All Change.../ 'Watchmen' review

So the blog gets a new name, I have a new job, and I deliver a promise to deal more niceties and less expletives towards the general public on a more regular occasion...

Todays Ravings:- Watchmen

Right, so I have read the Original Series, but had not memorized it, nor re-named my children appropriate monikers from the several characters....How does the tale of the 'Big Blue Pipe' fare on the big screen?

A deserved 'meh'.

Begining very pointedly, with a great use of opening sequence to get a lot of exposition dealt with, Watchmen is brave and full of ambition for trying to capture one of the most dense works in Comic History, and also, we need to remember, that almost consistently deals with its 'heroes' with a dour and vindictive hatred. Moore never liked these people, he only sees their flaws, never their potential.The film makes sure you never get the chance to either.

In ambition and scope, we have the films only saving graces. Hard to swallow, difficult to align with anyones emotional state, and badly structured, director Snyder has managed certain parts well (Rorschach being intact is one, but even still that is mostly down to Jackie Hayley for his thrilling out of mask performance). However, lines/whole passages of Moore's fantastic dialogue are thrown away by a combination of bad, mumbly acting,being overpowered by a very loud sound effect/poorly chose song, or simply that the piece of prose is trying to get out of the way of the next large explosion or blue naked appendage.

My biggest complaint...? The Watchmen here are treated like heroes..in the book, the action set pieces had the dialogue to counteract the heroic actions, reminding that these people were only ever 'heroes' by their own beliefs/necessities, not anyone else's.... So we get the cool looking, slowed down action sequences of people doing amazing things in flash rubber costumes. Which is what the source is trying to rally against.

A failed experiment (possibly from the start), the film is not horrifically bad, as some have burnt into it already (how quickly we all forget 'Ghost Rider'!), but it's soon to be released over 4 hour re-cut can only add to it's already uneven pacing, and Bargain Bin destination.

JK

Me and my Couch...

A quick Blog note on the happy relationship that a man can have with his Couch, and the many ways complete friendships can be ruined by sitting incorrectly, or even worse, letting a particularly spicy curry/chili come between you and your sitting utensil....

or just something for me to write up, as I am so very bored with this unemployment game.... We are both well, and sticking our heads firmly in the ground for fear of having to look at bank account balances. Their have been small things to keep us busy; Surprise 30th birthdays for mates here, playing soccer in the evenings (that was amusing to watch) and stealing as many TV shows as possible from D'Internets...and then not watching them.

So as not to have completely wasted all your individual times with some slap-flappery, please let me present the funniest thing I have seen in ages....


Here Cookie Fun!!

Bye Bye..

J