Comments on: ‘Watchmen’ Premieres In The UK

By: Cassie

Cassie — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:46:49 +0000

@Iambman – I agree, V for Vendetta was a cool movie, but yes, totally different from the book. (ie – the sudden love story between the two main characters! So unecessary!)

@ Traci – you’re right! Adaptations are always funny…sometimes they’re very true to the source material and as such, might make the purists happy but hold up the film for a movie audience. Certain things always need to be cut when making an adaptation. I guess it just depends on what exactly gets cut…

I suppose what makes this such a sore subject for many is that this is such an important book, and has been for such a long time (for those that have loved it for a long time) that it’s hard to let go and see how someone will interpret it. Truly, we can speculate on here all we want, but we won’t really know until the 6th!!

By: newsgrrl

newsgrrl — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:25:38 +0000

Agree with kate – Moore doesn’t want to have anything to do with movies – he did the same thing with V…

By: AmyM

AmyM — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:49:02 +0000

CGI P33N!?! whaaaaaaaaaaaa? holy crap, i can’t wait!

By: Traci

Traci — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:42:56 +0000

Argh, I hate to triple post, but I just read Wil Wheaton reviewing it on his blog, and he said it is effing awesome.
He also said this, which I thought was a great way of putting a lot of the criticism about adaptations:
“Ultra-purists who are just determined to pick it apart will be able to find some things to be upset about, but I don’t know why they’re even bothering to see it, to be honest.”
<3 Wesley Crusher.

By: Traci

Traci — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:13:21 +0000

Grah, hit submit before I finished!
I was going to add that sometimes the changes to a story make the film move along better, and sometimes they are terrible, and you can’t fathom why it was done (from what I gather LoEG is in that category).

By: Traci

Traci — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:11:46 +0000

If I remember correctly, he just doesn’t want anything to do with films based on his writing, no matter how good or bad it turns out.
I did a bit of searching, and he’s apparently been against it since waaaay before Snyder came on board, even before LoEG. In 2001 he told Entertainment Weekly it was unfilmable, which people said about Lord of the Rings, and look how that turned out!
And while it sucks knowing the ending was changed, I’ve only gotten halfway through the book, and know I won’t get any further before the film comes out.
Besides, every film adaptation differs somewhat from the source material.

By: JG

JG — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:06:24 +0000

SPOILER ALERT

What I read about the ending was that the “alien attack” that happens in NYC will be changed to something more global like multiple bombs going off at the same time all over the world.

By: kate

kate — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:48:17 +0000

@Cassie- Oh goodness no I don’t blame him at all. As much as I liked V FOR VENDETTA the movie, it was a completely different story from the book. And LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, well….

From what I’ve heard is that the end has some changes, but the point is still loud and clear. So it’s not the best outcome, but it could have been much worse.

By: lambman

lambman — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:45:31 +0000

Cassie – I thought V for Vendetta was an excellent adaptation! League of Extrprdinary Gentleman on the otherhand was a mess

I am also rushing to finish the novel 3 chapters left I will be done with it by Friday, soooooooooooooooo good

By: Cassie

Cassie — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:46:04 +0000

@Kate – yeah, Alan Moore never wants anything to do with movies of his stuff, but can you blame him? Every movie that has been based on his stuff (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, V for Vendetta) has completely missed the points he was trying to make in his writing. I would imagine I would get really annoyed with my work being misrepresented too.

Still, I will be interested in seeing this story on the screen. Will Snyder manage to get across all the sublte points and nuances that made the book so great? Probably not. He’s a great director, but I think this story will be hard to truly portray onscreen. I guess we’ll see…

I just hope there isn’t any truth to the persisten rumour of a change to the ending. If he did significantly change the ending, then the point of the story will truly be lost. Here’s hoping it’s only a rumour!

By: Chase

Chase — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:40:51 +0000

This movie seems so odd to me! I don’t know why, either. I mean, it looks interesting but I think it won’t be a huge blockbuster hit like The Dark Knight nor necessarily be a flop, either. It’ll definitely merge somewhere in-between.

By: kate

kate — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:07:57 +0000

I wouldn’t worry too much about Alan Moore’s opinion of the movie, Trent. He doesn’t want anything to do with any adaptations of his books and comics. I love the man, he’s a genius, but he’s also notoriously stubborn when it comes to his stories. Dave Gibbons has vocalized his support for the movie. I for one am very excited to see this.