Comments on: Who’s Really Watching Watchmen

By: Rey

Rey — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:15:45 +0000

I thought that I should include a review to an article geared at Christians who should be watching the movie.

By: Rey

Rey — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:53:51 +0000

I have to admit that these kids struck me more as 18 or 19 year olds. It’s that stupid age when kids think they’re adults.

LOL@B13

By: MCF

MCF — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:41:15 +0000

I worried about the kid factor too(like an R rating stops anyone anymore), and even though we took in a later show there were plenty of high schoolers. There was the expected adolescent giggling at some of the nudity, and oddly enough a few of the giggles during the love scene seemed to be triggered by the song choice, which personally made the scene more beautiful and emotional, IMO. Afterwards, I was informed that SOME of the giggling at the end of the row during Manhattan’s brief pendulum swing was coming from B13. ;-)

I would be curious how many of those kids walked out of there with an appreciation of moral ambiguity or the psychological anguish of the lonely and the misunderstood. I wonder how many that liked it felt that way solely for the blood and sex. I wonder if some of Moore’s opposition wasn’t just to the possibility of a studio mutating his vision into something unrecognizable, but having his work go to the crowd who won’t get it or who will like it for all the wrong reasons.

By: Rey

Rey — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:23:04 +0000

Totally dead on.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:22:42 +0000

It seemed to me, upon finishing the book (or series, whichever you want to call it), that Watchmen demonstrated a rather odd goal in the world of comics. Most comics want to excite the reader; leave him or her feeling like they've been on a roller coaster. Watchmen seemed to want to leave a reader overwhelmed in a totally different way. My own reaction to the final pages was to heave a heavy sigh and think "Moore is right, this is really who we are." If the movie convey's the book's doomy message, I think it would inspire that kind of response from any viewer who really pays attention to it. Anyone looking for Ironman is gonna leave the theater thinking "Well THAT sucked."