Random watches the Watchmen (along with everything else)
A friend just sent me this, which explains the credit meltdown and economic trainwreck succinctly and understandably. I like it very much and came away feeling both informed and like I need very many green-tinted icons.
Yes, Watchmen was a long movie--but it didn't feel like it. It came out pretty well, too. The fight scenes were really well-shot, the flow was as good as it could be while working within the bounds of the source material, and Rorschach is still made of vertically-challenged insane redheaded awesomeness. The guy who played him was spot-on, even if some of his more poignant lines were trimmed.
(That's why we have Alan Moore and Youtube.)
Also: The sex scene wasn't that long, I swear. Underworld's was both longer and more lol-worthy, with its pretending we didn't notice that the guy was completely not aroused by the entire process. Overall, Watchmen's sheer volume of naked men to naked Laurie was . . . actually, pretty refreshing. And I don't see why people keep bitching about Dr. Manhattan's dangling blue bits. It's somehow okay if it's women running around in itty bitty latex auto-wedgies or selling us stuff (women's breasts draped across every billboard, every display, littering the sidewalk) but when a guy just starts wandering around naked people freak out. I don't get it. :P
Yes, Watchmen was a long movie--but it didn't feel like it. It came out pretty well, too. The fight scenes were really well-shot, the flow was as good as it could be while working within the bounds of the source material, and Rorschach is still made of vertically-challenged insane redheaded awesomeness. The guy who played him was spot-on, even if some of his more poignant lines were trimmed.
(That's why we have Alan Moore and Youtube.)
Also: The sex scene wasn't that long, I swear. Underworld's was both longer and more lol-worthy, with its pretending we didn't notice that the guy was completely not aroused by the entire process. Overall, Watchmen's sheer volume of naked men to naked Laurie was . . . actually, pretty refreshing. And I don't see why people keep bitching about Dr. Manhattan's dangling blue bits. It's somehow okay if it's women running around in itty bitty latex auto-wedgies or selling us stuff (women's breasts draped across every billboard, every display, littering the sidewalk) but when a guy just starts wandering around naked people freak out. I don't get it. :P