Watchmen Blu Ray
July 16, 2009
Watchmen Blu Ray Review
Watchmen, directed by Zack Snyder, was very polarizing in audience’s response. People either loved it or hated it. There seems to be no middle ground on this movie. Part of the problem seems to be from the way the movie studio advertised the film. By attaching Zack Snyder to direct a comic book adaptation seem to have pigeon holed the movie as a superhero film. If you went to watch the film expecting Spider-Man type of movie, you were most likely very disappointed. The film is more of a social commentary than a full blown superhero movie. However, watching the trailers and teasers, one might have expected a superhero film instead of what Zack Snyder delivered.
Watchmen is set in an alternate universe where masked superheroes are common occurrence. The movie opens up in 1985 with the murder of one of the masked hero named the Comedian. His partner, Rorschach, follows the lead to unmask who is killing the former masked heroes. If you have never read the original work, you might be little lost in the beginning. I have never read the work and was little bit confused as to how these “superheroes” came about. Regardless, the only one with real superhero power is Dr. Manhattan. Dr. Manhattan works with Ozymandias to develop an alternative energy source to “cure” all the ills of the world. All these events are connected and tied up nicely in the ending.
The issues brought up in the movie is not for little kids who enjoyed Spider-Man. Instead, it is very adult oriented movie. The whole alternate universe where Richard Nixon is still the president is pretty interesting to watch. The era where Soviets are constant threat and the World is on the edge of nuclear destruction. The cast is made up of largely unknown actors in the superhero or blockbuster business. Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, and Jeffery Dean Morgan are not familiar faces to many audiences. However, they are all very good especially Jackie Earle Haley as the Rorschach. Overall, this is very interesting movie. It deserved more audience but its grim nature and the story line may turn off a lot of the audiences.
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A raunchy 162minutes too long piece of trash!
I want to say first and foremost I don’t care about the comic book or how good it was. I’m grown don’t read comics and haven done so in over 13 years. I do however watch movies, and that’s what my review will be based off of. If you feel the need to comment about how I am wrong and how everyone should enjoy this piece of work feel free to do so, but be warned I will completely destroy you, and embarrass you, and leave the remains of your ignorance displayed for all of Amazon to see.
With that said I shall start my review.
First off I just want to say that this movie was probably the worse over budgeted movie I have seen in a very very very long time. I have nothing against Zack Snyder he is a brilliant silver screen genius. However, this movie should have never been created. This movie was an absolute disappointment. I sat there for 162minutes wanting to turn this movie off, but continued to watch just hoping that some how it would redeem itself, and make the money I spent renting this trash worth my while. unfortunately that moment never came at all.
This movie is an embarrassment to any and every superhero movie that has ever been created. It’s a slap in the face to the entire comic industry. This movie takes the idea that so many creators, artist, writers, directors, etc. have fought for over the past century and completely demolishes it. This isn’t about a group of hero’s that put aside their own personal problems to help humanity, it’s about a group of fallen hero’s that have been tarnished by humanity, and after seeing so much they now decide that they want to play God, and steer the fates of the people that they once walked side by side with. These heroes are nothing like heroes at all, matter of fact they don’t even fit the profile of an anti-hero. They are highly flawed self indulgent human beings, who criticize the very same people they protect, and although they are the heroes, they are so tarnished that they can play the villains as well.
Why do I hate this movie? Because it destroys what a super hero is, it destroys the nobility and morality that super heroes base their lives upon. You can’t even tell who is good or bad in this film, it’s just that one side wears masks, and the other doesn’t. These hero’s never hesitate to take life (whether innocent or not), they don’t think twice about adultery, and they don’t worry about putting people in danger. I mean what is the point of bothering with trying to pretend to be on the side of the righteous if your just as crooked as the people your catching?
Another thing that bites my rear is that this movie goes everywhere but ends up absolutely no where. It tries to have some deep underlying meaning, but it takes 3 hours to get it across, and by the time it does your to appalled by everything you’ve just seen to even appreciate what message they were trying to convey. This film is absolutely terrible, and I sincerely mean that. There’s raunchy sex scene after sex scene and it serves no purpose. It really only deteriorates the film. It’s so hard to explain the plot of this story as well, because it branches off into too many different angles, and absolutely none of them are interesting.
