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  • Its amazing how underrated Watchmen the film is. I think if people who haven't read Watchmen, should rewatch it with the mindset that its not going to some simple punch and run superhero movie, but expect a deep complex study of life interpreted with superheroes. They will realize how amazing Zach's adaption is.

  • I've become a fan of Zack's stuff. I enjoyed his take on Dawn of the Dead. Same with 300 and Watchmen. I'm a fan of both graphic novels. I really enjoyed Legend of the Guardians. Looking forward to Superman and I'm not a big Superman fan.

    He's comes across as a genuine guy, thats rare in Hollywood.Go Zack!

  • personally I enjoyed the movie. I thought it did the book justice. Obviously a movie based on a book will always be judged too harshly, but I thought it was well done.

  • second best, and second most intelligent piece of fiction of all time....next to ulysses (which i could never finish, because i only speak and read one language)

  • the movie was pretty good,and I loved the hot chick

  • in that case go watch a few more of her movies because she takes off her clothes in most of them.

  • I thought the Watchmen movie was excellent. Critics did not quite get it. But I think time will improve it in the eyes of critics. It was a well done and rewatchable film. It has a timeless quality that may give it more praise and dollars from viewers of the DVD and cable rather than box office theatre.

  • I'm 13 and I agree

  • i saw the movie about a week ago and i didnt think it was tht disturbing sure it was a bit gory but its coming from the guy who created 300 DUUUUUHHHHHH of course it is going to be a bit gory. The worst part was rochachs story with the little girl being fed to dogs and how rochach kills the guy who did it. But other than tht i found it kinda mild to medium gore factor. Just a note for the end im 12 so wat i find disturbing is tht i can get my hands on watchmen at almost any movie store.

  • uhhhh watchmen was created by alan moore, and zack snyder helped make the movie, 300 was created by Frank Miller and Zack Snyder did the movie. It's alright I'm not like correcting you it was just a little before your time

  • the comicon logo looks like watchmen meets black sabbath

  • you are stupid

  • I agree with Teppo.

    I think it's very disturbing and annoying.

  • Have you ever read watchmen? Read that, and tell me its for kids.

  • I'm 14 and I read it. And really enjoyed it. As well as I did the movie.

  • You're a teenager, and you also completely missed my point, I was 14 when i read it too. But watchmen is not directed at kids. It was for one gruesome and gory, but also really dark. And I'd be surprised if a child managed to follow the plot line.

  • Yeah, the movie really is much different than the average movie today. It was very dark, disturbing, and real. The story line was a little tough to follow. Overall, the story was outstanding.

  • also, i'm hoping that at the age of 14, you're not really finding impotency and middle age crisis relatable to you. Sure, maybe the non-nuclear family situation may be relatable (Spectre 2), but not from an adult point of view. Really dark stuff, just happen to involve masks and "crime fighting". Suitable for kids?? debatable, but definately not made for them to be relatable.

  • i´m 12 and i got the plot perfectly

  • @jsebastianst im 12 and i got it too

  • tell that to the egyptians moron

  • Sure thing, geek, I will...

  • this guy is funny he doesnt no how to do an interveiw

  • sure you hate these, you only posted it, if u really did, then you wouldn't post it, and why THE FUCK WOULD THEY COME TO KILL ME!?!?!! What the fuck did i do to them? HMM?!?!?! Come on tell me, and how do you know any of that, why the hell would anyone want to know that!?!?!?! DOUSCHE!!!

  • I love Zack's observations and view of real life, but, he's got to shorten the thought. He has got to stop thinking out loud...great, but too long winded.

  • i saw it just now and it was amazing film i havent bored even a min and now am in love with lori i want t found hot pics from her just look at her how amazing chick she is better from the chick in unborn sh*t

  • creeeeeper.....

  • Unless that was a parody, you're a dumb ass.

  • this movie was great the only thing wrong was that it was long but the action the cg effects the story was great and im tired of the same actors in every movie so i say it was great u just got 2 thumbs down

  • Have you read the book you predictable cunt?

    I doubt it.

