Watchmen

8/10

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163 minutes

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March 6th, 2009

DIRECTOR:

Zack Synder

PRODUCERS:

Lawrence Gordon Lloyd Levin Deborah Snyder

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Warner Bros. Pictures Paramount Legendary Pictures DC Comics Lawrence Gordon Productions Lloyd Levin Productions

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163 minutes

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DIRECTOR:

Zack Synder

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Lawrence Gordon Lloyd Levin Deborah Snyder

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Warner Bros. Pictures Paramount Legendary Pictures DC Comics Lawrence Gordon Productions Lloyd Levin Productions

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163 minutes

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Malin Akerman

Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre II
Patrick Wilson

Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II
Billy Crudup

Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan

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I think this film is a good microcosm of Snyder as a filmmaker, for better and worse. Visually, it is a faithful representation of the comics, yet Snyder's own visual choices work too, from updating the costumes from Golden-age looks to a be a blend of the 80's and 90's movie style costuming. I don't even particularly mind the ending too much, I believe it still works with the narrative. At the same time, however, I feel Snyder loses sight of each character's writing and themes, making those who should be more flawed seem cool and stripping away some humanity, putting style over substance. The result is a movie that can feel incompatable with its source material

Nathan

5 /10
Watchmen is a pretty solid film. Think the director's cut is a significant improvement over the theatrical one, a worrying trend for Snyder. Haven't seen the ultimate cut but want to at some point. Think this movie is visually very interesting, but loses some of the movie's subtext in translating it to the big screen. Don't think the squid change was a good choice though.

LogalogHoward

7 /10
In an alternate 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it. Silk Spectre(Malin Akerman) and Nite Owl ( Patrick Wilson ) are breaking into the prison to free Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley). Prison cabtenr scene has become one of my favourite scenes in that movie, it shows how badasss Rorschacha is.

Cynthia

8 /10

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Malin Akerman

Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre II

Patrick Wilson

Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II

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Billy Crudup

Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan

Matthew Goode

Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias

Jackie Earle Haley

Walter Kovacs / Rorschach

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Edward Blake / The Comedian

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Carla Gugino

Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre

Laura Mennell

Janey Slater

Matt Frewer

Edgar Jacobi / Moloch the Mystic

Stephen McHattie

Hollis Mason / Nite Owl

Rob LaBelle

Wally Weaver

Gary Houston

John McLaughlin

James M. Connor

Pat Buchanan

Mary Ann Burger

Eleanor Clift

John Shaw

Doug Roth

Robert Wisden

Richard Nixon

Jerry Wasserman

Detective Fine

Don Thompson

Detective Gallagher

Frank Novak

Henry Kissinger

Sean Allan

Norad General #1

Garry Chalk

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Stephanie Belding

Janet Black

Michael Kopsa

Paul Klein

William S. Taylor

Prison Psychiatrist

Chris Burns

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Jeffrey Dean Morgan crying as the older Comedian in Watchmen

Jeffrey Dean Morgan holding a gun and dressed as The Comedian in Watchmen

Watchmen characters Ozymandias, Silk Spectre, Doctor Manhattan, and Rorschach with their creator Alan Moore

A man on board a ship as it catches fire in the animated portion of Watchmen

A man sitting on the beach next to a severed head in the animated portion of Watchmen

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Watchmen is an ultra-violent, sexually explicit mystery film (with a few costumed heroes thrown in) that is visually stunning, but uneven.

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I think this film is a good microcosm of Snyder as a filmmaker, for better and worse. Visually, it is a faithful representation of the comics, yet Snyder's own visual choices work too, from updating the costumes from Golden-age looks to a be a blend of the 80's and 90's movie style costuming. I don't even particularly mind the ending too much, I believe it still works with the narrative. At the same time, however, I feel Snyder loses sight of each character's writing and themes, making those who should be more flawed seem cool and stripping away some humanity, putting style over substance. The result is a movie that can feel incompatable with its source material

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Watchmen is a pretty solid film. Think the director's cut is a significant improvement over the theatrical one, a worrying trend for Snyder. Haven't seen the ultimate cut but want to at some point. Think this movie is visually very interesting, but loses some of the movie's subtext in translating it to the big screen. Don't think the squid change was a good choice though.

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In an alternate 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it. Silk Spectre(Malin Akerman) and Nite Owl ( Patrick Wilson ) are breaking into the prison to free Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley). Prison cabtenr scene has become one of my favourite scenes in that movie, it shows how badasss Rorschacha is.

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