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three or four times and you've had an artistic experience far greater than the film itself. That combination, in the trailer, of the ominous God-like opaque blue figure, with the futuristic music and that amazing crystalline world forming..... well, the film pales before those images wedded to that sound.
For the rest, you've seen it all before, but not this long-winded or full-of-itself. Billy Crudup shows why stardom has eluded him: he's perfect to portray a sexless, bloodless Superthing. There are some disturbing thoughts hidden in the quagmire of millions of wasted dollars of Fx, too. A woman born of a rape--- well, not only is she glad to have been given life but so is the victim to have been so gifted! Ah, there's always a silver lining.
I'll leave out the fact that human life is casually destroyed by the heroes of the film, as well as the Superthing, as if we were all just numbers to be calculated up.
Okay, how about eye-candy? This is the type of film that wherein the women are all brassy, hard-boiled, air-brushed, and totally devoid of any softness. The superhero male allowed to be attracted to women is-- hasn't this become the icon of Modern Man, at least to Hollywood?--- a middle-aged guy, not unattractive and buff to the max yet he acts more self-conscious, more boyish than Jimmy Stewart at his most awkward.
What a pile of stinking manure this is. I'd like to say the Fx made it all worthwhile but it didn't. Ah, but the trailer is wonderful!
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Topic - "Watchmen:" see the trailer - tinear 12:18:25 03/08/09 (46)
- I have seen the trailer... read the book (and your review) - mdl 08:44:53 03/10/09 (0)
- Tin, I think that you and I were watching different movies. - Audiophilander 20:39:41 03/09/09 (16)
- Rape: literally, you're correct, figuratively, not. - tinear 21:37:27 03/09/09 (15)
- "You may have seen worse but hardly in a film where a 'hero' does it." - Au contraire, monsieur tin. - Audiophilander 13:12:10 03/10/09 (2)
- I've forgotten that bloodbath so I'll rely on your memory: did the "hero" - tinear 11:38:50 03/11/09 (1)
- Sorry, but you are fixated on one short scene where no actual rape occurs. - Audiophilander 15:14:20 03/11/09 (0)
- I guess some films just don't have simple white hat/black hat differentials - dave c 21:46:56 03/09/09 (11)
- So, there is evil in the world and a film that glorifies it is.... - tinear 21:54:26 03/09/09 (10)
- Glorified? What film did you watch? - Analog Scott 22:51:01 03/10/09 (5)
- very interesting, thank you - tunenut 20:04:49 03/11/09 (0)
- Get real. It has much to say about society, life, national security, and - tinear 17:27:32 03/11/09 (3)
- yes it does have a great deal of social and political comentary but - Analog Scott 22:52:22 03/11/09 (2)
- Then Leni Riefenstahl is innocent, too. nt - tinear 11:32:07 03/13/09 (1)
- Besides reveling in the ultra violence of the Old Boy series you also champion Quentin Tarantino. - sjb 16:27:17 03/13/09 (0)
- I thought the point of Super "heroes" was they weren't "us" - dave c 15:03:19 03/10/09 (2)
- Rambo is reprehensible, as is Dirty Harry and that Bronson architect. - tinear 18:06:30 03/10/09 (1)
- "the great issue of the day, nuclear armament and its use": maybe... - dave c 20:28:21 03/10/09 (0)
- Agreed; enough media conditioning that unjustly rots the psyche... - mpathus 00:36:57 03/10/09 (0)
- FWIW MRQE reviews - PhilJ 20:43:52 03/08/09 (0)
- A review from a conscientious point of view, thanks! - mpathus 20:18:57 03/08/09 (0)
- You are whining to be whining....it's a fantasy and it's rated R. Get over yourself. * - mr grits 19:33:44 03/08/09 (0)
- A contrarian critical view... - Harmonia 18:29:29 03/08/09 (14)
- O'Hehir has no moral compass. None evident. Only a - tinear 19:30:01 03/08/09 (13)
- The brutal violence is not played for laughs . . . - Daryl Zero 22:00:44 03/09/09 (0)
- or maybe someone who does not expect moral instruction from a comic book movie (NT) - tunenut 17:33:59 03/09/09 (6)
- No one expects instruction. But a director chooses the source of his work - tinear 18:23:09 03/09/09 (5)
- I'm sorry but I find your comparison inexplicable - tunenut 18:31:37 03/09/09 (4)
- Flaws? Like... trying to rape a co-worker? - tinear 21:49:57 03/09/09 (3)
- yes I enjoyed all of the above - tunenut 22:01:02 03/09/09 (2)
- :-). I take films seriously. Graphic novels are as worthy - tinear 23:24:44 03/09/09 (1)
- "I take films seriously": have you seen the latest Wallace And Grommit? - dave c 13:10:25 03/13/09 (0)
- Says the guy who touts Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Lady Vengeance. - sjb 19:37:02 03/08/09 (4)
- Hey, those guys had reasons and.... they suffered for their vengeance, didn't they? I know - tinear 21:12:07 03/08/09 (3)
- are you a catholic? - dave c 22:28:02 03/08/09 (2)
- I like to read the Tao Teh Ching the most. Christ's - tinear 09:31:04 03/09/09 (1)
- You are one self-righteous, sick puppy. * - mr grits 12:23:54 03/11/09 (0)
- RE: "Watchmen:" see the trailer - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 15:12:12 03/08/09 (0)
- well it's got some good reviews here... - dave c 15:00:41 03/08/09 (6)
- It is morally repugnant, though that's not the worst. SPOILER - tinear 16:37:47 03/08/09 (5)
- Errr.... it's not real - dave c 16:43:33 03/08/09 (4)
- Oooooooooooooooooooookay. But..... what does that - tinear 16:59:14 03/08/09 (3)
- that bcartoon cyaracters do cartoon violence? - dave c 17:15:33 03/08/09 (2)
- The violence is anything BUT cartoonish. And, if super heroes are as - tinear 21:30:26 03/08/09 (1)
- Don't you consider CGI to be a cartoon? I do. nt - dave c 15:04:28 03/10/09 (0)
- RE: "Watchmen:" see the trailer - Tom ยง. 13:27:52 03/08/09 (1)
- Yeah, the Big Blue Guy's junk could get a Best (non) Supporting nod. nt - tinear 14:11:13 03/08/09 (0)
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