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This is a masterpiiece! I am wondering why others don't feel the same way?

posted 5 months ago by JohnBraun604 (340)
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In my opinion, this has always been an incredible masterpiece.

First off, I could not really read the entire comic book on my own in my youth- it was too different, too complex and weird to make it though. Hard to imagine but that was how I felt. In my immature and child mind, I could not fathom this universe. I just wanted more Superman and Batman and did not get the mashup.

It was not until Zack Snyder's amazing film, I could unravel and understand the wondrous complexity and writing and now after subsequent iterations (tv show and now animated movie) after iterations, NOTHING has come close to Zack Snynder's masterpiece.

I don't get why his other films like Justice League are nowhere near the calibre of Watchmen, but this is one of the best comic book movies ever made.

[–] Lord Rake (4509) 5 months ago

Yes, it has taken a long time for people to realize that Watchmen is great. Many complained about the alien squid thing not being included but the overall point of the ending was the exact same just a different method, and it actually made more sense. I dont think there is a dull scene in the entire film, maybe the sex in the moonlight but it was in the novel and is one of the character's quirks. Snyder simply made the story sleek and a visual masterpiece whereas the novel didnt have the means to do so.

Man of Steel was good but I think it's hard to make Batman into a team-up superhero without shit getting goofy. And Snyder thinks "rightly so" that he might not get another chance to do another superhero movie on every film. So he crams so much shit into the film he is making that there is no time to flesh out a good story and suddenly doomsday is getting a 6 minute cameo. Or he's mashing great storylines together that deserve entire standalone films.

[–] Razorcandies (100) 4 months ago

It's not the same. Rorschach's death is seen by Nite Owl just so he can run back inside and scream at Ozzy "You are a bad guy!!!" That isn't in the book. Rorashch just dies with nobody watching.

The point of the book is that Ozzy and Rorashch both have different perspectives on good. Rorashch believes in not comprising his principles even to death. Ozzy believes lying and manipulation is necessary to establish peace.

The movie basically just comes out and says Ozzy was evil.

[–] DoctorThirteen (14636) 5 months ago

I'm a big fan of this movie.

[–] Sparky (2660) 5 months ago

Agreed- it may be the best of the superhero movies, for me along with "Unbreakable".

[–] [deleted] 5 months ago

It's one of the best comic book movies of all time.

[–] JohnBraun604 (340) 5 months ago

Yes it is!

[–] Seperatrix (1308) 4 months ago

Took me two or three viewings, but I eventually came to appreciate this one.

[–] JohnBraun604 (340) 4 months ago

Me too actually. It is a wondrous movie IMHO with so many great moments and visuals. Snyder's best work by far.