tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814544326626724739.post3377873675567768046..comments2024-01-31T01:33:18.880-08:00Comments on Bags and Boards: Why Watchmen was not the movie I was hoping forTom McLeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00269192604691074024noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814544326626724739.post-21705849249379382002009-03-06T05:44:00.000-08:002009-03-06T05:44:00.000-08:00Thanks for the review of this. I'm sort of riding...Thanks for the review of this. I'm sort of riding the fence in my own interest to see this film, as I just can't see how they can compact all of the material from this title into the span of a short film.<BR/><BR/>You mention the fast-slow-fast effect stuff being reused from 300, and honestly, I'm not crazy about that, so that's one less thing to look forward to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814544326626724739.post-86593626043351503682009-03-05T16:39:00.000-08:002009-03-05T16:39:00.000-08:00I have to agree with Tom here...I saw the movie on...I have to agree with Tom here...I saw the movie on Monday night and it shows NYC as the last city hit by "Manhattan's" attack. <BR/><BR/>Wouldn't that short amount of time give the paranoid Russians enough reason to believe that the attack deliberately came from American soil?<BR/><BR/>That said, the ending is hardly the biggest complaint you can make of the film. When a story that depends on your emotional connection to the characters and relating to the existential dread that pervades their society is depicted on screen with the PLOT being the main narrative driving force, you know you're getting something flawed.Dan Hesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860278774485790744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814544326626724739.post-57851585992638527072009-03-04T15:36:00.000-08:002009-03-04T15:36:00.000-08:00Yes, but Dr. Manhattan was for decades the very sy...Yes, but Dr. Manhattan was for decades the very symbol of American power and dominance. <BR/><BR/>I don't buy it that the other countries would be as quick to disregard the possibility that it could have been an American attack as they were when facing the scenario in the book.Tom McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269192604691074024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814544326626724739.post-82217530531736572162009-03-04T13:54:00.000-08:002009-03-04T13:54:00.000-08:00the movie’s ending would, I think, actually exacer...<I>the movie’s ending would, I think, actually exacerbate the conflict given Dr. Manhattan’s political situation.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Not necessarily, especially considering how New York - one of the most major cities in America - got taken out as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com