Movie Review: "Watchmen: Ultimate Cut"

Thoughts on the 215-minute version of "Watchmen," which combines the Directors Cut with the "Tales of the Black Freighter" animated short.

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[newfrontier3000]

i just finished watching the Ultimate cut. There are a few moments where it worked it flowed, but the majority just didn't work at all. It was very jarred and confusing. if a person whose never read watchmen or read, would be like "WTF is the shit." But as a fan whose read the novel, I apreciate the effort, and I enjoyed it,, but it was very flawed.

[GlumPhoenix]

Yeah, exactly. It is basically the highest quality fanboy porn ever. But that's it. Doesn't stand alone.

The Director's Cut is undoubtedly the definitive cut of the film. That stands alone as a fascinatingly complex science-fiction political satire.

[placebo4yo]

i just want to know what u thought about the watchmen movie in general? u like it?

[GlumPhoenix]

I talk about it right at the beginning of the video. Great film. Fascinatingly complex science-fiction political satire.

[fife007]

I don't get it?? black freighter works well in the book, but not in the movie?? how is that different?? I got the ultimate cut for christmas and it was way better than the theater version. the ultimate cut is almost close to the book.

[GlumPhoenix]

In the book, TBF is seamlessly integrated into the story. It flashes back and forth but feels like one story. In the movie, it's very jarring. It's like taking a commercial break.

The UC is not close to the book. The way they integrate TBF is NOT at all how it's done in the book. The UC is a total mess. The book is not.

[redsoxfan3418]

Just watched all 3 cuts of the film in 3 days. I have to say, the Ultimate Cut is my favorite. Whereas you said you thought Black Freighter worked for the first few segments, I HATED it for the first segment only, but as it goes along it got so much better. The only one I really didn't like upon 2nd viewing was the one in-between the Dr Manhattan sequences. If I were to grade each cut on a scale of 1-10:

Theatrical- 7

Director's- 8.5

Ultimate- 9

[manhuntAC]

GIANT SPACE OCTOPUS!!!!!!

[libertysunbeam2]

@redsoxfan3418 ehe not to me, i can do without the superhero's with ed. angry and obnoxious superheros are difficult to care about.

[redsoxfan3418]

@libertysunbeam2 I love The Comedian in all of the cuts. And, I don't feel that way about the characters. I think their flaws make them much better characters.

[libertysunbeam2]

oh yeah if you have hemmoroids people, do not sit for 3 1/2 hours to watch it. be warned . jk lol.

[libertysunbeam2]

@redsoxfan3418 i half agree as well, i liked the black freighter all the way through though and it makes it work as a tale of dark irony. i did not like the other two cuts of the film as the comedian is too much of a bastard and the characters have too many problems to like.

[libertysunbeam2]

I'll review it and say that the ultimate cut is the one i prefer not liking the other two versions of the film as the comedian is too dark so you really dont care about the main character thier investigating his death as he's such a bastard. the ultimate cut with gerad butler comic makes it work as a tale of dark irony much better. i havent read the comic at all so im not biased.

[AgentH53]

8:47 To me, the "Black freighter" did not work well in the book either.

I wish i could get a book without the confusing parallel comic..in a comic part.

[BigWill942]

great review. i loved the ultimate cut

[citykillu]

the way that the novel was designed , the story just dosent mean the something without the story of the black freighter.