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Jul 24
2008
06:40 PM ET
'Watchmen,' 'Terminator: Salvation,' or 'The Spirit': You may choose only one!
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Watchmen, even if it’s the one that worries me the most. I haven’t thought much of Zach Snyder as a director since some of his fairly homophobic remarks about his adaptation of 300 (arguably homophobic anyway–Alan Moore, Watchmen creator certainly thinks so), and the trialer looks too pretty, too CGI, too superhero-ey and th ecast too hot (Patrick Wilson even with a gut is hot) for the material which is meant to look shop worn. But I’m such a fan I won’t be able to not see it and hope for the best.
Close second is Spirit–the original comics by Will Eisner (the first “adult adventure comics?”) being a huge influence on Alan Moore anyway. My prob is Frank Miller in updating the era and changing the color scheme seems to be making Sin City 2 which The Spirit, while an influence on Sin, definetly isn’t…
Terminator. meh. Even Christian Bale has me not even remotely interested.
Watchmen. Easily. Snyder is awesome.
The Spirit looks like a rip off of SIn City, and has a craptastic cast.
Terminator is being made by the same guy who did Charlie’s Angels. ’nuff said.
of the three, definitely Watchmen. I may even go see it in the theater. The spirit looks like sin city, and I really didn’t care for sin city. I’ll catch that one on cable. And anything with Christian Bale makes me happy. But how long are they going to go on with Terminator? I’m getting Terminator-ed out, with the tv show and all. Will def catch that on cable
Ya gotta go Terminator here…Bale is perfect for the Kickass leader here and theres nothing like an apacolyptic movie with man kind agaisnt robots…Terminator all the way!
Hmm, I ust finished re-reading Watchmen, so that may have influenced my vote, but I’m going to say it. Snyder said he’d be faithful to the novel, so that’s what I’m counting on. Me and my friend both saw the trailer, and he was said “That movie looks like it’s just lights and noise.” I almost slapped him in the face, but I decided to end him my copy. A few days later, he said “Dude, this is the coolest thing ever. That movie will rock.” So, original comic story + Snyder’s faithfulness + Cool visuals= Watchmen, for the win.
As for Terminator and Spirit, I can’t think of which one I want to see more. I don’t really no that much about the Spirit, other than what my friends have told me. I guess I want to see Terminator more.
Who watches the Watchmen? Me.
I love Christian Bale’s work, as he seems to be a consummate artist/actor. But Terminator has been played to death now. Plus, since James Cameron is no longer involved with it, the story has gone way off the rails, just so the studio can figure ways to extend the franchise.
The Spirit looks like a damn good adaption of the comic book, even with the sometimes jarring and experimental “comicbookesque” approach to it’s look.
But the one preview that really sent chills up my spine is The Watchmen! Many years ago, one of my friends insisted I need to read The Watchmen. I never got around to it, but have a second opportunity to do so and will read it before I go see the film.
Few films change or inspire the way I feel about going to the theater (the cinema being my cathedral) to see a movie. The Watchmen is the only one of these three that I insist on seeing on the big screen!
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