Watchmen (film)
Here's to talk about the upcoming Watchmen film. It's scheduled for release some time in 2009, but still, every now and then, some stuff is made available and that should give us plenty to grow impatient over!
Now let's begin with the appearance of the characters and compare with their look in the original graphic novel.
The Comedian looks pretty similar. Not an awful lot to go wrong there.
Same goes for Rorschach--what's there to change really?
The Nite Owl got a rather more updated look, his suit more sophisticated and Batman-like than the costume he wore in the comics, but I think it works for the better. It makes the character appear much more menacing.
Silk Spectre's outfit, also, is updated to look somewhat more sleek and modern. I like it.
And here's Ozymandias. There's one update I rather dislike. First of all, the actor looks rather too shy and timid to play the superiority of the character, plus he seems too young. But the oufit! It's rather disappointing; it doesn't go at all with the whole Egyptian/Alexander the Great theme of Ozymandias in the comic.
Dr Manhattan, finally, looks like you'd expect him to, all naked and blue. There isn't really a way to make him look different from the comic version.
Now let's begin with the appearance of the characters and compare with their look in the original graphic novel.
The Comedian looks pretty similar. Not an awful lot to go wrong there.
Same goes for Rorschach--what's there to change really?
The Nite Owl got a rather more updated look, his suit more sophisticated and Batman-like than the costume he wore in the comics, but I think it works for the better. It makes the character appear much more menacing.
Silk Spectre's outfit, also, is updated to look somewhat more sleek and modern. I like it.
And here's Ozymandias. There's one update I rather dislike. First of all, the actor looks rather too shy and timid to play the superiority of the character, plus he seems too young. But the oufit! It's rather disappointing; it doesn't go at all with the whole Egyptian/Alexander the Great theme of Ozymandias in the comic.
Dr Manhattan, finally, looks like you'd expect him to, all naked and blue. There isn't really a way to make him look different from the comic version.
Comments
Although I like the new Nite Owl outfit, I can't help but be bothered by the fact that it makes him look a bit too tough. In the comic, Dan is kind of a softie and I think that is something they could have kept. However, the owl-mobile looks great
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808406490/video/9151468
Looking pretty nifty, if you ask me!
There's also videos about the sets (not an awful lot of interesting material in that one) and the costumes (which gives us a peek into the "look" of the film).
So I'm taking an English course called "The Graphic Novel" and my friend and I came up with a brilliant plan to try and score bonus marks on our exams. The first graphic novel we study is Watchmen by Alan Moore, so we are going to dress as two of the characters for our in-class exam in December. We are going to use the costumes again to go to the movie premier of the film adaptation on March 6th, 2009. He's dressing as Rorschach and I'm dressing as Ozymandias (with the comic book version of the costume, not the crappy movie version). I can't wait. This is going to be awesome. If everything goes according to plan, I'll post photos of us here sometime in December.
I liked V vor Vendetta all right, as a film in itself, however as an "adaption" of the original graphic novel, it was... not so good.
This one saw a few minutes of footage and this one the first 25 minutes of the film.
I'll wait until the film comes out to form an opinion.
Well, at least it'll end up falling in the month of my birthday. I can consider it a birthday present. And who knows, if it ends up good enough and it's still in theatres when my birthday rolls around, I might know what my friends and I will have to do then!
Anyway, I agree with a lot of previous statements. I hope they maintain the tone and overall meaning. I don't want to see this glitzed up in Hollywood fashion. I mean, if they toss the moral ambiguity out the window like they did with V, I think the whole thing will be shot. That's part of the whole point of it.
Ah, how disillusioned I've become with modern American cinema. It reminds me of a comment I recently made about The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: "It seems strangely fitting that the greatest film about the American west was made in Italy."
Come on, Hollywood. Don't mess this one up too much!
In spite of the things we don't like, this still looks pretty awesome. It strikes me as a tone more darker than the graphic novel, and I still don't care much for Ozymandias' new look, but overall, it's looks very epic and staggering.
Also, another poster:
Oh yes, in spite of the fact that I think they may butcher the original story, the movie is bound to be entertaining and I'm certainly still looking forward to it.
About the film, he says:
Now every scene I'm seeing seems to come directly from the comic book so that's something!
There's also a bunch of new posters. You can seem them on the same page. The Dr Manhattan one looks a little strange though.
Also I definitely approve of the Philip Glass music in the trailer. I think it's all from Koyaanisqatsi—life out of balance, indeed.
Also, I think this is the first time we got to see Patrick Wilson out-of-costume. He really does look like the Daniel Dreiberg from the graphic novel!