Watchmen Trouble

Okay, after reading a bunch of superhero books, re-reading some old comics, replaying Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, and the new upcoming Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, I have been extremely interested in superheroes in general. After I had done some research, I realized I had done the impossible: I missed out on Watchmen (both the movie and graphic novels).

Now, here's the dilemna: My local library is not carrying any Watchmen books, and all the motion comics on iTunes, Live, and PSN seem a bit overpriced so I have been looking to the movie for some salvation. Just a few questions for the fans:

1. Was the movie pretty accurate to the graphic novel?

2. Should I go for the movie or book?

Oh yeah, I might add that I'm a big fan of anti-heroes so would I enjoy this?:

Based on what you said, you should like it.

Buy the book (trust me, you'll be going back to it alot). After you finished it, Rent the movie (blueray if you can). The film isn't as good or better than the book, but still good and you'll got alot more out of it if you read the book first.

Based on what you said, you should like it.

Buy the book (trust me, you'll be going back to it alot). After you finished it, Rent the movie (blueray if you can). The film isn't as good or better than the book, but still good and you'll got alot more out of it if you read the book first.

Lebbin

^this, yes you must read the book first otherwise a lot of stuff will be missing/ not making sense. awesome movie but book is way better

Don't you have a bookstore near your house? Go buy the graphic novel, read that and if you liked the book a ton watch the movie, but you could always skip the movie, it was good but nothing spectacular.Im_single

[QUOTE="Lebbin"]

Based on what you said, you should like it.

Buy the book (trust me, you'll be going back to it alot). After you finished it, Rent the movie (blueray if you can). The film isn't as good or better than the book, but still good and you'll got alot more out of it if you read the book first.

Anarchy4hire82

^this, yes you must read the book first otherwise a lot of stuff will be missing/ not making sense. awesome movie but book is way better

I thought the movie was very try to the book, I mean they can only do so much and they did A LOT in Watchmen. Its like the pages jumped on to the screen, looks fantastic on bluray too.

[QUOTE="Im_single"]Don't you have a bookstore near your house? Go buy the graphic novel, read that and if you liked the book a ton watch the movie, but you could always skip the movie, it was good but nothing spectacular.Lone_Recon

It's hard to believe Border's doesn't have it. I recommend waiting till you can read the book. Just stay as far away as possible from the motion comics. Not worth it.

1. Was the movie pretty accurate to the graphic novel?

2. Should I go for the movie or book?

3. Oh yeah, I might add that I'm a big fan of anti-heroes so would I enjoy this?:

Lone_Recon

1. NO! Goddamn piece of **** was a train wreck.

2. Book times a million. Never see the movie. If a friend ever asks if you'd like to watch it, politely decline and shoot him in the face.

3. Very much so. Even if you weren't, you'd have be mentally deprived not to enjoy Watchmen.

[QUOTE="Lone_Recon"][QUOTE="Im_single"]Don't you have a bookstore near your house? Go buy the graphic novel, read that and if you liked the book a ton watch the movie, but you could always skip the movie, it was good but nothing spectacular.Lebbin

It's hard to believe Border's doesn't have it. I recommend waiting till you can read the book. Just stay as far away as possible from the motion comics. Not worth it.

buy the book you wont be dissapointed, then see the movie while the movie is not as great as the book, i still love it. its an excellent companion piece to the book. i also cant wait for the 5-disk ultimate collector's eddition coming out in december

also i want to add that there are afew things i think the movie did better then the book.

i also liked the ending of the movie more

*raises flame sheild*

[QUOTE="Lebbin"]

[QUOTE="Lone_Recon"] Unfortunately, Borders didn't have it either...Sucks I know. I live in like the middle of nowhere so...Lone_Recon

It's hard to believe Border's doesn't have it. I recommend waiting till you can read the book. Just stay as far away as possible from the motion comics. Not worth it.

You should be able to order it through the store.

Well, I just checked up on my local borders, and they said they're going to order the book, and it'll take 1 week at the least.

Now here's my new question: Should I go ahead and watch the movie then read the book or vice versa?

[QUOTE="Lone_Recon"]

1. Was the movie pretty accurate to the graphic novel?

2. Should I go for the movie or book?

3. Oh yeah, I might add that I'm a big fan of anti-heroes so would I enjoy this?:

yabbicoke

1. NO! Goddamn piece of **** was a train wreck.

2. Book times a million. Never see the movie. If a friend ever asks if you'd like to watch it, politely decline and shoot him in the face.

3. Very much so. Even if you weren't, you'd have be mentally deprived not to enjoy Watchmen.

Well, I just checked up on my local borders, and they said they're going to order the book, and it'll take 1 week at the least.

Now here's my new question: Should I go ahead and watch the movie then read the book or vice versa?

Lone_Recon

Read the book first. Then rent the movie (Bluray if you can) There's an uncut versian, but both are the same in quality IMO

Well, I just checked up on my local borders, and they said they're going to order the book, and it'll take 1 week at the least.

Now here's my new question: Should I go ahead and watch the movie then read the book or vice versa?

Lone_Recon

read the book first, then watch the movie, and make sure you watch the director's cut

Well, I just checked up on my local borders, and they said they're going to order the book, and it'll take 1 week at the least.

Now here's my new question: Should I go ahead and watch the movie then read the book or vice versa?

Lone_Recon

Now here's my new question: Should I go ahead and watch the movie then read the book or vice versa?Lone_Recon

buy the book you wont be dissapointed, then see the movie while the movie is not as great as the book, i still love it. its an excellent companion piece to the book. i also cant wait for the 5-disk ultimate collector's eddition coming out in december

also i want to add that there are afew things i think the movie did better then the book.

i also liked the ending of the movie more

*raises flame sheild*

legend26

[QUOTE="legend26"]

buy the book you wont be dissapointed, then see the movie while the movie is not as great as the book, i still love it. its an excellent companion piece to the book. i also cant wait for the 5-disk ultimate collector's eddition coming out in december

also i want to add that there are afew things i think the movie did better then the book.

i also liked the ending of the movie more

*raises flame sheild*

Lockedge

Can you explain how that ending made any sense?[spoiler] Dr. M couldn't be killed, everyone knew that. Why would they bother joining forces to destroy an invincible man? [/spoiler]

Well, it made semi-sense.

[spoiler] Basically, Watchmen was already running incredibly long for a feature film. Did they have time to put in the scenes revolving around Ozymandias' island of test subjects where he was engineering that squid? If they didn't go into enough detail, it would have completely baffled any viewers unfamiliar with the source material, and going into too much detail would spoil the ending. So in that case, to make a feasible movie ending out of it, it required changing. The change from a squid to Dr manhattan-esque attacks gives it a rather easy explanation that can quickl tie into the story and make sense for the viewers, while keeping intact the same vibe that the book's ending gave. Sure, Dr M is invincible, but he was created by science, and if there's one thing I've learned about world leaders in the past, it's that they can be ambitious to an illogical degree (see: fight on terrorism...where countries declare war on an idea...as if it could be erased from existence). Does it mesh perfectly with Wacthmen's story? No, it leaves some holes here and there, but they're imperceptible to normal viewers and incredibly minor IMHO, and considering the fact that it has to be fit into a feature film's time constraints, and not a TV miniseries, I'll cut it some slack. The book's ending was very well though out, but really cheesy in the choice of a squid-like alien creature. The movie's ending makes much more sense for a movie audience and is more efficient with the movie's duration while keeping the same atmosphere about it. So yeah, it made sense for what was included in the movie. In the context of the book, it makes less sense than the original, but at the same time, the original ending would have been tough to implement in a movie. At least, that's my take on it. [/spoiler]