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re: watchmen
Posted on 3/1/09 at 7:06 pm to Griffmanjoe
Posted on 3/1/09 at 7:06 pm to Griffmanjoe
Got our tickets for the 11:59 at Rave/Mall LA. Is that the only theater showing the midnight premiere?
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Posted on 3/1/09 at 7:14 pm to Fewer Kilometers
idk, but I'll be there 
Posted on 3/1/09 at 9:43 pm to Bucky
How many people are going to be disappointed when they find out this isn't an action movie but a drama?
Posted on 3/1/09 at 9:51 pm to tigerbru17
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had to read the book for english class
Are you serious? What school? I would've much rathered read that kind of stuff then garbage we were forced to read like Fahrenheit 451 :guninmouth:
Posted on 3/1/09 at 10:00 pm to etm512
well my teacher is going was going to teach it but it had too mush sex in it 
Posted on 3/1/09 at 10:04 pm to tigerland007
Really not that much sex in it
Posted on 3/2/09 at 2:37 am to bosoxs45
got my ticket for IMAX this coming sunday!!! gonna get there over an hour early probably, a bad seat at IMAX is terrible.
This film will be 2 3/4 hours of pure awesome, book it!
This film will be 2 3/4 hours of pure awesome, book it!
Posted on 3/2/09 at 7:58 am to iggle
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How many people are going to be disappointed when they find out this isn't an action movie but a drama
I think a lot of people who don't know the story will be disappointed.
You should have to read the book first to see this movie. It's really short anyway, & worth it. You could probably read the book the morning & afternoon before the movie.
Just talking about it gets me excited
This post was edited on 3/2/09 at 8:36 am
Posted on 3/2/09 at 10:16 am to Bucky
I watched the reviews on At the Movies (I DVR it off of WBRZ in the middle of the night... when they don't preempt it for infomercials).
Both guys liked it, loved Rorschach and Comedian, split on Drieberg. What amazed me was how much they discussed it as in relation to the book. Usually critics will give a casual mention to the comic, rarely do they get into how the movie works with the book.
Both guys liked it, loved Rorschach and Comedian, split on Drieberg. What amazed me was how much they discussed it as in relation to the book. Usually critics will give a casual mention to the comic, rarely do they get into how the movie works with the book.
Posted on 3/2/09 at 11:49 am to Fewer Kilometers
I usually like to see a movie first, then read the book. If I have read the book first then I'm disappointed by what was left out.
This movie will be different though. While the overall story was okay, it can be cut down to make for a fan-damn-tastic movie.
Remove all of the pirate story add-ins, take a bit out of Rorschach's shrink visits (or just re-work it to get the story/back-story out a little faster - I think I liked it more when I didn't know as much about him), cut down the old and new Nite Owl interactions, and you have enough action and story to fit nicely into a movie timeframe (if you do the special effects well, which this certainly seems to have done).
This movie will be different though. While the overall story was okay, it can be cut down to make for a fan-damn-tastic movie.
Remove all of the pirate story add-ins, take a bit out of Rorschach's shrink visits (or just re-work it to get the story/back-story out a little faster - I think I liked it more when I didn't know as much about him), cut down the old and new Nite Owl interactions, and you have enough action and story to fit nicely into a movie timeframe (if you do the special effects well, which this certainly seems to have done).
Posted on 3/2/09 at 12:02 pm to Fewer Kilometers
seeing it this weekend, cant wait, so far its been getting pretty good reviews, think i saw like 80% on rotten tomatoes
Posted on 3/2/09 at 12:25 pm to RLDSC FAN
So is the 3D IMAX in NO showing Watchmen anyone know?
Posted on 3/2/09 at 12:41 pm to LSUtigahs28
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So is the 3D IMAX in NO showing Watchmen anyone know?
The only IMAX showing it in LA is in Harahan.
Posted on 3/2/09 at 12:46 pm to RLDSC FAN
I'm excited that Freakshow's wife is Silk Spectre II
Posted on 3/2/09 at 1:15 pm to etm512
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I would've much rathered read that kind of stuff then garbage we were forced to read like Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 is an American classic. Watchmen, while I'm sure it's entertaining, doesn't even approach the impact of 451.
Sadly, if you had actually paid attention to the book, you would have realized that your very sentiment will be the death of the human spirit.
/literaryrant
Posted on 3/2/09 at 1:17 pm to Stewie Griffin
Watchmen>>>>> The Awakening
Posted on 3/2/09 at 1:18 pm to bosoxs45
the more commercials i see the more i want to see it.
i am sure i am going to be let down, but it still looks really good.
i am sure i am going to be let down, but it still looks really good.
Posted on 3/2/09 at 1:21 pm to LSUtigahs28
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Watchmen>>>>> The Awakening
Now that, I will drink to
Although I don't think anything < The Awakening. Pretentious southern feminist lit exonerating adultery? Gag me, please. Realism, my arse. Chopin can take her turn of the century morality and drown herself.
Posted on 3/2/09 at 1:27 pm to Stewie Griffin
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Fahrenheit 451 is an American classic. Watchmen, while I'm sure it's entertaining, doesn't even approach the impact of 451.
Sadly, if you had actually paid attention to the book, you would have realized that your very sentiment will be the death of the human spirit.
Couldn't get past page 40 without falling asleep, so I guess the "message" was indeed lost
Posted on 3/2/09 at 5:35 pm to etm512
Seriously? Farenheit 451 was too highbrow? It's a remarkably zippy read. 40 pages in, you were almost done, and you missed the point of the book anyway.
Then again, literary classics are wasted on high school students. It's great we have them read these books, but you really should re-read The Great Gatsby when you're 30. And the entire syllabus. It means more once you become an adult.
Then again, literary classics are wasted on high school students. It's great we have them read these books, but you really should re-read The Great Gatsby when you're 30. And the entire syllabus. It means more once you become an adult.
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