Journal #5661

Posted 15 years ago2009-03-05 12:39:17 UTC
Strider StriderTuned to a dead channel.
Went to see Watchmen tonight. It's an interesting experience, but an absolute clusterfuck of a film. Zach Snyder really is a one-trick pony - every movie he's directed so far is basically nothing more than a combination of "on-and-off" slow motion and buckets of gore. The complex back story the comic provides just isn't enough to disguise it.

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Ant lied to me, he said there's a blue penis shown on screen... there's four. D:
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18 Comments

Commented 15 years ago2009-03-05 12:51:50 UTC Comment #39558
Yeah i have to wait till midnight tonight... 'bout 13 hours 'till blue penises for me... :P
Commented 15 years ago2009-03-05 14:18:46 UTC Comment #39545
I'm going to see it tomorrow when it opens in the US.
How would you rate it out of 10?
Commented 15 years ago2009-03-05 15:01:03 UTC Comment #39554
I may see it sometime. I read a review and the guy tore it apart. He then gave a really "talk-sy" film 5 stars which goes to show he's more of a romantic gay reviewer.
Commented 15 years ago2009-03-05 18:07:21 UTC Comment #39544
Im going to see it tommorow, ive heard good things and bad things about it, so i suppose its somewhere in the middle.
Commented 15 years ago2009-03-05 23:54:51 UTC Comment #39547
"How would you rate it out of 10?"

5/10

There are the makings of a really interesting and unique story behind it all which can be appreciated. It's just really hard for me to look beyond the directors immature take on all the violence, it's pretty sadistic.
Commented 15 years ago2009-03-06 08:51:35 UTC Comment #39553
I've never been particularly interested in Watchmen. It's been in the cinema for a week or so but it just doesn't take my fancy.

Also, 4 blue penises? It's not selling itself all that well.

Maybe its a scoring system.

"We give this movie: 4 Blue Penises out of 10."

I would like to point out that I had to look up the correct plural of 'penis' in order to make this post grammatically correct. Something I hope I never have to do again.
Commented 15 years ago2009-03-06 09:10:29 UTC Comment #39548
Hahaha, they're rather hilarious when you see them. A lot of detail has been put into them and their... physics. I'm ashamed to say I noticed this. >_>
Commented 15 years ago2009-03-06 15:52:24 UTC Comment #39557
Well, I am now NOT going to go see it.

I'll ask a friend from school how it was, he was really pumped to be going to see it.
Commented 15 years ago2009-03-06 16:30:35 UTC Comment #39546
"Also, 4 blue penises? It's not selling itself all that well."

Watchmen has 4 penis, other movies have none. I dunno, it sells itself!
Commented 15 years ago2009-03-07 00:55:14 UTC Comment #39555
I don't know about you bras, but I'm totally stoked for Fast and Furious, bra.
Commented 15 years ago2009-03-07 01:44:35 UTC Comment #39549
Yeah bra.

Not really.

Vin Diesel sucks.
Commented 15 years ago2009-03-07 02:51:34 UTC Comment #39556
But come on, it's like he was named for this series or something.

And yeah... yeah, it will completely suck ass.
Commented 15 years ago2009-03-08 16:16:39 UTC Comment #39559
I dunno, maybe i was just in the right frame of mind, or mabye because i went in with absolutely no expectations, but i absolutely loved this movie. I'll grant you it was kinda slow at parts, but i loved the exotic--well, i thought they were--cinematics and all the characters were well developed and interesting imo (for the most part).

I liked too that i really didn't know what was going on until the end of the movie. Whether you liked it or not, you have to admit some aspects of the writing for this were brilliant.

And about the blue penis, i thought it was rather tame...(i didn't notice any fancy physics)It would have however been really funny, if they showed said blue penis when he was giant-sized.. LOL. I'm totally painting myself blue and going out naked for halloween... I'm dead serious. (i just have to work on the voice) = P

(and yah vin diesel suck, but i still liked pitch black)
Commented 15 years ago2009-03-08 20:09:08 UTC Comment #39550
I'm sorry, but you liked Watchmen and Pitch Black? D:
Commented 15 years ago2009-03-08 20:14:58 UTC Comment #39560
yeh i reside in failure towne? i guess i liked aspects of it like the ship rentry and i like almost anything set in the future. incidentally, i think the "cop guy" from pitch black was in watchmen! (DUM DUM, DUUUMMM: coincidencelol?) Plus, Rahda Mitchell was sorta sexy in a bitchy female pilot sorta way...

but yeah, the movie as a whole was pretty bad now that i think of it...
Commented 15 years ago2009-03-08 20:31:23 UTC Comment #39551
The thing about Watchmen is I think I could have really liked it if it weren't for the director's really immature (though I hate using that word) approach to the violent things that happen. It was basically the same deal with 300.

"Oh look, wow! This guy's head gets chopped off in slow-motion, HOW AWESOME."
Commented 15 years ago2009-03-08 20:38:38 UTC Comment #39561
yeah i dunno movies like 300 and sin city i really enjoyed, both of which employ some nasty visuals, i dunno it never impacted me like that i guess...

i will say the exploding people from the blue man was a bit much, with there guts swinging back-and-forth from the ceiling... i "ewwwed" a bit at that i remember... i really hated the comedian too, but i think you weren't supposed to like him...
Commented 15 years ago2009-03-08 20:46:31 UTC Comment #39552
It's not so much that they impact me (though they do get a bit disgusting), they just seem so incredibly lame. Snyder just seems like a 12 year old playing with buckets of fake blood because he still thinks gore is cool. I just can't take these movies seriously.

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