Wil "Wesley" Wheaton Reviews Watchmen

yes!

man this review and the previous one that was posted is buidling up my anticipation even more. kinda like when TDK started getting all those amazing reviews before it came out. can't wait!

also what was wrong with the x-franchise except for x3. x1 and x2 i thought were amazing.

I like watching X-3, but i would not be mad if they treated X-3 like T-3....

It just never happend....
Oh , we are talking about watchmen...
can't wait.

Well, said. I'm betting Moore'll see it anyway (even if he says he won't), really like how it turned out and STILL find something to bitch about. After all, he can't openly admit that he liked someone else's work, it could ruin his reputation. The guy's got complaining down to an artform all it's own. Godspeed, Wil Wheaton!

Hey everyone... I must say that I am really looking forward to this movie even though being a purist (and a sad one at that) I would basically just like the see the graphic novel in live action, and while I know that is never going to happen to see certain parts of the film to look like the panels really excites me. One thing I will say though is that I would have loved the squid, but in some ways I am glad it is not there.
I love comic book movies, but the thing is I would like cult characters to remain in comics and not be brought into the mainsteam (deadpool, watchmen etc) as when everybody knows about them they always lose so of their nostalgic edge, so make as many batmans and spider-mans as you want, i'll go watch them but leave the cult ones alone. :) Which is why I like it that the Squid isn't there as its something that only the comic has and seperates them.
Also I am glad that in this artice Superman Returns is not mentioned as being one of the bad comic book movies, as while it does not have the action we wanted it to, I don't see it as a movie really I see it as Bryan Singer's way of homaging his childhood hero. I mean in X-men he even told Hugh Jackman (when he is holding Rogue) to make it look like the Superman scene. I feel that its more a labour of love, but now I just want a kick ass Superman reboot where the graphics of today can catch up and make the movie we always wanted.
Sorry for the long message lol, I just got an account i'll try to keep it down in the future!!!

Cool...300 was awesome graphically and cinematically. When I saw Snyder's name attached to Watchmen I was sure he would give nothing but the full entertainment value we all loved from the novel itself. The movie will be a work of art as well.

Yes. Will Wheaton is a card carrying nerd, and his opinion is greatly respected by the community. Good review.

RE: Quagmire14

What is your issue? Watchmen was very carefully crafted VISUALLY to give a SEEING experience. For it's time it was very slick and stylized.

"I am not an "ultra-purit"" PUH-LEESE.

its called a GRAPHIC novel, or COMIC (as in PICTURES with words) book.

If you want to promote these mediocre reviews put a link up so we can at least judge them for ourselves.

From all the things we've seen clearly the thinking man's portion has gotten high emphasis.

This movie looks awesome and the more reviews that come out from fan boys, the better the movie sounds. I'm seeing in IMAX at midnight on March 6th, can't wait

LOL...I just find it funny that from the moment this movie was announced all the way to until about a month ago, these post were CRAZY full of negative comments, a bunch of "this is gonna suck", and progressive bashing at Zack Snyder. Now, all of a sudden, there's hardly a peep to be heard after Mr. Weaton, self-proclaimed "geek-boy" (not be taken out of context, I have all the respect for him), gives a positive, if not, grand review of the movie. Except from a choice few open-minded individuals who must have learned from the "Micheal Keaton as BATMAN?!?!?" scenario, most were (and may still be) immediately quick to judge a movie BEFORE its even viewed. Keep in mind, Quagmire14, that most (comic) movie reviews are made by those who are COMPLETELY ignorant of the source material. I do have to agree with the fact that if someone who is predetermined to bash this film, will no doubt do so regardless of the end result.

Also, FalconX2, I have to say that the thought you obviously put into your posting is quite impressive...kudos to you.

You are so right Baldbix76 . it's like i've said before, if alan moore all of a sudden said "i love and support this film" all of those "ultra purists" would change their minds, just because alan does it. that's why so many of these guys hate hollywood stuff, because the classic comic writers do.

Also most of the negative reviews I've come across seem to be related to sour grapes related to the review embargo being imposed by WB. Invariably the negative reviewer will mention someone who's written a positive review who has broken the embargo under some auspicious justification (eg "this isn't a review but I'm going to tell you all this stuff about the movie and how I like this and that.") and also mention how the movie is a carbon copy of the graphic novel and therefore displays no directing talent (Which is a stupid assumption and incorrect thinking and also This is a bad thing?) some people have called it campy boring 2nd rate comic book movie ect all comments that reveal the reviewer as not really getting or knowing the source material.