To sum it up all you basically learn is that each character has a trouble past that turned them into the demented superhero/villain that you see them as today. This marred from over 3 hours of unnecessary sex scenes, overly violent gore scenes, pointless violence, and very “flat” monotone acting. It’s very hard to find one likeable character in this film as they all are equally unlikable aside from the narrator who needed a throat lozenger, there’s absolutely no one to root for.
I honestly didn’t care what happened to any of the characters in this film because there was no connection to any of them. They all hated themselves, and damned the human race (yet ironically wanted to save it?). There is absolutely no point to this film! If you can some how scramble some deep meaning from “Watchmen” that makes it a remarkable masterpiece to be saved for the ages, then please do share it will all of us here at Amazon reviews. Because, in the 3 hours I spent watching this unsatisfying garbage it surely was missed. This is the first time I actually felt angered after watching a movie. Angered I wasted my money to buy it, and angered I wasted time off my life to watch it.
If anything can be learned from watchmen it’s that big budget will attract big publicity, and that will lead to sales. This Gem of a move WILL be forgotten, and it WILL not be remembered just like plenty of other Big Budget movies that people barley mention today (ID4 anyone?Armagedon?Fantastic Four? Hulk?etc. etc.) I can’t wait to forget that I watched this film, but I will remember to never watch it again. Thank God I rented instead of purchased because had that been I would of mailed it to Warner Bros. with a note that said “Keep it”.
This film has a 1 star rating from me. However, you can subtract that star. I don’t give this film any rating at all. This isn’t a movie, it’s an experiment. It’s an experiment to see just what type of bull people are willing to sit through and endure. By the end of the film I wishing Mr. Mahatten had actually nuked me instead just to save me from watching the rest of this film.
Garbage… beyond words.
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One of the best movies EVER!
This movie was awesome. I loved the whole movie. The acting was great. I really enjoyed the flow of the film. It really kept you guessing. Because it’s kinda like a mystery investigation for most of the movie. But what I liked most was the soul and mythology of the film. The movie didn’t sugar coat anything. And in this genre everything gets sugar coated. Because movies have to appeal to a grandmother, teenager, male and female.
I have not read the watchman graphic novel but at least as a movie it was great. I highly recommend this for anyone that wants something raw and not dummied down. It was very refreshing.
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I can say this movie was one of the best movies in the last decade. and in my top 10 overall.
Thanks for reading and enjoy your afternoon.
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Didn’t think I would like it . .
I had no history with the Watchmen comics, so I expected to be lost. Now I can’t say I picked everything up through the first watching, but I wasn’t lost. Repeated watchings helped clarify some things and only made it richer. The features–particularly the “in movie commentary” feature–are pretty good.
But I’m here to talk about the MOVIE. Some have bashed the packaging, claiming there’s a 45-disc uber-geek box set coming out for Christmaas that EVERYONE should buy. Look, this movie was already pretty long. I don’t need the “definitive” version and I don’t care about the ship story or whatever.
The bottom line is, this was even better than The Dark Knight. The cinematography, the music, the STORY . . I loved it. It came out of nowhere and blew me away. I knew I was going to love it right from the credits.
The ending was very poetic and moving–I was genuinely affected by Rorschack’s fate. It’s not a movie that leaves you with easy answers. It’s conflicted, in a way that The Dark Knight was conflicted, even more so.
It is certainly long and measured and doesn’t really get “going” with the plot for a couple of hours. A lot of it is just backstory and flashback to fill out the characters. But the movie is stunningly beautiful and I think we have a great new director here.
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Watchmen
I ordered this Watchmen Blu-ray and looked forward to receiving it. Until today I did not receive it because I was informed that this Blu-ray is prohibited to be shipped out to me as it is R-rated. I was not warned when I placed the order. Of course I was disappointed.
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The best super hero movie ever
Not being familiar with the original graphic novel as I was with The Dark Knight I didn’t have any expectations for this movie, but it far surpassed any I might have had. This is just a tremendously entertaining, hard-hitting, and dynamic movie, and at about 2 hours and 40 minutes, of truly epic proportions.
It’s also very gritty, violent, and with a number of adult scenes, so it might not be appropriate for the whole family.
I’m sure the fans will have their bones to pick, but I couldn’t find any serious shortcomings in the entire movie. Everything is just solid–the story, the script, the acting, and special effects. Not being able to speak with any authority about faithfulness to the original, I’ll stick to a few comments about the movie itself.