  • cant wait until it comes on piratebay

  • its rreally quite at the comic con compared to the twilight one lol

  • Possibly because Watchmen fans aren't obnoxious pre-teens.

  • Aw, I like his logic - that he'd sooner have been responsible for it failing, than letting the project go to some other director who didn't have the same interest in the original book. I think his film was the most faithful theater-length version of Watchmen we were ever gonna get tbh.

  • I think it was the most faithful adaptation ever, I mean, 300 and Sin City were too, but none of them were so visually stunning, at the very least Snyder made the movie look amazing...oh and the actual movie its self was pretty good too.

  • 100% agree with you buddy :D

  • daamn Zack Snyder ooowns

  • 2:58

    LMFAO

  • what is watchmen about? and what so special about the super heroes?

  • the movie is 2 and half hours long, u will learn everything in there. and to this date it still remains the best rated comic or graphic novel

  • CHUCK NORRIS WATCHES THE WATCHMEN

  • Judging from the trailers I can definately say he's a good director. The dude needs to go to public speaking courses though lol. But he seems like a cool guy to work with. Can't wait to see the film.

  • nah, 300 was like what, 20% slow motion? i wanna see some actual regular speed filming here! shouldn't have to rely on everything moving in stills to make a great graphic novel into an ok movie.

    (i intend to see it, but i think it will be disappointing yet watchable)

  • i heard that it was WAY less slow-mo which im happy about

  • WHO WATCHES HOLLYWOOD?

  • The watchmen do obivously which brings us back to who watches the watchmen

  • Man, Snyder pauses as much as spock.

  • what does that tattoo on his arm say?

  • well it is true that the movie does not exactly correlate to the book but if you look at it this way, When the movie Twilight came out not many people new about the book and due to the movie many fans were created and book sales grew tremendously, so in a way this movie can expose the material to new fans and expand the fan base

  • Never...compare...the Watchmen series..with Twilight...'kay?

    I get your point though...

  • wasnt really comparing just merely making a point

  • The Twilight movie was a POS, please don't compare the two.

  • i wasnt comparing the two movies i was comparing peoples reactions , ignorant ass, know how i know youre gay, you actually spent money to see twilight

  • LOADS of people's girlfriends dragged them to that film.

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  • yea i noticed too nicp51

  • One of the few movies i am hoping to see, i don't think it will be mindblowing, but it seems like Snyder can pull off a decent adaptation!

  • zack snyder is a good director but he is a horrible public speeker

    dudes still a bamf though

  • and buy the graphic novel and become a total fan of the book and even if I do not believe it is possible to translate it into a film (100%), I'm still looking forward to seeing the film. I know, just because he woke my interest that that should mean anything to anybody else for that matter.

    hope u don't feel offended or anything , I was just intrigued by ur posts and wanted to offer another pov.

    "We can save this world" - Ozymandias

  • Your expression for concern (if I may put it that way) is highly admirable, but I do sense that you don't cut snyder any slack because he doesn't have a Kubrickesque (maybe??) intellectual aura about him. of course I know u didn't say anything of that effect but that is just a feeling one gets from reading ur previous posts.

    to bring my argument to a point finally, i want to say what snyder has already done: Mainly because of his trailer he woke enough interest in someone (me) to go out

  • be as faithful to the GN as possible(!!!).

    another thing about the actors, you complained it has Akerman in the female lead as young silk spectre and basically that is reason enough why the film is doomed.

    to be honest, and this is just my opinion, I didn't think silk spectre II was as interesting a character as Rorschach, Dr.Manhattan or Ozymandias, who are promisingly casted (Jackie Earle Haley, B. Cudrup and Matthew Goode) to contradict your statement.

