Watchmen is drawing closer and closer, as March 6th is LITERALLY two weeks away.  The question on the minds of graphic novel fans around the world is a doozy:

3.  Surprised.  I feel like a lot of people are going to go into this movie expecting a Justice League type super-hero film, and might end up disappointed because of it. 
4.  Rorschach.  Can't say, haven't seen any of his movies.  I know one scene off the top of my head that will make it or break it for me though. 
5.  Not familiar with this.  Guess I'll just have to wait and see.
6.  Probably both.

"I know I'm not going to see the flick opening night, because I don't wanna deal with the crowd nor the stupid MySpace kids toting in their cell phones and chattering bullshit the whole time."

Yeah I gave up going to the movies, last time I was at the movies (dark knight) there were about 10 or so 5 year olds and under roaming around, crying, talking, and their ghetto/trailer trash parents talking to them, and talking on their phones the whole time.  IN addition to the 30+ teenagers also all talking to each other and having their phones ringing.

In the old days you could shush someone talking on the phone, now..90% of the audience is not even paying attention and all talking to each other.

God Bless BLU RAY/HDTVs because now there is really nothing the movie theaters offers that I can't get at home.  I can't shush 50+ people at once.

They're including The Black Freighter in the Director's Cut? You just saved me an extra Blu-Ray purchase, my friend.

I swear to god is anyone pulls out their phone during the moEvilTwin said:

"jakob187 said:

"I know I'm not going to see the flick opening night, because I don't wanna deal with the crowd nor the stupid MySpace kids toting in their cell phones and chattering bullshit the whole time."

I cannot stand people who always have to have one eye on their damn cellphones.  I'll probably have to catch a matinee, though, since by then I'll be too excited to wait another day to see it.
"

Well, the movie is now sitting on an 81%, so we're still getting good reviews incoming.  However, the two top critic reviews that are out right now from Hollywood Reporter and Variety are both rotten, saying basically that it never transports you to another world, Rorschach's narration is "third-rate", and that there's no room for the characters to breathe in the movie.

From what i've read, fans of the graphic novel think it's great, everyone else thinks otherwise and that is perfectly fine for me. I wouldn't want a Snyder adaptation to be anything else.

I was unbelievably excited for this movie before and I still am but one thing has really put a damper on my excitement for this. Anyone who read the comic knows that at the end of the first chapter there is a quote from Bob Dylan's song "Desolation Row". So, instead of putting this song in the movie, the creators of the film decided to the worst possible thing and have My Chemical Romance cover it for the movie. My Chemical fucking Romance. Could the filmmakers have chosen anyone worse than that? I'm fine with taking liberties for the sake of making it a movie but when liberties are taken for the sake of commercialism then I have a problem.

"I was unbelievably excited for this movie before and I still am but one thing has really put a damper on my excitement for this. Anyone who read the comic knows that at the end of the first chapter there is a quote from Bob Dylan's song "Desolation Row". So, instead of putting this song in the movie, the creators of the film decided to the worst possible thing and have My Chemical Romance cover it for the movie. My Chemical fucking Romance. Could the filmmakers have chosen anyone worse than that? I'm fine with taking liberties for the sake of making it a movie but when liberties are taken for the sake of commercialism then I have a problem.
"

"Milkman said:

"I was unbelievably excited for this movie before and I still am but one thing has really put a damper on my excitement for this. Anyone who read the comic knows that at the end of the first chapter there is a quote from Bob Dylan's song "Desolation Row". So, instead of putting this song in the movie, the creators of the film decided to the worst possible thing and have My Chemical Romance cover it for the movie. My Chemical fucking Romance. Could the filmmakers have chosen anyone worse than that? I'm fine with taking liberties for the sake of making it a movie but when liberties are taken for the sake of commercialism then I have a problem.
"

Boo fucking hoo. While i'm not a fan of My Chemical Romance, I find Gerard Way a much better singer than Bob Dylan. While that guy could write some amazing stuff, his voice is terrible.
"

"HandsomeDead said:

"Milkman said:

