Comments on: Who Watches the Watchmen?

By: Rorschach115

Rorschach115 — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:26:10 +0000

The Dark Knight was one of the films that was even more epic than its mega epic trailer. The trailer even won an award.

By: HEV Bucket

HEV Bucket — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:06:34 +0000

And now we just wait for the purchase brothers to finish their rendition of Half Life and life would be perfect. (because we all miss Dr. Freeman)

By: angeloftheafterlife

angeloftheafterlife — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:44:32 +0000

i too have noticed that the trailers can sometimes be better than the actual movie

By: Rorschach115

Rorschach115 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:21:55 +0000

I recently read Watchmen and I’ve become a huge fanboy, as you can tell by my username. I’m quite excited anout the upcoming film, since its the reason I read the graphic novel. I do have faith in Zack Snyder, although the recent mixed reviews that film has been getting from its premiere do worry me a bit. The score on metacritic also doesn’t comfort me much, but time will have to tell. BTW, its great to be part The Leet World community now. I’ve been watching your films since nealry the beginning of last year and I just want to tell you that you guys are awesome.

By: endplanets

endplanets — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:49:34 +0000

If anyone say Stuart Little they will remember that the trailer was better than the film, because the film straight out lied. Scenes viewed in the trailer were shown in the film, during the credits as a “what life was like latter”.
Kung Pow enter the fist did the same thing with cool scences from the trailers being seen a hypothetical sequel. But Kung Pow was awsome so I forgive it.

Speaking of trailers, who loves it when other shows are played with the trailer as the sound. (See Narutrix, or a ton of 300 examples)

I have not been to the movies in a long time so I probably will not see the film, even though it looks kick ass.

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:44:44 +0000

Got to say, I really don’t feel Garden State should be on that list.

The trailer was good, but the film itself was just fantastic. I would agree the trailer set high expectations, but personally I disagree if you think the film failed to meet them.

Well, part of our discussion was that even good movies can have trailers better than the final result. I think the Garden State teaser boils down some of the best moments of the movie and uses that amazing song to make something that stands alone just because of its atmosphere and stylistic touches.

Also, I think I’m the only one of our little group that actually likes the movie, probably because I saw it before every single hipster/film student decided it was the best movie ever and raved about it incessantly.

I’m actually kind of wondering when Zach Braff will get around to making another movie, especially now that Scrubs has wrapped shooting and his commitment to the show is complete.

By: Reg

Reg — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:52:31 +0000

Got to say, I really don’t feel Garden State should be on that list.

The trailer was good, but the film itself was just fantastic. I would agree the trailer set high expectations, but personally I disagree if you think the film failed to meet them.

By: Ragepyro

Ragepyro — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:35:28 +0000

Still, once it got to that action, they exploited every joke in the film and made it one of the best action sequences ever…even though it’s a comedy.

Also, I read Watchmen as it was in our school library, but I had no idea of the history behind it until I looked it up on wikipedia, so I still need to buy it.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:01:05 +0000

Trogador, while I still really enjoyed Hot Fuzz, you’re totally right about the trailers. I didn’t mind the movie I ended up seeing in the slightest, but the previews really did paint a different picture. Most of the action didn’t happen until the final 10 minutes.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:24:53 +0000

Wish we could have seen David Hayter’s version. Ah well, maybe he’ll write the Metal Gear movie.

I’ve already got my tickets for this Friday. Of all the graphic novels in the world, this is probably the most tricky to translate onto the silver screen, so I’m excited to see what Mr. 300 has managed to pull off.