Watchmen was amazing! I loved it. I hope they put out the Director's Cut in theatres later this summer. I should have watched it on the IMAX screen here... Boo. We all went to the midnight showing. There were people dressed as Rorschach and Nite Owl. It was great. I was very impressed with how well the movie followed the book. Most parts it was almost word for word. :) Ok. Done geeking out.
09 Mar 09 by member: Starladesiree
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I read this morning that the director's cut is supposed to be 3 and a half hours long. I haven't read it all yet. I've read up until ((POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT!!)) Laurie puts on Nite Owl's goggles. The parts of the movie I had read about were pretty much word for word. I wonder what all the extra content is? I heard that the ending was changed, so hopefully I'll finish the book soon and see for myself.
09 Mar 09 by member: Divided By Zero
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Oooh, you're getting to the bow-chicka-bow-wow. Lol. Am I a huge nerd for saying that was probably my favorite sex scene in a movie ever? Lol. I would sit 3 1/2 hrs for a director's cut. There are a few scenes left out, and I think the director's cut would actually have the Black Freighter comic put in too. I just read a review saying that about 25% of the people in the theatre walked out. Wanna know why? ....They didn't get the movie and/or it made them uncomfortable. Lame. People are so dumb.
09 Mar 09 by member: Starladesiree
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Oh and the ending IS different. I much prefer the ending in the book. I'm willing to bet money you will too. Lol.
09 Mar 09 by member: Starladesiree
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I only read about 1/3 of the manga and thought the movie was excellent as well. If I would have seen that it was on IMAX, I would have gone for it. You continue to do excellent work!
09 Mar 09 by member: information
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Continuing the nerdiness... I don't know if it was advertised when you went, but at the theater I was at they had a preview for a Black Freighter/Under the Hood animated movie that was coming out later this month. I just looked it up again to see the release date, and one site mentioned that there may be a super-awesome-directors cut with the Black Freighter/Under the Hood stuff spliced in. Hmmm... maybe that's what the director's cut material is?
09 Mar 09 by member: Divided By Zero
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Yeah I think that's what it is. I can't wait. Although, I wonder if they will tie in how the Black Freighter story is symbolic in relation to the story of the Watchmen... I mean... Some people can pick it up by reading it... But it would be hard to incorporate into a movie, and even if it was, half of the viewers wouldn't pick up on it...
09 Mar 09 by member: Starladesiree
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My friend who read it all before we went to see Watchmen said that they stuck to it all very closely except for the (spoiler alert) giant squid or something. I don't go to midnight showings in our town any more because one of the reasons to go to the midnight showing is that there aren't (well, shouldn't be) any small kids. I think people need to read up on the movies they bring their gradeschool kids to. I thought the movie was very good. I have a friend who didn't like it but I just think she didn't know what she was getting herself into because when I explained some things she appreciated it more. I knew enough about it ahead of time that I liked it.
12 Mar 09 by member: sararay
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w00t! I finally finished reading it last night.
13 Mar 09 by member: Divided By Zero
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So did you prefer the book ending or the movie ending?!
13 Mar 09 by member: Starladesiree
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Both, although I think the book ending is much more interesting. ((SPOILERZ!!)) I can definitely see why Snyder changed the super-squid to a Manhattan-bomb for general movie audiences. After all, the whole set-up was that these heroes were really just regular folks, and with the exception of Jon it was more based in reality than other comic heroes. I think the super-squid would have caused a big "WTF?" moment for people that didn't read the book first (majority of people seeing it). It's hard to say which is better since they had the same end effect, but overall I liked the book better because there was so much more that you just can't squeeze into a 3 hour movie. Now I want to watch the 'Tales of the Black Freighter', but it doesn't come out for a few more weeks.
13 Mar 09 by member: Divided By Zero
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I agree. There is a special place in my heart for the giant squid though! I can't wait to see Tales of the Black Freighter either.
13 Mar 09 by member: Starladesiree
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what!? this isn't diet talk at all!! lol
13 Mar 09 by member: cindyshine
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I have now dubbed the squid thing (and I don't know why I didn't realize this earlier)... Cthulhu.
13 Mar 09 by member: Divided By Zero
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Cthulhu? I must be missing something... or it's too early for me to think... haha.
15 Mar 09 by member: Starladesiree
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