"I was unbelievably excited for this movie before and I still am but one thing has really put a damper on my excitement for this. Anyone who read the comic knows that at the end of the first chapter there is a quote from Bob Dylan's song "Desolation Row". So, instead of putting this song in the movie, the creators of the film decided to the worst possible thing and have My Chemical Romance cover it for the movie. My Chemical fucking Romance. Could the filmmakers have chosen anyone worse than that? I'm fine with taking liberties for the sake of making it a movie but when liberties are taken for the sake of commercialism then I have a problem.
"

Boo fucking hoo. While i'm not a fan of My Chemical Romance, I find Gerard Way a much better singer than Bob Dylan. While that guy could write some amazing stuff, his voice is terrible.
"

While I think that even thinking that Gerard Way is a better singer than Bob Dylan is ridiculous, I'll ignore it because that's really not the point. The line wasn't put in the comic because Alan Moore liked Bob Dylan's singing. The song was put there because of the lyrics. The song is suppose to be meaningful and thought-provoking. My Chemical Romance sucked all the intelligence out of the song and just made it another one of their shitty pop songs.
"

"Milkman said:

"HandsomeDead said:

"Milkman said:

"I was unbelievably excited for this movie before and I still am but one thing has really put a damper on my excitement for this. Anyone who read the comic knows that at the end of the first chapter there is a quote from Bob Dylan's song "Desolation Row". So, instead of putting this song in the movie, the creators of the film decided to the worst possible thing and have My Chemical Romance cover it for the movie. My Chemical fucking Romance. Could the filmmakers have chosen anyone worse than that? I'm fine with taking liberties for the sake of making it a movie but when liberties are taken for the sake of commercialism then I have a problem.
"

Boo fucking hoo. While i'm not a fan of My Chemical Romance, I find Gerard Way a much better singer than Bob Dylan. While that guy could write some amazing stuff, his voice is terrible.
"

While I think that even thinking that Gerard Way is a better singer than Bob Dylan is ridiculous, I'll ignore it because that's really not the point. The line wasn't put in the comic because Alan Moore liked Bob Dylan's singing. The song was put there because of the lyrics. The song is suppose to be meaningful and thought-provoking. My Chemical Romance sucked all the intelligence out of the song and just made it another one of their shitty pop songs.
"

Why is it ridiculous? Bob Dylan is up there with Tom Waits and Thom Yorke as a person who can't sing but because their voices capture a certain something which I will never understand, people thnk they're great. I've listened to both the Bob Dylan and MCR version and all I can tell is that MCR have done a cover which I think fits the tone of the film perfectly well and I must admit you come across as being utterly biased in this and looking upon it as a 'shitty pop song' as the band have mainstream popularity and are played on MTV so we all know that can't be good. Also, if they can change the ending, changing a song isn't that big a deal.
"

Personally...I don't really give a shit who does the song.  At least it's there.  They could've very EASILY not put it in there.

Well, in my opinion, the third critic you listed just sounds like "that guy". You know, the one reviewer whom you could give the world to and he'd still be pissed.

"HandsomeDead said:

"Milkman said:

"HandsomeDead said:

"Milkman said:

"I was unbelievably excited for this movie before and I still am but one thing has really put a damper on my excitement for this. Anyone who read the comic knows that at the end of the first chapter there is a quote from Bob Dylan's song "Desolation Row". So, instead of putting this song in the movie, the creators of the film decided to the worst possible thing and have My Chemical Romance cover it for the movie. My Chemical fucking Romance. Could the filmmakers have chosen anyone worse than that? I'm fine with taking liberties for the sake of making it a movie but when liberties are taken for the sake of commercialism then I have a problem.
"

Boo fucking hoo. While i'm not a fan of My Chemical Romance, I find Gerard Way a much better singer than Bob Dylan. While that guy could write some amazing stuff, his voice is terrible.
"

While I think that even thinking that Gerard Way is a better singer than Bob Dylan is ridiculous, I'll ignore it because that's really not the point. The line wasn't put in the comic because Alan Moore liked Bob Dylan's singing. The song was put there because of the lyrics. The song is suppose to be meaningful and thought-provoking. My Chemical Romance sucked all the intelligence out of the song and just made it another one of their shitty pop songs.
"

