Who Watches The Analogy?
Mar. 6th, 2009 08:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Watchmen was good. Heck, it was INCREDIBLE. Much, MUCH more than anybody could ever hope to accomplish in trying to adapt that material. But...
It's...
It's like you've been wanting an XBox 360 forever. You've been playing with a friends system and you know exactly what games you want and everything, right? But you know you can't afford one, so you just give up. Then your birthday comes along and somebody buys you... a PlayStation 3.
All the games you wanted to play are there, just in this slightly different format. The controls are different. Some functionality isn't there, some features you were looking forward to aren't there, but there are other features that are really kick-ass. You're still playing the same games, just slightly... different.
And THAT is what i think of the Watchmen movie. it's... different. EXTREMELY DIFFERET, but still awesome none the less!
It's...
It's like you've been wanting an XBox 360 forever. You've been playing with a friends system and you know exactly what games you want and everything, right? But you know you can't afford one, so you just give up. Then your birthday comes along and somebody buys you... a PlayStation 3.
All the games you wanted to play are there, just in this slightly different format. The controls are different. Some functionality isn't there, some features you were looking forward to aren't there, but there are other features that are really kick-ass. You're still playing the same games, just slightly... different.
And THAT is what i think of the Watchmen movie. it's... different. EXTREMELY DIFFERET, but still awesome none the less!
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Date: 2009-03-07 10:08 am (UTC)I never want to see a film again if it's not on Imax. That was amazing.
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Date: 2009-03-07 03:21 pm (UTC)But what did you think of the movie?
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Date: 2009-03-07 09:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-08 01:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-08 07:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-08 04:03 pm (UTC)And you're right... the adaptation of Watchmen was every bit as good as any big-screen treatment of Moby Dick. As far as adaptions go, there's only so much you can do!
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Date: 2009-03-08 04:20 pm (UTC)