Something Sacred

nobody@vox.com(Rich) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:37:51 -0700

Alan Moore

The Watchmen is my favorite comic story of all time. This is not a small statement to me. I have read a lot of comics in my life. There is a long list of comics I have loved. There are a lot of great comics out there. I will still say that Watchmen stands above them all.

I think that is why I am Dreading the Watchmen Movie. A friend of mine send me some Watchmen links including a link to Rorschach's Journal.(which vox will not let me link) I know that this excites other people, but I am not one of them.

There are so many reasons that the Watchmen is my favorite comic. The story is amazing, complex, both of the world and not of this world. It is everything that a comic should be and more. It is subtle, great, with action and meaning. It would take a long list for me to show you all the great things about this comic.

I just cannot see all of these great things getting into the movie. Even a three hour movie could not hold all of the great things about this comic. I do not see how you can do all the important story lines in two hours. I can see focusing on a few of the plot lines, but part of what makes this story great is how all the stories are connected.

A friend of me once said that there is no way that the second or third matrix movies could have been any good. In part they could never been as good as the ideas all the fans has in their heads. I might be having that problem. There is no way to bring this movie to the screen that would fit my standards. Even if someone makes a great movie, it might not live up to what I see in my head.

I would rather they not make a movie out of the Watchmen. I would have rather someone made a 12 episode show for HBO. I think on HBO this show could do a show without any compromise. The rape scene could still be in an HBO show. All of the Rorschach stuff could be in an HBO show. You could give every story the time it deserves. If it gets made as a movie that will never happen.

I will go to see the Watchmen movie. I will have to see it. I want to see how anyone could bring it to stange. I just don't see it being good enough for me. If If it is, I will swallow my words and say I was wrong. I just doubt that I will need to do that.

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The Departed

nobody@vox.com(Rich) — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:22:04 -0700

The Departed (Widescreen Edition)

I finally got around to watching the Departed. I downloaded it from Unbox a few weeks ago. I keep on putting it off because I knew I wanted to see it in one sitting.

It is an impressive movie. It has great actors, and great direction. I think the best thing Scorsese does here is let the actors act. The camera does not fly around like other Scorsese movies, but that fits this movie fine.

Jack Nicholson is really a sociopath in this movie. I am not a big fan of his, but he is perfect for this role. Everyone in the cast was just great.

After seeing the Departed I really want to see Infernal Affairs. The Departed ends like a Hong Kong police movie. I want to see how the movies are the same and how they are different.

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QotD: Never Seen It

nobody@vox.com(Rich) — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:24:27 -0800

What's the most famous movie you've never seen?
Submitted by Mike.

The Godfather. I even have it on DVD, but I have never watched it.

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