Why is it ridiculous? Bob Dylan is up there with Tom Waits and Thom Yorke as a person who can't sing but because their voices capture a certain something which I will never understand, people thnk they're great. I've listened to both the Bob Dylan and MCR version and all I can tell is that MCR have done a cover which I think fits the tone of the film perfectly well and I must admit you come across as being utterly biased in this and looking upon it as a 'shitty pop song' as the band have mainstream popularity and are played on MTV so we all know that can't be good. Also, if they can change the ending, changing a song isn't that big a deal.
"

Bob Dylan is the greatest songwriter ever. That's why people love his music. He may not be the best singer but he didn't have to because his song were pure poetry. And Thom Yorke isn't a good singer? Really? REALLY?! Thom Yorke singing may not go through all this post-production bullshit that Gerard Way's voice goes through but there sure as hell doesn't mean he isn't a good singer.

Also, I'm going to assume you have never read Watchmen if you think that this song fits the tone of the story. Watchmen is about the degradation of society and the replacing of people with talent with the people who just want money. My Chemical Romance's cover is the exact opposite of what Watchmen is. When you take an 11 minute song and slim it down to 3 minutes, I think its pretty obvious that you're losing something from the original.
"

3. I don't really give two shits about the "average moviegoer's experience". Maybe if I was paid to make sure this thing is a blockbuster (it's obviously going to be #1 this weekend...) then maybe I'd care, but I just want to see if Snyder is faithful to the source material, and from the quotes you've given from RT, it looks like he's done just that.
4. The Comedian by far, no complaints about the casting choice either.
5. The ending of the graphic novel left me in awe in how ingenius and beatifully crafted it was, but I am open to an alternative ending if it works well, and some critics have been bold enough to say that it actually works better than the original ending.
6. That's a tough one. I'll want to get the definitive edition, but depending on how far apart the releases are, I might not be able to wait. I'd love to see the entire movie, uncut with Black Freighter and Under the Hood, in all of it's 4 hour glory though. 

"Milkman said:

"HandsomeDead said:

"Milkman said:

"HandsomeDead said:

"Milkman said:

"I was unbelievably excited for this movie before and I still am but one thing has really put a damper on my excitement for this. Anyone who read the comic knows that at the end of the first chapter there is a quote from Bob Dylan's song "Desolation Row". So, instead of putting this song in the movie, the creators of the film decided to the worst possible thing and have My Chemical Romance cover it for the movie. My Chemical fucking Romance. Could the filmmakers have chosen anyone worse than that? I'm fine with taking liberties for the sake of making it a movie but when liberties are taken for the sake of commercialism then I have a problem.
"

Boo fucking hoo. While i'm not a fan of My Chemical Romance, I find Gerard Way a much better singer than Bob Dylan. While that guy could write some amazing stuff, his voice is terrible.
"

While I think that even thinking that Gerard Way is a better singer than Bob Dylan is ridiculous, I'll ignore it because that's really not the point. The line wasn't put in the comic because Alan Moore liked Bob Dylan's singing. The song was put there because of the lyrics. The song is suppose to be meaningful and thought-provoking. My Chemical Romance sucked all the intelligence out of the song and just made it another one of their shitty pop songs.
"

Why is it ridiculous? Bob Dylan is up there with Tom Waits and Thom Yorke as a person who can't sing but because their voices capture a certain something which I will never understand, people thnk they're great. I've listened to both the Bob Dylan and MCR version and all I can tell is that MCR have done a cover which I think fits the tone of the film perfectly well and I must admit you come across as being utterly biased in this and looking upon it as a 'shitty pop song' as the band have mainstream popularity and are played on MTV so we all know that can't be good. Also, if they can change the ending, changing a song isn't that big a deal.
"

Bob Dylan is the greatest songwriter ever. That's why people love his music. He may not be the best singer but he didn't have to because his song were pure poetry. And Thom Yorke isn't a good singer? Really? REALLY?! Thom Yorke singing may not go through all this post-production bullshit that Gerard Way's voice goes through but there sure as hell doesn't mean he isn't a good singer.

