never read comic, never saw film, unable to comment further. from what i have seen of the comic i don't much care for the style. sorry! *returns to animated batman film*
i agree that it's unhealthy! (i might nurse strange FEELINGS for smelly super-repressed vigilante gingers. that doesn't mean i support their politics!)
watchmen is good even if you hate superheros - because most of them aren't super, and none of them are heros.
He's currently (I can hear frantic typing and I have been shouting abuse at over heard phone calls through the day) trying to kick one of the most tory NUS branches in the country into action on Weds and seems to be succeeding, that counts yes?
He's not allowed to wear the cape out in case he gets sucked into an engine - given he's an engine noise specialist this could actually happen.
I didn't read a single bad review and now I'm boggling a bit. A lot of people said it was like Spaced, and obviously the directing style was but it wasn't funny (apart from the vegan superhero) or exciting.
As with most things comic book derived I decided not to watch it (actually have seen a few various Batmen were variable, was pleasantly surprised by Watchmen, disappointed in V, haven't got around to Sin City) and nothing I've heard from those who've read it makes me want to.
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Date: 2010-12-03 09:17 pm (UTC)watchmen the comic is TEN MILLION TIMES better. the film misses the point, rather a lot!
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Date: 2010-12-03 09:25 pm (UTC)(Worryingly, every time I re-read it I agree more and more with Rorsach. This can not, I think, be healthy).
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Date: 2010-12-03 10:08 pm (UTC)watchmen is good even if you hate superheros - because most of them aren't super, and none of them are heros.
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Date: 2010-12-03 10:14 pm (UTC)The human fallibility of the "superheros" is the essential point of Watchmen, which is what makes it essential reading.
Should we point the Hoor towards the Ballad Of Halo Jones? Now she IS a role model.
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Date: 2010-12-03 10:18 pm (UTC)uncertain! i sort of liked it when i was 15, but never finished it - and i think i heard it was left unfinished?
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Date: 2010-12-03 10:23 pm (UTC)It was left unfinished; we all are.
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Date: 2010-12-04 09:46 pm (UTC)He's not allowed to wear the cape out in case he gets sucked into an engine - given he's an engine noise specialist this could actually happen.
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Date: 2010-12-04 08:20 am (UTC)I had been meaning to read Maus, the friend who gave me From Hell told me I should read it next, but I didn't get round to it.
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Date: 2010-12-03 10:10 pm (UTC)Have to say, I thought Watchmen did an admirable job with the film. Obviously bits had to go, it's the same with almost all comic adaptations.
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Date: 2010-12-04 08:07 pm (UTC)Sin City - I wouldn't call it misogynistic but it comes very close.
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Date: 2010-12-04 10:12 pm (UTC)ahahahah. i would! (note that in some circles frank miller is known as frank whoreswhoreswhores miller...)
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