In a form of protest?

I still don't understand the point of walking out of a film, let alone returning after walking out.

I thought Wilson gave a pretty spot on performance personally.

Ackerman was pretty awful.

Haley and Morgan gave the two best performances hands down.

My friend left the theater because she couldn't take any more of the soul-pounding it was giving her. I decided I wouldn't be missing much to keep her company for a while, and went back in just because I wanted to see the ending.

Yeah, if it were just me, I would have stayed. I made it through Monster-in-Law, I could have made it through this. And those opening credits: some of the most inventive, captivating cinema of the year. I wish they'd been as creative with the rest of the project's endless exposition.

That makes a bit more sense. I've sat through some awful films but I've never wanted to deal with the "well, you didn't see the whole thing" rebuttals.

Hah. You're welcome. It also doesn't help that her character in The Heartbreak Kid is Cameron Diaz in Something About Mary-like. They even have the same inflections and stuff. Just weird.

Yup it was Leonard Cohen. Which made it hilariously odd. At least they didn't go for Buckley. I still get flashbacks of Mischa Barton dying on The O.C.

You do realize that when you read, you put the emotion in yourself. It's all in your head.

Why was Ozymodius speaking with a lisp near the end?

He's gay. :p

Wait, he had one?

I know in the movie version he's supposed to fake an American accent in public and speaks with a slight German accent in private.

It didnt even sound German, it sounded like Snagglepuss

I actually liked Malin in The Heartbreak Kid, she was just about the only redeeming thing in it. She also recalled Cameron Diaz a lot in 27 Dresses.

So apparently the character yelling and crying is "in my head" and not in the pages of the book? OK, whatever you say. Last I checked, constant use of exclamation points is a sign of yelling. And pictures showing a character crying means the character is crying. There is no "in your head" to it. It's the intent of the writer and artist.

Creators in every type of media - - authors, directors, artists, songwriters, etc. - - often strive to elicit emotion within their audiences. They use all manner of techniques from the exclamation mark to the tone of the performance of an actress.

I believe Malin Akerman's performance was intentionally low key. It seemed entirely fitting of the melancholy vibe that ran throughout this film.

(Whether that matches the expectations of readers of the graphic novel is not my concern - - I am viewing the movie as a freestanding artwork.)

Yes, but YOU are the reader. There is no sound or emotion in words. YOU make the emotion. Do you not understand reading?

What are these word things you keep throwing at us?

intentionally low key? lol. how about just plain awful.

All the performances were stiff. Haley's performance even more so, the character was practically one dimensional. Patrick Wilson's is the poster child for limited range acting

Hmm, applies to all films he's been in, except for Hard Candy.

I understand it just fine. But thanks for the insult.

even more so in that movie.

Saw it again. Good parts were even better and not so good parts seemed even worse. Overall, sticking to the same grades.

Great stuff:

Opening credits
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Jackie Earle Haley
Backalley fight
Ozymandias' assassination attempt


Bad stuff:

Any scene with Wilson and Akerman together by their own. Very cringe-worthy
Laurie and Dr. Manhattan on Mars at the end

After a 3 week hiatus I'm back with a Watchmen review!

http://nevadasagebrush.com/blog/2009/03 ... -watchmen/

I'm definitely against most of the crowd here...

It read like more of a B review rather than a C+...

Finally saw Watchmen at a packed Tuesday night session.

Well I wasnt expecting much and ive never read the novel - but I kinda loved it. Well most of it anyway (it suffers a little in the last 30 mins).

Loved

The opening scene with the Comedian
The brilliant Minutemen opening credit sequence (just amazing) especially with "The times, they are a changin'" playing
Rorshach
The Comedian
The Prison Scenes
Dr Manhattan Origin scene (very well done)
Almost all the flashbacks
The overall style and visuals

Didnt care for:
The scenes on Mars
The end could have been better, but it was ok
SSII and NO II love connection

I had no problem with Akerman. She wasnt perfect but did a good enough job.

BTW - I wasnt fond of how easily NO found out the password - but Ramses in Greek is Ozymandius - hence the password connection.

Also I didnt realise Mars actually did have a smiley face crater. Nice cooincidence

Grade A/A-