  • and wanted to make a 5-hour miniseries at least.

    back to snyder and the actual film we will see. there are interesting aspects that might convince u otherwise for instance that snyder rejected scripts that were set in the present time, or that he had to fight to show dr.manhattan fully nude as he is illustrated in the GN, right now it is rumored that the film is over 3 hrs long and snyder is very hesitant about cutting it down...these are positive signs that snyder is trying hard to

  • previously and at the same time u compliment V for Vendetta who was directed by McTeigue who hadn't done ANYTHING before besides being a 2nd unit director. V for Vendetta was great film imo but again Moore dissociated himself of it as he has w/ all the films that are based on his literature.

    u said V "was good for what it was but not the actual story" - most likely Watchmen will be the same, it seems impossible to translate the GN 100% into a motion picture, terry gilliam said it was impossible

  • Actually, the director of V for Vendetta had done previous films, and had experience. He worked on films that were primarily in other countries, and weren't heard of in America. But he did have experience lol

  • No, you're an idiot. The Wachowskis of Matrix fame made V for Vendetta (exec produced and wrote the screenplay), and had their AD from the Matrix films and Star Wars Prequels direct.

  • Uhh.. I don't recall saying they Directed anything. I just said he had worked on previous films and had experience... You sir, must comprehend what you read.

  • seriously pwells is just wanting an internet fight

  • wrong wrong the Wachowski bros had only done one movie only about 2 lesbo that it

  • I'm reading here that they worked on a couple Matrix movies and two other movies a while before V for Vendetta. Source: Wikipedia, so honestly I don't know how reliable it is, but it seems accurate.

  • nooo i meant before the matrix cuz u said somethig about "He worked on films that were primarily in other countries, and weren't heard of in America" the bros only worked on one movie

  • how is that not valid?? it's not an argument, it's just stating the truth that u cannot sit here and bash the movie simply on what u saw in the trailer.

    the action we see in the trailer is the EXACT action that happens in the graphic novel. trailers are made to attract people and (unfortunately) the easiest way is by showing an action-filled trailer. this than-again does not have to mean the trailer is bad or the film for that matter.

    u are here trashing snyder for the two films he has done

  • The teaser trailer was the longest teaser trailer in history

  • guys the Argument of Wait and see is not Valid. You've seen enough in the trailers to know where this film is going.

  • Like I have been saying leave zack alone! Yes his films (so far) have been visual but that doesn't mean that he can only do visual! He just has not really got the chance to make a drama! Don't a filmmaker on just 2 movies! Wait till he has made at least 5! I think he will do a great job and it will help his career! Also everyone whos has seen the exclusive 25 minutes or the entire movie has been really happy with it. This group includes Kevin Smith who everyone knows is a huge comic fan!

  • You know your argument would've made sense but he has the chance now to make a good drama film. And he is NOT DOING IT! Zack Snyder has ability no one is arguing that. But he is not suited to make quality films. Its just a fact. All of this action stuff was 5% of the comic of Watchmen and he's turned it into 90%. He needs to stick to Visual films like spawn or Video game films. He is not suited for Watchmen guys open your eyes. Look at the Scream Awards trailer really look at it and be honest..

  • Your judging a film by the trailer? Both trailers are made up of scenes exactly from the graphic novel and yes I am currently reading it. Go read Watchmen and look at the screen shots in the trailer. You will see that they are the same. Also the trailer does make it look like an action film but that is only to draw audiences in. Don't blame the director for how the trailer is edited. As I stated before everyone who has seen the 25 minute clip and a rough cut of the film has loved it!

  • Remember that comics and movies are different, you can't pretend a 100% adaptation of the graphic novel, plus about the market, he can make a smart movie, but it needs eye candy to atract the average moviegoer. I think that he can do something pretty good, lets just wait.

  • So fucking wat if the trailers are visual, ofcourse there gonna be visual thats the point of trailers, there like 2 minutes long, how are you gonna get the ideology of the charecters are the subtle symbols in there, just wait till the film then hit youtube with all this watchmen shud just be a comic shit

  • The teaser trailer was the longest teaser trailer in history. It is an Insult to anyone who cares about this comic to release TWO trailers that don't even hint at the level of depth that is in that book.

  • they kinda did, the flag over the comidians body has 51 stars. if you have read the book you will know what that means. this movie is going to be great and i'm pretty sure the detail is going to be there

  • Making a frame for frame exact copy and paste panel is NOT filmaking

    ANYONE can do that! Zack Snyder is not a visionary who are they kidding?

