Comments on: Yeah, I watched ‘em…. http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/03/10/yeah-i-watched-em/ Think. It ain't illegal yet... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:48:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ubertramp http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/03/10/yeah-i-watched-em/comment-page-1/#comment-64113 Ubertramp Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:19:35 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7975#comment-64113 @Rod, Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. The Woo version of the Hulk pretty much sucked. As did most of the Punisher movies. And Daredevil? I wanted to cry in parts of that movie. But sometimes they get it right. Like the last Batman movie and V for Vendetta. I have high hopes for the Watchmen since (as I recall) it's written by the same guy who wrote Vendetta. At least the comic books were. Not sure about the movie scripts. @Rod, Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. The Woo version of the Hulk pretty much sucked. As did most of the Punisher movies. And Daredevil? I wanted to cry in parts of that movie. But sometimes they get it right. Like the last Batman movie and V for Vendetta. I have high hopes for the Watchmen since (as I recall) it’s written by the same guy who wrote Vendetta. At least the comic books were. Not sure about the movie scripts.

]]> By: Steve http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/03/10/yeah-i-watched-em/comment-page-1/#comment-64111 Steve Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:40:37 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7975#comment-64111 I liked the muzak version of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" playing while Adrian Veidt talked about the pharaohs. I liked the muzak version of “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” playing while Adrian Veidt talked about the pharaohs.

]]> By: Rod Thrustington http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/03/10/yeah-i-watched-em/comment-page-1/#comment-64096 Rod Thrustington Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:00:33 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7975#comment-64096 I've never read The Watchmen comic. Spider-man was always my favorite followed closely by Batman. However, I plan on watching Watchmen simply because I think movie studios are doing a great job with the new onslaught of comics-to-movies genre. Some of the executives behind these movies are about the same age as most of us comicbook readers and they want these movies to be as great and fun as it was back when we read the comicbook. I’ve never read The Watchmen comic. Spider-man was always my favorite followed closely by Batman. However, I plan on watching Watchmen simply because I think movie studios are doing a great job with the new onslaught of comics-to-movies genre. Some of the executives behind these movies are about the same age as most of us comicbook readers and they want these movies to be as great and fun as it was back when we read the comicbook.

]]> By: CWMackowski http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/03/10/yeah-i-watched-em/comment-page-1/#comment-64094 CWMackowski Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:22:01 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7975#comment-64094 I'm with you, Rod. If I'm going to fork over that much cash for a movie, I want to get my money's worth. Ideally, that means it's at least two hours and it's entertaining in some way. (I only have to cough up $9 instead of $11, although I think that's bad enough.) Fikshun, I think you're dead-on about most of the music (the "Hallelujah" song during the superhero sex scene was a bit much, though). The Vietnam scene, music, helicopters, orange sky...it was all intended to evoke Apocalypse Now for sure. In a way, it was one of the coolest moments of the film because there was so much folded into that image. I’m with you, Rod. If I’m going to fork over that much cash for a movie, I want to get my money’s worth. Ideally, that means it’s at least two hours and it’s entertaining in some way. (I only have to cough up $9 instead of $11, although I think that’s bad enough.)

Fikshun, I think you’re dead-on about most of the music (the “Hallelujah” song during the superhero sex scene was a bit much, though). The Vietnam scene, music, helicopters, orange sky…it was all intended to evoke Apocalypse Now for sure. In a way, it was one of the coolest moments of the film because there was so much folded into that image.

]]> By: Rod Thrustington http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/03/10/yeah-i-watched-em/comment-page-1/#comment-64092 Rod Thrustington Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:11:52 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7975#comment-64092 I don't understand why many people complain about movies being 2 1/2 to 3 hours long. I want to get more bang for my buck. At $11 a ticket, I welcome 3 hour long movies. I don’t understand why many people complain about movies being 2 1/2 to 3 hours long. I want to get more bang for my buck. At $11 a ticket, I welcome 3 hour long movies.

]]> By: fikshun http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/03/10/yeah-i-watched-em/comment-page-1/#comment-64090 fikshun Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:21:31 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=7975#comment-64090 It felt like Snyder was so concerned that young viewers wouldn't be able to connect with Cold War paranoia, that he was compelled to create an almost Gonzo quality for the film. At first, I wanted to dismiss his music choices as amateur, but the more I chew on them, the more they feel Gonzo ... as though he wasn't just trying to place the story in the time period, but trying to place the viewer in the setting via his persona. You can't play "Flight of the Valkyries" during a Viet Nam war sequence without evoking memories of Apocalypse Now. Why play a muted, jazzy synth string while a noir, trenchcoated protagonist walks through a rainy night cityscape unless you're trying to evoke memories of Blade Runner? Why remake the Ozymandias character into a Thin White Duke? At first, these choices felt cheap and tacky, but with a little reflection, they've started to give the film a resonance I didn't expect. It felt like Snyder was so concerned that young viewers wouldn’t be able to connect with Cold War paranoia, that he was compelled to create an almost Gonzo quality for the film. At first, I wanted to dismiss his music choices as amateur, but the more I chew on them, the more they feel Gonzo … as though he wasn’t just trying to place the story in the time period, but trying to place the viewer in the setting via his persona. You can’t play “Flight of the Valkyries” during a Viet Nam war sequence without evoking memories of Apocalypse Now. Why play a muted, jazzy synth string while a noir, trenchcoated protagonist walks through a rainy night cityscape unless you’re trying to evoke memories of Blade Runner? Why remake the Ozymandias character into a Thin White Duke? At first, these choices felt cheap and tacky, but with a little reflection, they’ve started to give the film a resonance I didn’t expect.

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