For me it was Guardians of the Galaxy. I had only seen The Avengers and liked it at the time, and I was hyped for this new weird space movie. But all I got was The Avengers in space and it sucked.
For me it was Guardians of the Galaxy. I had only seen The Avengers and liked it at the time, and I was hyped for this new weird space movie. But all I got was The Avengers in space and it sucked.
Genuine Q- I read and saw Watchmen and apart from squid I can't remember any differences. What do you think were the issues of his adaptation?
As an adaptation Watchmen is actually a good study in how subtext and framming can make a huge difference in execution. On the surface the screenplay follows the comic to a T (ending deviations aside) but when filtered through 'snyder-vision' it comes out reading very different.
The entire core them of Watchmen is to dissect and critique superheroes and show how they would be in the real world...but everything about how Zack Snyder approaches the cinematography, lighting, and choreography from fight scenes to even simple dialogue leans more into the hyper stylized comic book visuals of something like sin city. It'd be like if Full Metal Jacket was directed by an MCU director or something. Yeah there's action and even comedy.....but you're waaaaay off the mark. Basically a guarantee that Snyder thinks Rorschach is the hero of the story.
The Dark Knight and The Boys are both much better adaptations at least spiritually of Watchmen then anything Zack Snyder has been a part of.
that's interesting. So you're suggesting tone is the issue rather than anything Snyder and script added. I guess that's true. Rorschach did seem pretty cool to me when I first watched it. I can see what you mean but I think presenting the story mostly as is kinda prevents me from going too hard against the movie. But yeah his filmography post clearly shows he may not have fully 'gotten' what he was adapting.