  • never said that, just said that you were wrong for saying it wasn't detailed. you were the one saying how bad it was because it didn't have any depth. i was just proving you wrong. and plus he is a really good director.

  • Wait a minute! How did u read what I said about depth and then abstract from that I said it wasnt going to be detailed..??? Didnt I Just say that it was a frame for fram copy and paste panel???? OF course its going to be DETAILED! Man, I am begging all of you to please wise up. These people are just trying to shovel something up and make a quick buck. Does that mean Snyder is not a fan. NO. I believe he is. But he is wrong for this project. FACT

  • fine whatever, if you don't like the movie you can always read the book.

  • We all need to "wise up" because of your opinion of a movie that has never been released? You are making an opinion based on a trailer and some interviews. I am sorry but no one is forcing you to see it. Do what Moore does and just stay out of it if you disaprove. Gibbons is on board, does that mean he needs to wise up to what is being done to his own work? If you really wanted to stop this movie all you had to do was what Snyder did, option the movie.

  • and plus, they are just trailers. like i said the depth of plot and character background will be there, i'm 99% sure. it wouldn't be watchmen without it. AND zack snyder is some sort of fanatic so i highly doubt he won't do the book justice.

  • U are going to be sooo dissapointed. Then Why have trailers? if its not going to be like the trailer? any answer u give will not be acceptable. Tell me if I'm wrong but I think you're saying that the trailer is just to appeal to everyone to get them in the seats. LISTEN MAN. It is an insult to any Watchmen fan to release TWO trailers that dont even hint at the level of depth that is in that book. I'm sorry people I call it how I see it.

  • shut up dude, take a chill pill... ITS A MOVIE!

  • I want everyone to read what this idiot just said. Its just a movie. It hasnt been just a moive for over 20 years now friend. It ceases to become just a movie when they hire Harvard grads to look at flow charts to see what their profit margins are. Its no longer a movie when fans are being exploited just to get our cash. U sir need to wise up. It hasnt been Just a MOVIE for a long time.

    Have a good day

  • Dude, really, you have absolutely no idea what this film is going to be like. Hopefully, it is everything the comicbook deserves, which is the best since it is the greatest graphic novel ever written. Maybe it'll bomb, but I can tell you I will be there opening night with a bag of popcorn, sourpatch kids, and a coke with my friends crossing my fingers. Have some optimism man.

  • Guys u think I don't want a good watchmen film? I want it more than most. But you are asking me to ignore all of these redflags that are so in your face its shocking. I"m sorry people. I know exactly how this film will turn out.

  • im with you, love the graphic novel but hey watchemn fans, remember the website set up when daniel craig was cast as bond , where is the guy who did that now?? liked 300, but absolutely loved Dawn of the dead, maybe Snyder will come up with the goods, give him a chance, lovin the trailer

  • i like that you have faith that it will be faithful. i love it too, but i'm not gonnna go into the film, trying to make sure it's word for word with the book. it's truly impossible to do that. im excited to see that characters alive and after it has been in your imagination for so long. everyone has there own picture of the characters voice and mannerisms.

  • yeah by the sounds of it they should be sticking pretty much true to the graphic novel which would be awesome. Lets just hope we dont have a repeat of what happened with the X-men, that was fucken lame.

  • I was there, and I have a very good feeling about this project.

    It should be better than V was. what a joke!

    that movie sucked.

  • Umm V for Vendetta was good for what it was. But not the actual Story. And just so you know Watchmen will not be anywhere near the quality of V for vendetta. If your expecting it to do so I suggest suicide now. V for vendetta had Hugo Weaving and a decent Script. Watchmen has solid snake writing the script and Malin Akerman as the female lead. That tells u the whole story. Sorry man.

