Watchmen: An Ignorant Reviewer's Take
While I believe the Watchmen movie will NOT be very good (though I'm willing to be proven wrong), I hoped if nothing else that we moved beyond this type of ignorant review when covering anything comic book related. Kevin Maher of The Times heaps lavish praise upon Snyder's adaptation calling it "a mesmerising and brutalising experience, and will be, for some at least, more than worth the wait."
He also declares it "a movie that is reaching utterly beyond the confines of its genre." And then ends his piece with this patently incorrect statement: "But as the first attempt to make a truly post-adolescent comic book movie, Watchmen is, literally, peerless."
What confines? As writers like Alan Moore have proven time and time again, all types of stories--from action/adventure to historical to comedic and all in-between--can be told in the comics medium.
And post-adolescent comic book movies? Clearly, Mr. Maher has never seen or even heard of American Splendor or Ghost World. Two definitely "post-adolescent" comics that were made into creatively successful, mature films.
He also declares it "a movie that is reaching utterly beyond the confines of its genre." And then ends his piece with this patently incorrect statement: "But as the first attempt to make a truly post-adolescent comic book movie, Watchmen is, literally, peerless."
What confines? As writers like Alan Moore have proven time and time again, all types of stories--from action/adventure to historical to comedic and all in-between--can be told in the comics medium.
And post-adolescent comic book movies? Clearly, Mr. Maher has never seen or even heard of American Splendor or Ghost World. Two definitely "post-adolescent" comics that were made into creatively successful, mature films.
Labels: Kevin Maher
posted by Rick Klaw at
1:32 PM
1 Comments:
shhhh
dont tell him that road to perdition and a history of violence are also based on comics...as was 30 days of night
for some reason, gen reviewers still think comics are only the superhero genre.
which is why they all got wood over tdk...which i still believe is one of the most overrated comic book movies ever made.
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