03-12-2009, 12:19 AM
At the Cinema: Watchmen
An interesting film
I have not read the graphic novel and know little of the story other than what the trailer and publicity have put out.
Once again Zack Snyder has shown himself to be a supreme stylist and indeed much of the film feels like a triumph of style over substance, and yet there is substance there. Over all I enjoyed this film much more than his 300, perhaps because I have no vested interest in the story or how it is told. I will say that this is perhaps the most ambitious film I have seen in some time. Not the best by any means, but the most ambitious.
By the same token this film deserves the R rating it has received, but that's fine by me. Likewise I have no problem with the nearly 3 hour run time, at no point did I think it was running long. A couple of times I thought we had reached the end only to have another scene and perhaps it might have ended sooner, but all in all it works.
They did leave themselves an opening for a sequel but Snyder has voiced his opposition to doing one and in this I think he is quite correct.
At one point the Night Owl and the Comedian are attempting to quell a riot that has broken out during a police strike. To the dismay of Owl the Comedian is making liberal use of his shotgun on the rioters. The Owl laments "What happened to us? What happened to the American Dream?" The Comedian responds with no joy, "This is the American dream."
As I said, an interesting film
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Narukami
An interesting film
I have not read the graphic novel and know little of the story other than what the trailer and publicity have put out.
Once again Zack Snyder has shown himself to be a supreme stylist and indeed much of the film feels like a triumph of style over substance, and yet there is substance there. Over all I enjoyed this film much more than his 300, perhaps because I have no vested interest in the story or how it is told. I will say that this is perhaps the most ambitious film I have seen in some time. Not the best by any means, but the most ambitious.
By the same token this film deserves the R rating it has received, but that's fine by me. Likewise I have no problem with the nearly 3 hour run time, at no point did I think it was running long. A couple of times I thought we had reached the end only to have another scene and perhaps it might have ended sooner, but all in all it works.
They did leave themselves an opening for a sequel but Snyder has voiced his opposition to doing one and in this I think he is quite correct.
At one point the Night Owl and the Comedian are attempting to quell a riot that has broken out during a police strike. To the dismay of Owl the Comedian is making liberal use of his shotgun on the rioters. The Owl laments "What happened to us? What happened to the American Dream?" The Comedian responds with no joy, "This is the American dream."
As I said, an interesting film
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Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
Burbank CA
