"Watchmen" as a movie?

[Victor]

Should "Watchmen" be produced as a movie? Can it?

[Soldier]

What is "Watchmen"?

[Inquartata]

Seconded....

[Zilverzmurfen]

Threeconded...

[mrbiggs]

Fourthded.

[AndrastVitesse]

fifthed (what is that?)

[ThatReallyHurt]

Hexed.....

[Zilverzmurfen]

0111-ed...

[Schiavona]

It's a comic book........er, a Graphic Novel

[Inquartata]

Well, if only 2 out of 8 people have even heard of it perhaps it is not ready for the big screen...

[AndrewH]

Well, if only 2 out of 8 people have even heard of it perhaps it is not ready for the big screen...

Not necessarily. I never heard of Sin City before I saw the movie, and I loved it.

[Victor]

Well, if only 2 out of 8 people have even heard of it perhaps it is not ready for the big screen...

Bad logic. More than a few sources lacked that same criteria, and yet they made it to the big screen just the same, some excellent and some not.

If anything, all it means is that no one on THIS board who's familiar with "Watchmen" has stumbled into this thread with an opinion to share.

Anyway ...

Comic book series. 1980s. A classic period piece and redefinition of the medium. Author, Alan Moore.

[KShan5[PrFC]]

Not necessarily. I never heard of Sin City before I saw the movie, and I loved it.

I didn't really like Sin City....as if you cared to know.

[howtobrew]

Ahh, I was thinking of The Lensmen by Doc Smith.

So, I have no clue what the Watchmen is about.

I .... liked Sin City. It had some nasty uncomfortable aspects to it, but the good guys won, and there were enough "funny" things in the stories to provide much appreciated comic relief to the tension in the segments. It was very comic bookish, some of the acting would be considered horrid if it were not supposed to BE a comic book (ie. I loved the whole Clive Owen bit).

I liked the style of the movie very much. Bruce Willis must be a reincarnation of Bogart...He is too good at this type of movie.

And the women were utterly gorgeous.

[Teme]

Should "Watchmen" be produced as a movie? Can it?

Are you perhaps referring to this? http://www.watchmenmovie.com/

[Victor]

That would be the comic book movie project of which I speak, yeah.

Nevermind. It was a hit-and-miss topic; if no one's got an opinion here, it's not a thread I'm going to struggle to develop.

[Elemental]

I would love to see Watchmen as a movie. In fact I would love to see most comics made into movies. The problem is could it be done well.

Over the last few years there have been some movies that have really raised the bar (spiderman, x-men, sin city) but there have been some that have really just sucked (punisher, elektra, league of extraordinary gentlemen)

They do have David Hayter writing the movie and that shows a lot of promise since he has helped to write some good comic book movies of late.

Side note: Filming has begun on both a Ghostrider movie and the new Superman movie

[Victor]

Thanks, El.
I love my comic book movies as much as the next nerd, but I don't have a good feeling about Watchmen making the transition. The full series is just too rich, too dense, to make it work (even as a multi-film series).

[achilleus]

It should not be made.

I can't think of a single Alan Moore comic that's made a good movie, with the possible exception of From Hell. Alan Moore has completely removed himself from any of the movie productions...
Yet still, this movie is being made.

Frank Miller, the creator of Sin City, did the same until offered complete control over Sin City's production. That movie, to me, proves that a literal translation isn't always a good thing.

I, for one, would rather see a good movie rather than a bad comic book movie. And it would be very, very difficult to make a good movie out of The Watchmen.

[Elemental]

I agree with Achilleus.

This is why I don't think I could ever support a "Dark Knight Returns" movie even though I have had several arguments with my friends as to who should play Batman.