  • altough it is true that snyder seems far under experienced to throw him this important of project, he did not write the screen play. the screen play is written by the guy who did x-men 1 and 2, which im not saying is a good thing or a bad thing, but at least prior knowledge to what works and what doesnt when converting the comic into live motion. Personally, I just dont see how a movie could possibly do justice to graphic novel, its so unlike anything Ive ever read. Fantastic

  • Umm the guy who wrote X-men 1 and 2 is SOLID SNAKE! he also wrote scorpion king. That tells u the whole story. YOu know how bad that movie was? And now he is Writing the script for alan Moores Watchmen. So any hope you have of a proper dialouge in depth story that is intelligent is pretty much out of the window.

  • I agree with you. Zack Snyder and solid snake are just awful choices. In the end, they dont have enough experience. I mean, there are a million and one people who wouldve been better choices to make the movie, and im not so sure about the cast eiter, the guy who is playing rorshach, hes talented, but seems entirely wrong for the role. But im still hoping its good, i mean why not? Maybe itll just be an ok-good movie that is way different than the book. whatever we will see soon enough.

  • Look at the comic-con trailer you can see where this guy's brain is. The way that roarschach took that grappling hook and jumped up on the balcony is absolutely RIDICULOUS! He doesnt understand. All of these guys are just as normal as u and me w/ the exception of Dr Manhattan. So Watchmen should be even more real than the dark knight. Zack Snyder just doesnt understand. He is making the wrong kinds of movies. This film WILL thats right WILL be a disaster. I'm not putting any money into it.

  • Make the movie yourself, release it and then i will accept your opinions.

  • You sir are part of the problem. And when the superhero movie film Bubble birst. You are gonna be the first one to say 'what happened?'

  • zack synder sounds like steve carell...LoL

  • Man Zack Snyder and everyone up there on that panel has got everyone fooled. Good luck to all of you who accept this film. You ALL will be very dissapointed. Snyder should not have been given Watchmen he is not suited for this type of material.

  • i disagree. I think that he was chosen for the wrong reasons (the fact that 300/ Dawn of the Dead made a shitload of money) but i think that he is the right man for the job. I am a HUGE fan of the novel. if u look at the 300 comic vs the movie, its the same pretty much panel for panel. I believe in him (hopin he makes the right choice for the ending).

  • I agree with you on the fact that he was chosen for the wrong reasons. 300 mad money Thats the only reason he was given watchmen. Now I disagree with you on the comment that he is the right man for the job. NO WAY! This film will break him. Not rigtht away but slowly. Like schumacher in B and R. 300 is about visuals and story so he got lucky there. Watchmen is a completely different comic. He is trying to make an action movie out of something that isnt about action. watchmen is about the story.

  • I think that hes gonna spruce up the action scenes, but look at dawn of the dead. that movie had a lot of character development (obviously not nearly as much as watchmen) but i think that he will follow the comic panel for panel. i could be wrong, but im basing this on what iv seen before

  • Yeah your write about him sprucing up the action scenes. But watchmen isnt about action though. This film if done right has the potential to win an oscar in every category but it wont even get close to that. And Yes u are absolutely right. Zack Snyder will make a frame for frame translation with this film BUT Anyone can do that. That is NOT Film making. And people are calling him a Visioinary??? WTF? Anyone can do what he is doing given the resources he has disposal.

  • i see ur point (an just fyi im not tryin to be one of those assholes that starts shit im just tryin to express my opinion none of this is personal) but i think that a panel by panel interpretation of watchmen is whats best because you can't really improve on it at all. As for whether or not zacks a good film maker, i think we should wait till he does more than three movies to say one way or the other.

  • Fair enough. I would even say this. Snyder has ability visualy. The problem is that he is making the wrong kinds of movies. He is more suited for a gears of war, mortal kombat, spawn type movies. Visual fiesta type movies. Watchmen is about the story. Beggining middle and end. It makes no sense for him to do this movie. He is bringing the exact same principles he used to make 300 to Watchmen and that is a BIG mistake.

  • This makes a great drinking game. Just drink everytime Zack Snyder says "um" You'll be completley smashed before its over. Cheers!

  • well if its anything like the other comic/graphic novel stuff he has done im sure it will be a steller movie. The story is already set in stone its up to him to make the graphics right and he has done just that in every movie ive seen from him. simply can not wait to watch the watchmen!

