The Obligatory “I Watched the Watchmen” Post
[ movies/television ][ movies | review | watchmen ]
[ March 8th, 2009 ]
[ by: Alvan ]
I guess there is some unwritten law that every person who went to see Watchmen blogs about it. (will probably spoil some bits about the movie, so be warned)
It was a nice movie. People have complained about the fight scenes and the sex scenes being too long, but I didn’t think so, even if the whole movie was a bit on the long side. I think they both brought out the physicality and reality of the needs these people had, even if they donned on masks and set out to fight justice. Especially how brutal the violence got when it got rolling. It brought the question of the characters’ sanity much better to the surface (The lovers switching approving glances while breaking thugs’ arms and legs) and kept the viewer nicely reminded that this is not a Superman or X-Men movie where violence is more fun and games for all.
The casting was top-notch down to Nixon.
The huge blue smurf … manifestation… that was such a huge deal was pretty natural in the end and didn’t at least bother the flow of the film. As said, the sexuality in the movie was quite apparent a lot, but we are talking about people who dress up in rubber suits, so it’s to be expected.
And the ending. The controversial ending with no squid. It worked for me. The squid would have made the movie a bit less serious – this way it still filled the needs of the story, while fully focusing on the characters. While in the comic (with the pirate story-within-a-story and whatnot else), the presence of yet another major character (the squid) is easy to do, it was better to focus on what was there. The five Watchmen.
