The works of Alan Moore the journeyman always enmeshed in the world of cinema, though not always in a positive way. It must be said that those long-haired bearded man of great works are so deeply rooted in the nature of comic strips to make difficult any faithful transposition but retain, however, a variety of reading levels that, if well exploited, can help. In fact, all the thinking (or rather, saw the hallucinatory mind) that have always characterized the English author's work are supported by a well-structured and compelling storyline. Suffice then omit the first and concentrate fully on the second, to have a healthy product of pure entertainment - which ultimately does not hurt, if done right at least ...
be reckoned with but a hardcore fan who deny the work of the first variation (which, although on rare occasions, I join I also sadly), and the inability of the people who work behind. For my part, however, I can say I found very fighevole The true story of Jack the Ripper the Hughes brothers, very disappointing The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and annoying beyond all manner V for Vendetta. So I admit that after learning that Zack Snyder (director of the remake of Dawn of the Dead and 300) would have transposed his masterpiece, Watchmen on the big screen I sweated cold ...
Incredi but true, for once my catastrophic predictions have proved wrong.
Snyder's work has left me, unlike other fanboys of the original, extremely satisfied. Maybe because my expectations were so low as to make every thing done well is a success, but the film I was very polite, much more so many films out that year. Enough to buy at full price supercazzuta the double-disc edition on DVD and wait with anticipation the release of the director's cut - if it ever comes.
Eye, I'm not saying it's a masterpiece - even if it comes close. It 's a good movie despite its flaws. Snyder, a differnza Moore, can not be called a genius, but proves to be an excellent craftsman - sometimes more important thing - and he knew the source material. Each frame is artfully designed and supported by a photograph that leaves you flabbergasted in more scenes. Then, the film boasts a great story, very well maintained, while the reflections were cut and kept the essentials. That, however, are not few, so the film is more than just a film of pure entertainment, and its limits of which are perfectly conscious attempt to bring the viewer Shores higher.
But let's be clear ... Snyder, as he had demonstrated disappointing in 300, has a strong mind tamarro, and is therefore tamarri to lord it all for two and half hours of film. Perfectly choreographed fights, special effects to the nth degree, extreme violence and brand visual extremely gloomy. All the things they do enjoy every lover of comics and they make you jump for joy to the kids we were crunching popcorn all of us. Because, remember, as we strive to make educated and pippaioli cinephiles, film like any art form is born in its most popular, and it is this register which must pass in order to give his real message.
But we come to the party to many of you most interested ... differences with the comic. Yes, there are many, and it made me very happy. Personally, I hate movies that meet the basic material too, because I think a director should be given a personal vision of the thing. This is one reason that made me hate heart heart Sin City. Of course, in our case, the references to Watchmen paper there are, inevitably from a certain point of view, but many scenes have been added (see omics of Comedy at the beginning of the film), and the final has been totally changed. Yeah, the ending ... but it was a great loss. Yes, because in these works, not so much the importance as , but because . And all the questions that left the comic, are largely maintained even with this new ending.
If I criticize something, we want to do one of microscene end (the one who stands in the discovery of the mysterious final plan, and the actual end), and too politically correct to demand anything, far from the harrowing vision made by Moore . Other
attention should be given to the music. Unfortunately not the original ones by Tyler Bates, quite anonymous, but those apparenenti pop culture and not emphasizing the various scenes. Suffice it to quote The Time They Are 'A Changing by Bob Dylan in grandiloquent titles, The Sound Of Silence Art Garfunkel during the funeral of Comedy, gospel version of Jeff Buckley Alleluhja during the sex scene of the most insane story, or quote from Apocalypse now with Ride of Wagner's Valkyries , not counting the Rex belonging to Requiem by Mozart. The only drawback of the song My chemical romance in the credits, but you can not have it all.
also a pity for the dismal failure of the public here in Italy - just to camabiare - where the film was ignominiously malcagato in every front. But to contribute to the commercial flop of the work has also been its excessive cost, $ 130 million! Built on a total of 187 million. And, classical, the opposition to Moore on the film and the removal of his name in their titles.
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