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Originally Posted by RFX45
Originally Posted by ElVaquero87
I've read the GN and I just don't see this movie being as good as people are expecting. Are they going to put in the pirate story? Are they going to fast forward through events? I remember reading that Alan Moore said he wrote the story to be unfilmable on purpose. This is one of the best books I have ever read and there is too much in it to fit into a 2 hour movie. And as a personal opinion, a "visionary" director isn't someone who chooses to use slow motion capture in scenes where others would not.
Well the movie is expected to be 2.5 hours at least and whatever unfilmable items are goign to release in animation form or other books I believe.
Snyder did 300 justice and page for page accurate when it comes to the comic book so I expect the same in this case.
The story is perfect as is and keeping true to that will make this movie great.
Nice Emoticons john23.
Watchmen will not be page-for-page accurate. Snyder has already stated that the film's conclusion has been changed.
Also, 300 and Watchmen are entirely different texts. 300 is action based, and relatively linear; Watchmen is thoroughly complex and driven by careful plot andcharacter development-- not fight sequences. To be honest, I think there are very few filmmakers who could pull Watchmen off, and, unfortunately, Snyderisn't one of them. While Snyder's techniques may have translated well to 300, I'm not sure how they will work in Watchmen and from what I'veseen of the film so far, this seems to be the case.