Another WATCHMEN review
February 25th, 2009 at 02:12pm Will Pfeifer
Over at CHUD.com, Davin Faraci offers his take on the eagerly awaited (well, by me at least) big screen version of WATCHMEN. And he’s pleased, to put it mildly…
If nothing else, Zack Snyder’s WATCHMEN demands praise as an awe-inspiring achievement. Snyder has done what many considered impossible - he took Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s seminal comic book, WATCHMEN, and turned it into a movie. And not just a movie; Snyder hasn’t created some processional of images or a living audio book. He’s made a film that feels like a living, breathing thing all its own while also being - almost completely - the book.
Pretty positive, eh? That’s nothing. Listen to what other movie Faraci compares it to…
In many ways WATCHMENÂ reminds me of Francis Ford Coppola’s THE GODFATHER … Like THE GODFATHER, WATCHMEN is story about power in post-WWII 20th century America, except that the Corleone saga is about acquiring power while WATCHMEN is about using it.
Read the rest here.
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8 Comments Add your own
1. Brian M | February 25th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
for every positive review, I’ve seen a lukewarm-to-negative one. But I suppose you’re going to ignore those and pretend it’s nothing but praise, right?
2. Will Pfeifer | February 25th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Yes, because every day I get a check from Warner Bros. to publish only positive WATCHMEN reviews. Actually, I ran a pair of reviews — one positive, one that called it a “staggering failure” — back on Feb. 17. I’m waiting for the big guns to weigh in — TIME, Ebert, Slate.com, The Onion — and I’ll post those too.
3. LD | February 25th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
I really hope Alan Moore decides to watch this film.
4. LD | February 25th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Tomatometer sitting at 90%.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/watchmen/
5. Jerry | February 26th, 2009 at 3:45 am
From The Hollywood Reporter today, “Looks like we have the first real flop of 2009.”
This could go downhill fast.
6. echo4charlie | February 26th, 2009 at 8:24 am
I can’t see how this won’t be good. This looks amazing, to me.
7. LD | February 26th, 2009 at 8:42 am
The End is Nigh - Next Friday for certain.
8. Brian M | March 3rd, 2009 at 9:23 pm
LD - Tomatometer steadily dropping - now at 73%
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