Watchmen (2009) - Was It Really That Bad?

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[–]Breadman 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It was more or less a shot for shot recreation of the comic book. It’s not a usual approach for an adaptation to fake, and I really appreciated it

[–]SierraKiloBravo[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I really enjoyed it, even more so watching it for a second time years later. I think a lot of people went into it expecting bright lights and shiny tights, but it ain’t that kinda movie.

[–]VimRazz 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think a lot of people went into it expecting bright lights and shiny tights, but it ain’t that kinda movie.

Are you sure you're not looking back with MCU-colored glasses in this case? Most of the decent comic book films in the 2000's were "dark and gritty", with the major standouts being movies like The Dark Knight or V for Vendetta.

Iron Man was pretty much the first "bright lights and shiny tights" comic book movie since the older Spiderman films that didn't suck, but it was still completely on it's own at that time -- the rest of the MCU didn't exist yet, and audience expectations were very different from what they are now.

[–]SierraKiloBravo[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep there were some that were dark and gritty in amongst the Spider-Mans, the Hulks, Daredevil, Elektra etc which all had a certain level of cheese and fun, but for many, Watchmen was a whole 'nother level. I know among my friend group the general consensus was "WTF did we just watch? That was not a "fun" movie."

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Apart from the ending.