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Watchmen
Went to see Watchmen with a bunch of people last night. Time for LJ-user sightings! There was ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jteethy, karine, adamofeden, luvenditti, toughlovemuse, chibipunkdemon and Phil-who-hasn't-got-an-LJ. It was really nice seeing all my friends, many of whom I hadn't seen since Capricornucopia on January 10th. Eesh. Where does the time go?
The movie was fun, but suffered from inadequate writing, I think. It also ended about four times. Possibly five. It was very pretty, though some of the effects were... odd. I haven't read the graphic novel, but I understand that the movie modernized a bunch of things, and then lovingly re-created others the same way, which was jarring for me: some of the gizmos looked wildly out of place. The same went for the costumes.
I was a bit nonplussed by the immediate revelation of the bad guy. I think they were trying to be subtle, but it was subtlety à la Richard III: "By the way, did I mention that I am secretly evil?" The minute the villain stepped on stage, in the guise of his mild-mannered alter ego, it was obvious that it was him, even to someone who didn't know the story. It was disappointing.
It also didn't help that the only character with whom I empathized even a little bit was described by all the other characters in the movie as a sociopath. He was the only one who held true to his ideals, who didn't turn out to be a spineless, hypocritical little shit by the end of the movie. All the other characters were either disturbing psychopaths, pathetic losers, or left me indifferent, or all three.
The movie was also horrifically violent. I think I may have damaged poor Phil's hearing permanently with my squeaks of horror. There's only so many instances of bones splintering through skin and the like that I can take. I mean, come on! It's not necessary to go into that much gory detail. I get it, already! Gah.
In short, it was entertaining, but had I known what it was I would have waited to see it on video.
Also, between the movie and moving the clocks forward, I only got three hours of sleep last night. I am now Cranky!Cat.
jteethy, karine, adamofeden, luvenditti, toughlovemuse, chibipunkdemon and Phil-who-hasn't-got-an-LJ. It was really nice seeing all my friends, many of whom I hadn't seen since Capricornucopia on January 10th. Eesh. Where does the time go?The movie was fun, but suffered from inadequate writing, I think. It also ended about four times. Possibly five. It was very pretty, though some of the effects were... odd. I haven't read the graphic novel, but I understand that the movie modernized a bunch of things, and then lovingly re-created others the same way, which was jarring for me: some of the gizmos looked wildly out of place. The same went for the costumes.
I was a bit nonplussed by the immediate revelation of the bad guy. I think they were trying to be subtle, but it was subtlety à la Richard III: "By the way, did I mention that I am secretly evil?" The minute the villain stepped on stage, in the guise of his mild-mannered alter ego, it was obvious that it was him, even to someone who didn't know the story. It was disappointing.
It also didn't help that the only character with whom I empathized even a little bit was described by all the other characters in the movie as a sociopath. He was the only one who held true to his ideals, who didn't turn out to be a spineless, hypocritical little shit by the end of the movie. All the other characters were either disturbing psychopaths, pathetic losers, or left me indifferent, or all three.
The movie was also horrifically violent. I think I may have damaged poor Phil's hearing permanently with my squeaks of horror. There's only so many instances of bones splintering through skin and the like that I can take. I mean, come on! It's not necessary to go into that much gory detail. I get it, already! Gah.
In short, it was entertaining, but had I known what it was I would have waited to see it on video.
Also, between the movie and moving the clocks forward, I only got three hours of sleep last night. I am now Cranky!Cat.