Watchmen Vs The Dark Knight

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Permalink Reply by Penny Dreadful on March 9, 2009 at 12:05pm

300 had eye candy tho lol

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Permalink Reply by ED on March 9, 2009 at 4:09pm

My friend told me 300 was better !

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Permalink Reply by Iron Man on March 9, 2009 at 4:11pm

So?

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Permalink Reply by ED on March 9, 2009 at 4:14pm

So.... He didn't like Watchmen and some how TDK he like iron man better than does two films !

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Permalink Reply by Iron Man on March 9, 2009 at 4:15pm

It's an opinion, everyone has one.

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Permalink Reply by ED on March 9, 2009 at 4:16pm

Thats what i'm saying.

Permalink Reply by Universal Guardian on March 9, 2009 at 5:37pm

For the ladies:), of course.

I loved 300, enjoyed the hell out of it.

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Permalink Reply by ED on March 8, 2009 at 11:20pm

Then which one did you like ?

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Permalink Reply by Iron Man on March 9, 2009 at 4:18pm

Then you should of said it then.

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Permalink Reply by The Eyeball Kid on March 8, 2009 at 11:58pm

I'm not particularly keen on either.

The Dark Knight works as a kind of distillation of the classic good guy vs bad guy formula involved in most superhero films. The Joker blatantly articulates this every chance he gets. The direction was extremely sloppy, but many have suggested it is intentionally to emphasize the themes of chaos permeating through the film. The implausibility of the plot felt at odds in many places with the photorealistic presentation of the film. I felt it kept getting extremely close to something substantial, but rarely achieved it. The film had no resolution, and succeeded only in setting up for a film that I can't imagine will satisfy anyone.

Watchmen considers the ethical and metaphysical implications of the very existence of superheroes, scrutinizing its protagonists' flaws. Rather than a photorealistic portrayal of an imaginary city, it presents an abstract depiction of the real world. Its biggest strength, its source material, is also its biggest weakness, because it is doomed to be judged against its original. It was far more deliberate than TDK, perhaps too deliberate. There was little sense of spontaneity in the film, which caused the characters (though better developed) to be less convincing. It had satisfactory resolution (great, in my opinion), but handled it so poorly that it lost the impact it deserved. The pacing was extremely awkward, which left large chunks of the film underwhelming. It's also important to keep in mind that the version in theaters is incomplete, so some of its biggest problems (i.e. no newsstand scenes) will likely be dealt with in its extended edition.


I have to vote Watchmen. Because it was born from a stronger concept, it left a stronger intellectual impression on me (though not nearly as strong as the comic). I underestimated this film, assuming Snyder's favoring style over substance would make it terrible. I seemed to have forgoten that the substance lies less with its execution than with the story itself. Plus the scene where Rorschach kills the dwarf had by far the best staging of any scene in either film.

In any case, they're both pretty mediocre when you get right down to it. I'll take Iron Man over either of them any day of the week.

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Permalink Reply by Doctor Lightning on March 11, 2009 at 2:14am

Ditto on Iron Man!

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Permalink Reply by Randy Flagg on March 9, 2009 at 12:02am

Watchmen comic wins. Watchmen movie loses. Not saying the movie was bad.

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