On the note about Sin city and the 300 being more accurate to the source, this may be true, however those were also clearly easier to translate into a single movie, and not nearly as good stories. 300 is a simple war story thats fun to watch, but basically a cartoon of ancient war, and Sin City is complex yet also so high on the surreal abstraction scale that it's also in it's own genre that I'm not nearly as interested in as a story like Watchmen that takes the sci-fi perspective of 'Hey how could this really work in a real universe? What would real people with real personalities react to such a world only slightly different than our own?' I really dislike a couple of the actors performances in Sin City anyhow (the guy that helps the prostitutes and the main prostitute), maybe that's how the characters were supposed to come off, but if so not that well executed a story in it's original or film form, decent but not amazing. So in the end if this movie comes off how I think it will it will be the best GN movie of all time bar none in my mind.

Agreed with Baldbix. There has been so much negativity surrounding the release of this movie, but it has died down TREMENDOUSLY! I've anticipated this movie since I heard about it being made and still, the excitement has not died down.

I'm on par with my buddy ROR, I don't think I've been as excited about a movie adaptation as this. It's going to be phenomenal. Even if people don't like it (which there will be thousands) because they're nitpickers and just won't appreciate it no matter how good it really is, I think it's going to be great. I'm all for being impartial about things, and you shouldn't think either way, good or bad until after you see the movie, or read the comic, or book or article or whatever, but I personally think this is going to be wonderful. I am anticipating it's release, but it's only 2 weeks away and ya know, I probably won't see it until my Birthday because I never go see a movie the first couple of weeks it's open, my birthday is exatly 2 weeks after the release, so that will be my present to myself.

Supermike: You're losing your touch man, you're not even remotely as controversial as you were when you started trollinh. Step up your game a bit and go with a new angle, you're faltering and it's kind of sad. Step it up buddy, step it up.

xaosjerk, what you said about sin city and 300, you might also want to make the point that neither one is a superhero film. both of those film, while accurate to their counterparts, are just surreal interpretations of different eras of time. Watchmen takes on the challenge of putting it's characters into actual history and intertwining their lives with the events of the past. to take on the challenge of making superheroes a real part of American history outside of comics, is a tough one and naturally, the story must be cut because our history is a long one. i think it's safe to say the Watchmen will be the most accurate Superhero film ever when compared to it's comic book counterpart.

@Baldbix76 - Thanks :) I try to make it worth reading and not just post blindly.


Also...
I didn't really take into consideration that 300 and Sin City would be much easier to film than Watchmen... That is a good point. Regardless, that would still mean that they are very faithful adaptations.

Essentially, with no disrespect to Wil Wheaton or his fans, I remain suspicious of anyone who might be caught up in the "collective fan mind". It happens to everyone at some point, especially right after a movie or remake. (Words can't describe how long I tried to justify Juggernaut in X3, and hell I'm still trying to justify the Star Wars prequels.).

Watchmen, however, is something that I never viewed like I did other comics. I never read it with a lighthearted fantasy/sci-fi adventure view like your "generic" comic. Watchmen is something more... It's something that just makes you say, "Wow!" Even after reading it over and over for 10 years, that "Wow" is still there. I worry that Wil's review may just be that initial "Wow" that comes from seeing a passion put on the big screen, and not that authentic "Wow" that the graphic novel gives.

Though I do hope otherwise. However, it never hurts to remain safely cautious.

I usually expect the worst, but hope for the best.

And for the people that would decide that Watchmen is a good movie just because Alan Moore would say so, would have to be the type of person that Moore is just disgusted with... You think someone as eccentric and intellectual as him just waits for the next opinion to come down the grapevine to jump on board?

Don't get me wrong, Alan Moore is freaking AMAZING! I love a lot of his work, but damn, let's face it, he can seem down right nuts some times... Still, he is always his own person.

But, good for him I say... After all, he probably thinks I'm just another lemming "working for tha man!" :)

Here is another fairly positive review, one that seems to take the same considerations that I would:

http://geek-tastic.com/?p=2858

I do have a concern that he says the squid seemed a bit outlandish to him, as I always thought it was the outlandishness that sold it.

I mean, imagine if you were where you were when 9/11 happened, but instead of a plane hitting the Twin Towers, someone said the aliens are invading. THAT is huge...