Also, I'm going to assume you have never read Watchmen if you think that this song fits the tone of the story. Watchmen is about the degradation of society and the replacing of people with talent with the people who just want money. My Chemical Romance's cover is the exact opposite of what Watchmen is. When you take an 11 minute song and slim it down to 3 minutes, I think its pretty obvious that you're losing something from the original.
"

This is Handsome Dead. He likes Fallout Boy. I think we can safely disregard his opinions on music.

And really, the song is fairly irrelevant. It plays DURING THE CREDITS. Hightail it out if you're not interested. The only real connection Desolation Row has is that one lyric from it was quoted at the end of the first chapter anyways. It's an incredibly silly thing to fight about.
"

I just finished the novel today. I must say that the end results was great, but the character build up felt excruciatingly long. The entire time I was worried about where it was going, that if I didn't know any better, would I actually finish it? Then when it finished, I was worried about the movie. Yes, the novel was good, but most of the time I felt lost. How could I feel "exposition" in a 2 and 1/2 hour movie when I had to search for a lot of the "hidden details" in the actual novel?

Watchmen critic reviews are on a steady decline the past two days. Over that time period, Watchmen's score on Rotten Tomatoes has dropped from a 86% to a 73%. I'm starting to get a little worried.

"Watchmen critic reviews are on a steady decline the past two days. Over that time period, Watchmen's score on Rotten Tomatoes has dropped from a 86% to a 73%. I'm starting to get a little worried."

I'm still reading the novel, I don't really have much time for it though. I would like to finish it before I see the movie though.

 Br3adfan said:

"Milkman said:

"Watchmen critic reviews are on a steady decline the past two days. Over that time period, Watchmen's score on Rotten Tomatoes has dropped from a 86% to a 73%. I'm starting to get a little worried."

I just read a review that was in the latest issue of Newsweek and things do not look too good for Watchmen."

"As awesome as a giant squid would be in the movie...I just think it would've made the movie far too ridiculous and hard to swallow.  To be honest, I'm GLAD that Snyder changed it.  So fuck the fanboys.  Accept it for what it is, or don't fucking watch it.  =  P"

Fuck critics. The chances are, if you liked the comic, you'll like the movie. I know there have been plenty of mediocre to bad rated movies that I enjoyed, and I'm sure you all could name a few as well.

From Ryan Scott on his website http://www.geekbox.net/

"I just saw an early screening of Watchmen. To sum up: This is one of the best movies ever made. And I say that as a huge fan of the graphic novel."

That's pretty reassuring from the Ryan Scott, but some of the changes for the movie adaptation he posted kind of worry me.  You can go see a full list on his website if you want the full-on spoilers. 

Reviews continue to plummet. Watchmen is now at 65% on RT. It's on the edge of officially becoming "rotten".

"This is what we get for calling Zack Synder a visionary director. "

"Milkman said:

"This is what we get for calling Zack Synder a visionary director. "

I agree with ya. I saw that in the preview and was like "Of course. He stands besides Francis Ford Coppola and Stanley Kubrick, right?""

I'm re-reading the graphic novel for the hell of it before the movie. Seriously can't wait to watch this.

Ebert's review is up.  Here.  Okay, now all those that matter have spoken.  Bring on Watchmen. 

"Ebert's review is up.  Here.  Okay, now all those that matter have spoken.  Bring on Watchmen.  "

EBERT LIKED IT!  (surprise...and note sarcasm there).

It is premiering here in 4 hours, not sure if i want to go and see it since it wont be in English...

*ugh*  I wish that me and Belly were doing Chess Club Massacre right now so we could give a review of the movie.  Then again, like any of you fuckers ever listened to it.  = P

hours away, trying not to get my hopes up too much.

i checked Rotton Tomatoes and the movies is now like around 66%, to me, 66% isn't that too impressive. but i guess i'll go see the movie anyways and see for myself. i have never heard about the Watchmen till now, so im interested to see whats all the fuss is about.