DrAwkward wrote:Didn't Jon Favreau direct that? I didn't see it so i don't know if this is an example of a director doing something absurdly crappy and then turning it around.

+1

I like Elf and 300, for entirely different reasons. I like 300 specifically because of its faults and excesses. I like Elf despite its faults and excesses. It's one of my favorite Christmas movies now.

After watching the trailer, I have to say I'm pretty indifferent to this movie. Something seems... off. Even though the makers have gone out of their way to adhere to the visual style of the novel as much as possible (a commendable move on their part), it just seems on the wrong side of slick to me.

Add to that some serious rumors from the nerd underground about the ending being changed to please "the suits", and I just don't think I have much hope for this one. I'd like to be wrong.

(Things I liked: Dr. Manhattan looks great. Really great. Nice casting choice on Rorschach, too.)

The Watchmen site has been UPGRADED.

MASSIVE UPGRADE!

HD trailer!

Oh jeez. Just saw the trailer.

"From the visionary director of 300"
Oh good lord. I don't know whether to laugh or cry at that!

This looks like just another glossy superhero flick. Well done Hollywood, you've put something great through the de-flavourising machine and come out with meh. I know, I know, wait for the film, yeah yeah yeah. But come on!

And the biggest brown cherry on top of this cow pie? Billy Fucking Corgan whining his way along with it. Shitty and possibly quite fitting.

They're not going to market the thing as a brooding contemplation of authoritarianism and social ennui. They've still got to put asses in seats. Hence this cut of the trailer.

But go ahead make the fanboy judgment from the trailer. Better seat in the theater for me.

Ty Webb wrote:They're not going to market the thing as a brooding contemplation of authoritarianism and social ennui. They've still got to put asses in seats. Hence this cut of the trailer.

But go ahead make the fanboy judgment from the trailer. Better seat in the theater for me.

+1

I think it would be hilarious if the trailer was meant for the opening of Ma Ma Mia. A sweet, flowery trailer with each frame completely bathed in morning sunlight...

Jesus. People just wanna hate this thing.

Why do you people hate Alan Moore?

sparky wrote:Why do you people hate Alan Moore?

Obviously we don't.

He's a pigheaded writer. He's entitled to divorce himself from adaptations of his work even if he's misguided.

Obviously Alan Moore is a genius...