Watchmen: Too long. Too much filler

Hey CBM, maybe he meant 3.75 out of 10.

if there is no background on the characters how the [frick] will anybody know who they are...duh...good review dumbass

I.. wait... waht? Thats it?!?!

Too long? Too full of filler? Have you read the novel? I really don't think you have, otherwise you would agree that they had glossed over many details and the movie could actually afford a bit more length.

You made this Review with too much filler.

I thought Iron man sucked balls btw, this is one of the reviews that just sounds like he probably doesn't like intelligent movies, which just means he's not in a position to tell me whether I'll like it whatsoever.

drewthecool....you are a moron.

You have to read the novel before you can make that kind of judgement.

Sure watchmen has a some cool action in it, but it's mostly a PSYCHOLOGICAL comic

RE: pierce

"Every MOVIE should be idiot proof?" What? exqueeze me? Might as well decommission and destroy half the movies that are my favorites.

3 things you need to do

1 - Read the graphic novel

2 - Reevaluate what you've said here

3 - Slap yourself


repeat until you've learned the errors of your ways

"Every MOVIE should be idiot proof?"

I think you guys misunderstood what I tried to say there, or I wasn't clear enough. These comic book movies and adaptions of books, should be IDIOT PROOF, to a point. But, sometimes to can oversimplify or IDIOT PROOF too much.

I hate to keep using this example, but its a good one. Look no further then Sahara. Read that book, then watch the movie, you will see what I mean. They look all the good stuff from the book, and left it out. It could have been so much better, had they followed the book. They left out all the good stuff from the book. Kitty Mannock, the kiddnapping of Lincon and his Sec of War being the man behind the action, Linclon being put on the Texas and taken to Africa 4 days before his "assination", the slave mines in Tebezza, the UN Special Ops team that acctually helped to rescue the captors at the slave mines, then helped to defeat Kazim's army, and the worldwide extermination of every living thing if they could not find the contamination point. So in the book it was a tale of tring to save the world from extintion. Sure they focused on it in the movie, but it was so much better in the book. And the fact that Clive tried to take his name off it, should prove my point. He hated that the filmmakers IDIOT PROOFED it.

I agree we need stimulating and complex movies. Doesn't The Godfather fall into that category? Easily the best book or comic adaptation there will ever be. And that was IDIOT PROOFED alittle bit, they took out a few of the side plots, that could have confused people, and used them in the 2nd and 3rd film. But, these movies that they try to sell to the masses, need to be IDIOT PROOF. Even TDK was that way. It was complex and stimulating, but easy to follow. It also was excatly what they were selling us in the trailors and previews. A fun, fast paced, and action packed adventure.

Then you look at the movies that are not IDIOT PROOF. Memento, Usual Suspects, The Departed, The Good Sheppard, Big Fish... I can keep going. You know the difference between those, and these comic book movies? BUDGET! They are made for far less money, so they dont need to make the HUGE bucks. The comic book movies have HUGE budgets, and therefor, need to be HUGE at the B.O. So they need to appeal to the masses more then the smaller budget movies do. The studios are not in this business to have fun, they are here to make money.

To be honest, I like the comic book movies because he remind me of my childhood. But not one them would rank in my top 10 of favorite movies, for the simple fact that they are to simple. Im not saying they are not fun to watch, because they are, but they are what they are. Fun action films! When you start to expect more from action films you will be greatly disappointed.

Well if Watchmen is supposed to be this complex look at the human condition. Shouldn't they be selling it like that? Why are they selling it as an action packed adventure? If its a detective story, fine, sell it that way.

Do we really need movies to "understand human kind"? If you are learning about human kind from movies, then you are going to be greatly misinformed. The human condition in a movie, especially Watchmen, wont help us to better understand reality.

OMG you are a NUB!too much filler?if anything it didnt have enough!read the book before you make a review long-filler boy.