The series of lead-in scenes with the alternative history of a number of famous and iconic events is possibly the greatest movie lead-in I’ve seen. It’s a brilliant start to a brilliant movie. And they go on for seemingly ten or fifteen minutes. And whoever the cinematographer was, he’s truly an artist with the camera, creating many stunning shots and sequences. So the movie has tremendous visual appeal in addition to its other many strengths and attractions.
All the actors were great in their roles, and not knowing the original characters I can’t fault anything there. But overall the quality of the acting seemed excellent.
As far as the quality of the video transfer goes, again I’m no expert, but I can say that on my 48-inch Samsung HD TV the quality seemed just fine. This DVD isn’t a high-def transfer but it looked quite good on my TV, but it has internal upscaling and also I have an audio-visual processor, which, while not super-high end, is supposed to be decent, so that might account for video quality.
The movie builds up to a dramatic climax, which is certainly a bittersweet one, but so as not to mention any spoilers I’ll leave it at that. Overall, I think this is the best super hero movie of all time and one of the best movies of the year.
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Boring
This movie has nothing going for it. The story is boring their are no likeable characters. Every time their is any action the sound goes way up to a point you have to turn it down then back up again to hear the dialoge. I think the movie sucks.
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You should watch the Watchmen!
When this movie originally was released in theatres, I decided to wait until the actual director’s cut came out. Mainly because I wanted to get the fully idealized version of the film, and because I wanted to avoid all the Watchmen review civil wars that were going on at the time.
Anyway so as for the movie itself, this is based on Alan Moore’s groundbreaking comic book maxi-series from the 80s(everyone forgets it was a comic 1ST and a graphic novel 2ND!). Moore wanted nothing to do with it, because he’s had a bear up his butt ever since the last couple of movie fiascos based on his works(Constantine, From Hell, League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen). But Zack Snyder came along and made this sucker work. For the longest time, the project was plagued with doubt because no one really had any faith that it could be made into a coherent story. The mature nature of The Dark Knight helped cement the idea that not all superhero movies need to be corny action flicks
The story is set in an alternate history during 1985. Nixon is STILL President, and Congress has put a ban on superheroes. The Comedian, a former hero from a group called Watchmen, is mysteriosly murdered. Rorschach, the only active hero, sets out to find his killer. What follows is a look into the background of all these now-retired heroes. Nite-Owl is dreaming of his glory days, Silk Spectre tries to live a life away from her mother while comforting Dr. Manhattan(the only one with powers), and Ozymandias is creating a new type of energy source with his vast fortune. However, Rorschach gets framed for killing an ex-villain. Nite-Owl hooks up with Silk Spectre, and frees Rorschach, while Dr. Manhattan is cooling off on Mars because he is blamed for giving his former friends cancer. It turns out the entire thing was a plot by Ozymandias set to stop the nations of the world from going into nuclear war. A final confrontation between the remaning heroes results in them going along with Ozymandias’ idea, despite all the deaths it caused, except for Rorscach who ends up as snow pizza.
Despite all the fanboy gripe that this movie got, there was an equal amount of praise for it. Most people’s expectations got a little to high though, thinking that a Rated-R superhero movie would stay in the #1 spot for very long, which is unfortunate because that’s how ALOT of jerks are going to insist on looking at it years from now. I thought the film as a whole captured all the important aspects of the original story, at least alot better than some other comic-based movies. This new Director’s Cut brings some additional footage that was left out of the theatrical edition which adds more clarity to the plot, plus some scenes that weren’t included at all like the death of the original Nite-Owl. I’d recommend getting this, BIGTIME.
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superb adaptation
Superb adaptation from an ok comic.I never considered the graphic novel to be anything special and I downright hate the artwork it would have worked far better in black and white.But the movie was visually more in line with the story and thank god the squid was not in the movie.It really was the stupidest thing in the comic.Movie was perfectly paced and most of the actors were great ,I especially liked both Nightowl actors.soundtrack and the pop songs were also good.
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Rubbish! Rubbish! Rubbish!
I could not understand what on earth this movie was about! I gave up after one hour
(the longest hour of my LIFE!!) The characters were never introduced, It was if
the director just wanted to get as much action into the movie as possible.
Give this a miss unless you want to be bored to tears
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NOT too long! Maybe too short
and by that I’m not referring to the “Tales of The Black Freighter” segment. First let me tell you about the film and some of the reasons why some people didn’t like it.
