We had seen it done in IMHO better way in recent "Batmans" ("Batman begins" and "Dark Knight"). Yes, there was also a lot of "dark" in "The Dark Knight", but I think "Watchmen" tilted far more towards the "dark" than TDK. But to make it clear, I find TDK the much better movie. I like it much more when the story is concentrated on fewer (in that case three) characters compared to half a dozen of them. And the story was much more compelling. And I'm looking forward to see both of them again because I find both of them interesting. "Iron Man" on the other hand I found quite entertaining, but not particular interesting. I thought the story was just about average and only the charm and wit of RDJ brought the movie above average. Though fun to watch.
re Ozymandias: Yes, they probably tried to make him look relatively low-key. I know you were already bored but I think they should've tried to make the ending "longer" to let it better sink in what he has done. It should've also been possible to make the movie shorter by cutting other scenes.
re Rorschach: He was the most impressive character. And strangely enough even more so when he took off his mask. Very fearsome. And the other bad guy, Comedian, was also remarkable. And there it is again, the ambiguity that the worst characters are the most fascinating. :)
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Date: 2009-03-17 03:25 pm (UTC)Yes, there was also a lot of "dark" in "The Dark Knight", but I think "Watchmen" tilted far more towards the "dark" than TDK.
But to make it clear, I find TDK the much better movie. I like it much more when the story is concentrated on fewer (in that case three) characters compared to half a dozen of them. And the story was much more compelling. And I'm looking forward to see both of them again because I find both of them interesting.
"Iron Man" on the other hand I found quite entertaining, but not particular interesting. I thought the story was just about average and only the charm and wit of RDJ brought the movie above average. Though fun to watch.
re Ozymandias: Yes, they probably tried to make him look relatively low-key.
I know you were already bored but I think they should've tried to make the ending "longer" to let it better sink in what he has done. It should've also been possible to make the movie shorter by cutting other scenes.
re Rorschach: He was the most impressive character. And strangely enough even more so when he took off his mask. Very fearsome. And the other bad guy, Comedian, was also remarkable.
And there it is again, the ambiguity that the worst characters are the most fascinating. :)