  • I like how we have a big fan of Watchmen making the movie, a guy who actually understands the graphic novels importance. This isn't just a quick buck on his part, this is the move he has probably always wanted to make, since creatively; how do you film The Watchmen? But also it must make his fanboy juices go mad thinking "I'm making the goddamn Watchmen, holy shit!"

    Who watched The Watchmen? Mr. Snyder is, and I think the film will be great, being a big fan of the graphic novel and all.

  • Agreed man I can't wait either.

  • agreed most directors who make comicbook movies havent even read a comicbook before like Bryan Singer

  • It's preferable to some glossed-over speech..

    at least you can be pretty sure he means what he's saying..

    I hope.

    Come March and we'll find out..

  • jesus zack snyder is a sick guy but he cant talk for shit, at least not at comic-con

  • go suck ur mom's dick.

  • lol, agreed with mr.spitz

  • You boycott it if you want but don't try and rope us into your stupid vendetta.

  • thanks :)

  • Snyder reminds me of that kid in school who was either antsy because he was on something...or at times stoned out of his mind...AND STILL CAME UP WITH BRILLIANT SH!T IN CLASS! Bastard.

    Brilliant bastard.

  • Ow. My ears are bleeding. Someone has to learn how to put a speech together without sounding like a teenager on weed.

    Still, he did quite a good job with 300, so I guess we can sat least expect he put a good deal of enthusiasm in this movie too.

    Although Miller i SO much easier to turn into a movie than Moore is. Damn Miller.

  • I kinda agree. I think Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" would be the hardest work of his, to adapt into a live action film. But the rest of his work is pretty easy, and you could cater them to people who have never read any of his work. Like with "Sin City." You don't have to read any of those books, in order to enjoy the film.

    I can't really say that about Alan Moore's "Watchmen." The GN is a masterpiece, but I don't see how you could enjoy the film, without reading the GN.

  • i love watchmen, but im not sure if its filmable. i guess we'ill find out.

  • Hopefully it's a hard R rating, and it stays true to the story. Zack Snyder seems a bit unsure of himself and the movie. Slightly worried. Simply the fact he called Watchmen a side project.

  • It'll be R.

  • damn then i gotta work on some fake ID's XD

  • It's definitely going to be rated R. The attempted rape scene is there, and the scene where The Comedian kills that pregnant girl is there as well.

  • Why do I have such a good fucking feeling for this movie?

  • Because it's gonna be fucking good that's why!

  • haha! right on

  • Zacky-boy seriously needs to work on his communication skills....

  • the cast had been super, special, awesome!!lol

  • i'm pretty excited for this movie, it looks different but in a good way

  • I wanna go to Comicon. It looks so much fun.

  • The problem is is that most of the focus now is on Movies and TV and not so much on the comics. But yeah it would be fun to hit up, I would just prefer one of the cons that still pertains to comics.

  • He's pretty good looking.

    I got lost in what he was saying at some parts.

  • whoever just said 'zach is high..lol' is retarded and needs to die. k thanks!

  • I'm midway through...but what? This is exclusively for people who have read it?!! Is that the case for the film as well...

    Let me guess - you aren't charge of marketing are you ?

  • enigma...you're an asshole - thanks for the spoiler!

  • Uh...I haven't read the comic either but I saw the trailer and got interested, so I researched the comic (for various reasons, I can't obtain it -_-"). Nothing wrong with checking out something interesting or new, right? o_O

  • Its literature, try a public library.

  • I DID say I can't obtain it for VARIOUS reasons.

  • Cuz you're in prison?

  • Hahaha...

  • li...brar...oooo? whaa?

  • Barnes and Noble for $13?

  • Can't buy, saving money.

  • i read the book this weekend... these people are being douches to you tho...

    anyway

  • Nah not really. I've encountered much, much worse. But thanks.

    And hopefully the book was as awesome as they say =D.

  • it IS.

  • I assure you it's worth the $13

  • probably likely to be available at a library. (or order-able from a library, even though that's kind of a pain)

  • You're simply hilarious!

    Oh yeah, sarcasm above.

  • Thanks! I try only to be informative.