Watchmen

[ara87]

Is it gonna be a decent film? I'm hearing lots of bad things about it, but maybe that's just from the people who have idolized the book who are afraid how the movie will turn out.

[One-Way]

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Where in the world have you heard bad things? It's been so long since I've seen a film get such positive reviews; both from critics and the general audience.

It's already clear that Watchmen is going to be a literal adaptation of the novel. I wasn't initially interested because I don't quite like the director, Zack Snyder, for his horrible excuse of a film, 300. However, after hearing so many people say he's doing a great job of literally adapting every image from the novel into film, I decided to buy the novel. I'm more than halfway through and can already see what people are talking about.

I haven't heard a single fan of the novel or critic say what they've seen so far -- images, trailers, TV spots -- is less than they hoped for.

[ara87]

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It's not exactly the same as the book, apparetly he felt adding a sublot about enviormentalism was eeded to help todays audience relate to the issues in the film

[One-Way]

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Actually, it is almost exactly like the book. I haven't been watching this film closely during production but Synder used the comic book images as storyboards during filming. As far as the subplot, I highly doubt that unless you're refering to the ending. The only thing changed from the book is the ending, which has also received extremely positive reviews. Of course, there will be the ocassional hater who points everything out. I'd say it's pretty faithful to the novel, though.

[TomServo]

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More dour super/antiheroes!

[Sako]

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I guess this movie won't get nominated either no matter how good it is...

[One-Way]

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Not a chance.

[Sako]

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I'm starting to get what you mean by Comic books not being nominated. There should be like a special Oscar(s) dedicated to these types of movies. What do you think?

[One-Way]

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I don't think that's a good idea.

That's not how the industry works, Saco. Sometimes people don't realize how nominations work and it's very simple. If you want to be considered for an Academy Award, it's completely in the hands of the studio.

First of all, the Academy usually considers films that are released at the fourth quarter of the year. So those who wish to be considered for Oscars tend to release their films during the months of October/November/December. This is why Revolutionary Road waited nearly a year to be released and why The Reader was rushed into theatres; unfortunently because of a certain producer, The Reader was only considered. Again, it's all business.

Second, during these months, studios will campain for consideration. The Academy doesn't come in and choose who they will nominate. The studio begins campaining with "For Your Consideration" posters/advertisements, for those they want to have nominated. For example, The Dark Knight campaining heavily for Best Picture; but for Best Supporting Actor, they didn't only put up Heath Ledger's name. They campained for Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, etc.

So in the end, it's not because Watchmen is being snubbed. In a sense, they don't want to or they already know they won't be nominated. To be honest, they have nothing going for them. Sure, it's the best comic book adaptation because it's so literal to the novel but that's all. There's nothing else that would garner an award. Releasing in March kills their chances and I think they just want it to be a big blockbuster hit.

[Sako]

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Thanks for the explanation. But this brings me to another question. If say a GREAT AG related movie came out, would it even be considered? Or would the judges say it's political and shun it off? That would suck real bad.