Although I’m a huge fan of the Donner Superman films, which I still consider the best superhero incarnation to date, I have to say that Watchmen is the first time I’ve had the sensation of watching a comic book come to life. It really feels like reading the comics. The photography is simply brilliant. All the small changes made by the director felt right and in no way disrespects the original material. If anything they enhance it.
As for the negative reviews, I believe one of the reasons that some people didn’t like the film is because those unfamiliar with the story are expecting to watch a superhero movie, and Watchmen id definitely NOT a superhero story, it’s a story WITH superheroes.
Others complain that it doesn’t have enough action, maybe because people are becoming too accustomed to the recent movie mentality that all a good movie needs is a basic plot and a lot of explosions, where it’s the plot that serves the action and not the other way around. Well, Watchmen is a not that at all. If anything it’s a philosophical questioning of society and its moral values, analyzed through the different perspectives of each character. It’s about choosing between what’s right and what’s easy. It’s about being who you are or who the rest of the world expects you to be. It’s about humanity.
Is it perfect? Well, last time I checked nothing was. I personally have two minor observations.
The first one regards the length of the film. Not that I think it’s too long, I think it’s too short. As I’ve mentioned before, people nowadays are not accustomed to complex long stories in a single film, they need at least a trilogy to digest them. I must admit that even I sometimes got a little tired during the film due to its complexity, so I imagine how people unfamiliar with the story should have felt. I believe that instead of a movie Watchmen should have been made as a miniseries (just like the original comics) which would have given people more time to process and truly enjoy the story, not to mention deeper character development and more flashbacks (personally I would really like to see more of the original minutemen back story).
My other observation is about the casting, and I add that this is based solely on my personal conception of these characters, so feel free to disagree.
Almost all the major players were perfect incarnations of the graphic novel/miniseries, so I will only comment on two:
The first was Matthew Goode as Adrian Veidt. Although I think his performance was competent he wasn’t physically as similar to the original character as the other actors were which was a noticeable contrast, not to mention the inherent aura of nobility the character possesses that I didn’t see in him.
The second, and I know some will disagree so let me start by saying that I’m a great admirer of his work, was Jeffrey Dean Morgan, not because he wasn’t good, but I really don’t think he got the character right. Although physically he was almost identical to the original character I thought their take on it was a bit off, and when I say “their take” I mean the director’s as well. In the comics, I thought The Comedian had a powerful presence every time he appeared, but I didn’t feel that in the movie.
The fact is: The Comedian (from the acting standpoint) is perhaps the most difficult character to play on Watchmen, because most of the characters’ personalities are black and white, you know where they stand, whereas the Comedian exists in the gray area of morality, never really explaining if the character is really a psychopath living in a normal world, or if he he’s in fact the only sane man who can see the madness the world is, and unlike “normal” people who refuse to see it, he just surrenders to it (That would be a real joke, wouldn’t it?). Anyway, that’s the charm of the character. To perfectly develop a character like this, in the very short exposition time he’s given during the film, requires a very precise touch both from the actor and from the director, and personally I don’t think they really nailed it. It wasn’t bad, not at all, mind you. It simply wasn’t right.
Other than that, it was a great story made into a great film.
One tip: try to watch the mockumentaty “Under the Hood” (not included here) BEFORE you watch this film, and if you can, wait until the end of the year when the ultimate edition will be released with “Tales of The Black Freighter” cartoon woven into the movie, for I believe it will be a much richer experience.
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Not complete, but worth it
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Let me just say first of all that the movie itself is awesome! This particular set of DVDs… i expected more of it in the sense that it doesn’t have a ‘director’s commentary’ of the movie or something like that.. and the extras weren’t so much based on the actors/acting as it was on the connection with the comics (which i also love). Overall though, i’d buy it again (+ the hologram on the cover is really cool
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Great Service
I pre ordered this movie from amazon.com before the release date and i didnt expect them to send it out till the day of release but when i checked the saturday before it was released it said that it was being shipped on that day to ensure a release date delivery, which it was.
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This film gets a 3 & 1/2 star AVERAGE rating? What a bunch of sissies you all are!
Oh, so a crappy, lowbrow film like “The Wrestler” gets a superfluously spoiled 4 star rating while “Watchmen” earns 3 & 1/2? Either I’m being a judgmental a***hole or people in general are getting dumber! Not me of course though (please don’t criticize me for being condescending if this upsets you; just hear out my review)!
