What film did you watch last night?

Watchmen - Ultimate Cut: 3.5 hours long with Tales From The Black Freighter animated mini-film interspersed throughout the film. - no score, just brilliant/10

I know both Snyder and this movie are immediately divisive but I still stand by the opinion that this is one of the better comic adaptions on screen. It's faithful in most part to the comic series apart from a huge change at the end that is better in the movie.

The visuals are great, still looking mostly good today, a few little bits here and there I picked up on where the CGI hasn't aged well. The soundtrack is also something special, ditching typical score in the most part for classic songs from 60's/70's/80's.

If you've not watched it, i'd say give it a go, keep an open mind, ditch the immediate Snyder-hate, this and 300 were showing signs of a pretty good director before he went mainstream DC. We won't talk about Sucker Punch.
 
SixTwoSix said:
Watchmen - Ultimate Cut: 3.5 hours long with Tales From The Black Freighter animated mini-film interspersed throughout the film. - no score, just brilliant/10

I know both Snyder and this movie are immediately divisive but I still stand by the opinion that this is one of the better comic adaptions on screen. It's faithful in most part to the comic series apart from a huge change at the end that is better in the movie.

The visuals are great, still looking mostly good today, a few little bits here and there I picked up on where the CGI hasn't aged well. The soundtrack is also something special, ditching typical score in the most part for classic songs from 60's/70's/80's.

If you've not watched it, i'd say give it a go, keep an open mind, ditch the immediate Snyder-hate, this and 300 were showing signs of a pretty good director before he went mainstream DC. We won't talk about Sucker Punch.
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For me this is a very underrated film. I wonder how much of it is down to Moore's negativity and his hard core fan base just agreeing with him.

I bought the 4k version for £4.99 on my Apple TV 4k. Will be watching it over Xmas.
 
Yeah, l liked Watchmen despite it being a slow burn. Never read the comics either so no idea if it's faithful or not :D

Don't think I've seen the Ultimate Cut so add it to the ever growing pile of things to watch.
 
neoboy said:
Yeah, l liked Watchmen despite it being a slow burn. Never read the comics either so no idea if it's faithful or not :D

Don't think I've seen the Ultimate Cut so add it to the ever growing pile of things to watch.
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It's very faithful to the comic with pretty much only the one change at the end. Like Synder's "300", the comic is pretty much used as a storyboard and the scenes are copied verbatim. Indeed, I think the Director's Cut suffers from it, because putting the "comic within a comic" into the film breaks up and slows down the narrative and pace. The cut where it was left as a separate extra on the DVD leaves the main story to proceed without interruptions.

I also think it's a very underrated movie, that's a 99 percent faithful adaptation to the characters, story, and look of the original source material. It's probably so good because it doesn't mess about with everything the way that Hollywood directors always want to, and sticks to the things that made the original comic so good.
 
Steampunk said:
It's very faithful to the comic with pretty much only the one change at the end. Like Synder's "300", the comic is pretty much used as a storyboard and the scenes are copied verbatim. Indeed, I think the Director's Cut suffers from it, because putting the "comic within a comic" into the film breaks up and slows down the narrative and pace. The cut where it was left as a separate extra on the DVD leaves the main story to proceed without interruptions.

I also think it's a very underrated movie, that's a 99 percent faithful adaptation to the characters, story, and look of the original source material. It's probably so good because it doesn't mess about with everything the way that Hollywood directors always want to, and sticks to the things that made the original comic so good.
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Definitely agree that the animated scenes break the momentum but having watched the normal version about 5 times now, was just a nice change. Plus it's a decent use of parallel story telling that isn't really apparent until the Black Freighter tale finishes.
 
Irishman. Enjoyed the story, cinemography, dialogue, and acting. Felt like Scorcese saying good bye to these actors which added to the sadness of the story. The digital deageing didn't annoy me but I can understand how it may not sit well with others. 8/10
 
Rogue one 7.5/10
Second time I have watched it and the only Disney star wars I have bothered watching a second time. So far and away the best of the bunch. Amazes me they didn't go with Gareth Edwards for the last jedi as he actually seems to understand star wars and it's universe.
 
rubberduck said:
Irishman. Enjoyed the story, cinemography, dialogue, and acting. Felt like Scorcese saying good bye to these actors which added to the sadness of the story. The digital deageing didn't annoy me but I can understand how it may not sit well with others. 8/10
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I just watched this also, very decent and kept me glued for the full 3 and 1/2 hours or whatever it was on for.
 
Second film tonight was
Parasite 8.5/10 South Korean . Typical poor people do good film with the usual wtf twists.
 
I watched 6 Underground as well. Agree with the above 5/10. The movie looked good but as with most Michael Bay films was all over the place. None of the characters were particularly memorable (although did appreciate certain shots of the female characters!). Some good action sequences (Magnet's being a highlight) but overall felt poorly edited.
 
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