Movie Review: Watchmen

[evadne_noel]

Watchmen is sometimes great*, sometimes good**, sometimes meh***, and sometimes pretty awful****.





There. Isn't your life just that much better now?




*The opening credits sequence
**Jackie Earle Haley
***Any scene between Dan and Laurie where Malin Akerman and Patrick Wilson refuse to act
****Ozymandias, and I really have no idea where to place the blame for this

Comments

[roostah.livejournal.com]

Im in ur fridge, waitin' to kick ur ass.

I agree with all of your points. Though what exactly didn't you like about Ozymandias?

[mya-in-ab.livejournal.com]

This page makes me want to see the movie; I hadn't heard much about it and I'm not familiar with the comic.

[20thcenturyvole.livejournal.com]

Ahahah, you're right, I love that scene, because it illustrates how deeply batshit awesome Rorschach is. Also, it's the greatest "PWNED!" image I can think of.

[paxmalum.livejournal.com]

I asked my friend what she thought of the movie, and all she said was "they have no problems with giant blue penis." I don't know...

[irishmastermind.livejournal.com]

You know, it really is! Truly, much can be improved by a small, angry man hiding in your fridge, ready to strike as soon as you reach for your string cheese. Also, Rorschach is awesome at all times.

I agree- Ozymandias was the weakest part of the movie, I think, though I have trouble putting my finger on it. He just seemed kind of watered down. And I didn't feel like Dan and Laurie really had all that much chemistry.

Overall, though, I loved it.

[thepinkhobbit.livejournal.com]

I've never really heard of Watchmen before this whole film thing. I'm gonna be going to see the film with my other half tomorrow because he fancies seeing something new but I suspect from what I've been hearing it's probably a good idea that I haven't read the graphic novel.

Though why the hell would you pass up someone being ambushed by a fridge guy I don't know!

[la-petite-singe.livejournal.com]

Aww, nobody liked ol' Ozy. I kinda did. He was rather too young, but I sorta liked his creepy blonde vibe thing. But maybe I just like Matthew Goode. IDK.

[paderau.livejournal.com]

The first thing I heard in Tuesday's class was a classmate asking me if I had seen this movie. This lead to a discussion about movies in general, and we learned that we share a love for films that aren't great, but they tried so hard we love them anyway.

Thanks to him and yourself, I'm going to go see this movie. I hope the good parts are great, and the bad parts are the sort of over the top moments that I tend to love guiltily.

[musicalqueen101.livejournal.com]

I think Patrick Wilson is best when singing. Especially when singing Rodgers and Hammerstein or the like. Otherwise, excepting The Alamo, I've not been terribly impressed by his staright roles. But he can sing to me all day...