tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347718.post3411712807655585885..comments2024-03-29T00:03:18.432-07:00Comments on VINYL IS HEAVY: Watchmen looks promising? UPDATED.Ryland Walker Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09233954424885027837noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347718.post-65377884716937779652008-07-28T09:01:00.000-07:002008-07-28T09:01:00.000-07:00The only, and I mean ONLY thing that gives me some...The only, and I mean ONLY thing that gives me some hope about Snyder's <I>Watchmen</I> is the fact that he's releasing the Black Freighter material as a separate animated film, which shows that he at least understands that the non-narrative material was important to the book, and perhaps also that there was more to the book than can easily be adapted into a two-hour film. If he gets those things, maybe he can do some justice to Moore's vision. Somebody has to, because Moore has been very poorly treated on the big screen. Of all the directors who have tackled his work, Christopher Nolan seems to understand it the best, though of course <I>The Dark Knight</I> is not a direct adaptation.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, I agree with you that <I>300</I> was racist, hateful trash dressed up in slick CGI visuals and lots of slo-mo. I'm nervous about Snyder doing the same thing with a comic much more sophisticated and intelligent than Miller's trashy machismo fantasy. The trailer looked like <I>300</I> all over again, and the slick costumes are mostly all wrong. However, Dr. Manhattan looked so cool that I found myself getting a little excited in spite of myself.<BR/><BR/>I'm also a little excited that the movie seems to be turning people onto Moore's book already. <I>Watchmen</I> jumped up to the #2 book on Amazon after TDK's opening weekend. Pretty impressive evidence of slick marketing at work, and it's heartening to see that so many people, when confronted with a trailer like that, actually seek out the original work instead of just getting psyched for the movie version.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.com