><BR/>5. I found Rorschach's death to be very moving, which is weird. I think Rorschach is Moore's practical joke on the comic readership; the character is Moore's response to all the "amoral angsty loner" hero-worship prevalent in the 80s. I know you're not much of a comic reader, but there were a whole stable of "dark" comic characters - Wolverine, The Punisher, Miller's Batman (aka The Dark Knight) - whose borderline morals were celebrated by comic geekdom. With Rorschach, Moore is saying "here - I dare you to celebrate THIS guy". Getting the audience to cheer for Rorschach is probably the biggest joke's-on-you moment that Snyder pulls, and secretly Moore is probably happy about that. <BR/><BR/>6. Patrick Wilson is every bit as good as Jackie Earle Haley or Jeffrey Dean Morgan in this film - maybe better. It's just that Dan Dreiberg is less "sexy" than Rorschach or The Comedian. The guy was Dan Dreiberg - especially his body language, which was spot-on. <BR/><BR/>7. Malin Ackerman is hot. <BR/><BR/>Just had to share. [hrrrm]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com