Who Watches the Critics? The Critic Response Thread

[Seditionary]

Rorschach prison is pretty much all there, the only casualty is his relationship with his dr. The secretary doesn't have many lines. she also gets shot in a different place in the film. And yeah, he shoots the Vietnamese chick. that scene is almost completely the same.

What flashbacks are you talking about?

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

do they talk about rorschach refusing to stop being a costumed vigilante and sending a message to the police by tossing a guy off the building?

 

[Gilpesh]

Does Rorschach come off as a hero?

 

[Kane52630]

Does Rorschach come off as a hero?

depends on what you think of Rorschach
for me hes a hero

 

[Gilpesh]

depends on what you think of Rorschach
for me hes a hero

I was asking the guy who had seen it... hoping that Snyder at least understood that Rorschach is no hero.

 

[Octoberist]

Rorschach prison is pretty much all there, the only casualty is his relationship with his dr. The secretary doesn't have many lines. she also gets shot in a different place in the film. And yeah, he shoots the Vietnamese chick. that scene is almost completely the same.

What flashbacks are you talking about?

I feel bad for the secretary. I also feel bad for the female protester who gets PUNCHED by the Comedian!

 

[[A]]

^ hey, that could've been in self defense

 

[Drizzle]

This is a really specific question for those of you who have seen the film, so please bear with me. And it's not really a spoiler, so I'm not putting it in tags.

In the beginning, when Dan and Laurie are having dinner, do they talk about the guy pretending to be a supervillain who wanted them to beat him up and Rorschach throwing him down an elevator shaft?

It was one of my favorite lines of the book, and I just wanted to know if it was kept in there.

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

ohhh great question drizzle!!!
i wanna know that as well!!!

 

[Kane52630]

if they showed how it happen, it would be awesome

 

[The Guard]

Captain Carnage? Pretty sure that will be in. It's a major moment in the script, every version so far.

 

[Seditionary]

I think that Rorschach is definitely no hero in the film. His "origin" is changed as to where you see him do something really harsh I think alittle more abrupt and less thought out than he does in the book. I think dumbasses are going to see the movie and think Rorschach is an action hero, and think hes being badass. I think that people don't understand going that far is sick, and they just see it as a sort of punisher war zone sort of way...they don't connect to the next phase or reasoning it into their world or their lives.

Theres no rorschach straight up refusing to retire..but he learly states hes "not in prison yet" and that dan "quit."

 

[Seditionary]

This is a really specific question for those of you who have seen the film, so please bear with me. And it's not really a spoiler, so I'm not putting it in tags.

In the beginning, when Dan and Laurie are having dinner, do they talk about the guy pretending to be a supervillain who wanted them to beat him up and Rorschach throwing him down an elevator shaft?

It was one of my favorite lines of the book, and I just wanted to know if it was kept in there.

Hell yeah its in there. It's my favorite scene with laurie and dan to be honest. The last line of that conversation is spread out a bit though.

 

[Crimson Warrior]

For does who have seen the film..Does Veidt talk about consuming any hash? ...i had to ask

 

[Octoberist]

Seditionary, how was the music score? Did it sound 80s? Lots of synths?

Also, does the DC logo in the begining have snippets of the Watchmen panels (Like how the logo has images from Batman and Superman for their movies?)

 

[Seditionary]

For does who have seen the film..Does Veidt talk about consuming any hash? ...i had to ask

haha..no i dont think so.

 

[Octoberist]

Seditionary, how was the music score? Did it sound 80s? Lots of synths?

Also, does the DC logo in the begining have snippets of the Watchmen panels (Like how the logo has images from Batman and Superman for their movies?)

 

[Seditionary]

Seditionary, how was the music score? Did it sound 80s? Lots of synths?

Also, does the DC logo in the begining have snippets of the Watchmen panels (Like how the logo has images from Batman and Superman for their movies?)

The original score, you will recognize from some trailers and the official website..it gets dark at times and it gets pretty strange at times. Its very much like the story, theres high and low points. I wouldnt say it was very 80s. the songs he picks to put in it that are not original scores are like spanning the time period the story covers.

and the dc logo is very plain...no panels. Very very plain, yellow, and silent. grabs you by the balls.

 

[Crimson Warrior]

Does Rorshach/DAN confront Bubastis in anyway?

 

[-Arya-]

Seditionary, I asked this question on the previous page but it mustve been looked over since its pretty specific.


During the flashback scene with Jon in the chamber, does he say, "The Light is taking me to pieces"?

 

[marcvader]

Considering some reviewers have stated that the film felt truncated or choppy, do you think that the moviegoers that have not read the book will feel the same way? Did the you feel like you were in the theater for as long as you were and could you have sat through the full running time of the dc?

 

[Seditionary]

Bubastis is very absent from the film. no explanation for what she is. very much a cameo much like the bernies.

Seditionary, I asked this question on the previous page but it mustve been looked over since its pretty specific.


During the flashback scene with Jon in the chamber, does he say, "The Light is taking me to pieces"?

I honestly cannot remember right now, maybe spyder can remember. I was very taken back by the actual scene where it didnt occur to me to listen for it. I can tell you that the scene is very powerful and intense regardless.

 

[Seditionary]

Considering some reviewers have stated that the film felt truncated or choppy, do you think that the moviegoers that have not read the book will feel the same way? Did the you feel like you were in the theater for as long as you were and could you have sat through the full running time of the dc?

The movie DOES NOT seem like 2 and a half hours. I also don't feel it feels choppy at all...maybe episodic at points...overall not a problem for me. The dark knight is my favorite movie ever, and it even seems a bit long to me at times...maybe cause I've seen it so many times...thats a different story. I know i was completely taken with this film and it had my complete attention and anticipation.

I have no idea how to gauge how normal people will feel about this. Know this though, since Snyder cut a lot of the gigantic mass out of the graphic novel in order to capture the main story of each character and the overall main plot I think it is very easy to grasp much of the watchmen that we all know and love. and I think thats a good thing about this film. If people go out and by the novel after, thats even better...because they will be rewarded with all this other knowledge they previously didnt know with the basic knowledge they do have.

 

[Octoberist]

how did Bubastis look by the way? Does she look real?

 

[Seditionary]

how did Bubastis look by the way? Does she look real?

I felt she seemed a bit computer generated on this little screen I saw her on. But that might just be because it doesn't actually exist in the real world... and the screen was very small sort of thing. I was also told that sometimes at the showings I saw it might not be the actual completed version of the film.