“Watchmen” is one of the most intelligent, most meticulously designed film that I have seen in a long time. And that says a lot! You want to know why? Let me just get something off my chest right here and now: I am NOT a fan of superhero, comic-book or graphic novel based films. HOWEVER, that doesn’t mean that I have not dipped my foot in them all: Superman films, X-Men, Spiderman, Sin City, etc…you get the idea. All of which have one thing in common: the superficiality regarding the depiction of the superhero. All of this mumbo jumbo about superheroes with superpowers saving humanity from destruction as if they think that humanity will become smarter and wiser because of it. That’s about as stupid as our gross praise of celebrities that we prostitute all over the news and all throughout pop culture. In other words, superheroes can believe that they love humanity and can extend their services by proving how cool they are my displaying their heroics necessary to fight evil but in the end, what’s the end result: people become so enthralled by them to the point where they feel that in order to worship them as someone who will save them from crimes all the time when they are not even capable of helping themselves. And sometimes, people will take advantage of them by orchestrating crimes themselves. A definite case of somebody taking their own problems and using the superhero as a scapegoat just to exploit his weaknesses.
NOW can you understand why I love Watchmen? Why it sets itself apart from all of that glamorized, capitalized crap? While I may make an exception and say that the new Christopher Nolan Batman films come close, Watchmen goes a few shades darker than those films. Watchmen studies the superhero not as glamorized Herculean celebrity but as Byronic hero. If you can understand my mythology allusion, then we’ll get along easier as this review goes on. What we have here a depiction of the superhero as what he IS. Or in this case, we have a clique of superheroes presented here. A story about the death of one of these heroes known as the Comedian leads to a remarkable, and very detailed historical insight into the Watchmen’s lives. People who aided presidents and political leaders in stopping wars and allaying crime. They were not just heroes but god’s among men. And as thanks for their benevolence towards society, people get dumber, crime goes up, and the Watchmen become outcasts. Nice huh? Such twisted charity for the one race whom could not live without their heroes.
BUT then, as we run a little further into the film, we discover that the Watchmen have become flawed misanthropists; more some than others at least (namely Rorschach and Ozymandias) who are bent on taking years of soulless, unfeeling iniquities spread about by the human race and regurgitating it back in their faces. Or, the sin being turned against the sinner as I would see it. The Watchmen wanted to bring peace to mankind only to realize that a very radical and rather violent revolution would purge humanity of it’s filth in order for balance to be restored. Which goes to show that sometimes a superheroes’ only solution to a problem is through strength not liberation.
I realize that my own explanation of this film is flawed and full of holes, but I’m justified in getting the important facts out there. I feel that it has a Nietschtze theme running throughout about the “true” superhero using strength and not tenderness as it’s authority. And along with that, we have excellent acting, convincing dialogue, and brilliant use of pop culture themes to bring this film to life. I especially loved Malin Akerman’s role as Laurie Jupiter. God what a gorgeous woman with her slick curvy body and silky long hair. Now I understand why she gets the name Silk Specter. Billy Crudup is very amazing as the wise but stoic Dr. Manhattan. And Jackie Earle Haley? WOW, what a bristling Rorschach he plays. I feel that I identify with him most seeing as how he vouches for everything that this review stands for.
All right though, I will admit that the choice of soundtrack music was pretty misplaced. I mean, who would be stupid to use Bob Dylan as the opening theme music for the film. I do love the use of the Koyannisquatsi soundtrack music during Dr. Manhattan’s refuge on Mars however.
So to wrap this up, if you find this review in any way offensive, let me get one thing straight: I’M UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT IT! So you can all deal with it and maybe learn something from my philosophical ramblings tied with my love for this film. If you do, I’d be happy to hear what you DID get from this film and how it moved you rather than whining about some mundane crap about how wrong I am or how preachy my review is, blah blah blah. But I feel that I have made some valid points here and I’m happy I did. I love this film and I feel that there is no other superhero, comic book or graphic novel film that can overthrow it.
Now somebody PLEASE RAISE THIS FILM’S APPEAL LEVEL MORE WILL YOU???
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Wait for the deluxe edition
Great movie! On this edition I liked Zack Snyder’s in-movie commentary. However, to my dismay I discovered–on an insert that came with this edition, no less–that in a few months an even better disc set will be released that incorporates the “Tales of the Black Freighter” into the movie, and a few other goodies.
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