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Watchmen Vs The Dark Knight
As you people already watch Watchmen and The Dark Knight and these two films don't just rely on that old standby -- being "dark" and "edgy" -- they also take their subject matter into truly adult territory, not just in terms of sex and violence (as in Watchmen in particular) but also in theme. The superhero movie has grown up this past year, and it's Snyder and Christopher Nolan who we can thank for that.
So tell me which one is better and why ?
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So tell me which one is better and why ?
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Permalink Reply by supermanx1 on -
equal
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Permalink Reply by Spider John on -
'Dark Knight' (the comic) loses to 'Watchmen' (the comic) because 'Watchmen' is better written, more universal,and the comic has aged better than 'Dark Knight' remaining more relevant.
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'Dark Knight' (the movie) beats the ever-loving shit out of 'Watchmen' (the movie) because it just was better done. 'Wachmen' hit a good portion of the notes from the comic, sadly almost all of them were off-key, leaving the movie kind of flat. 'Dark Knight' made you feel like you were part of the movies world, 'Watchmen' was just looking into a world. all the subtle complexity has been stripped from the original story to make 'Watchmen' while 'Dark Knight' works on so many levels, it's just scary! Had they managed to make all that 'Watchmen' (the comic) into 'Watchmen' (the movie) then it would have been a better film than 'Dark Knight', but it just doesn't and isn't.
For the record, I didn't hate the film version of 'Watchmen', I thought it was okay, but to think for a second that that it is an equal or better film than 'Dark Knight' is to be as crazy as the Joker himself!
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Permalink Reply by Serj Spill's Octopus on -
Just the 70 years of Batman comics
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Permalink Reply by Spider John on
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I was referring to 'The Dark Knight Returns' by Frank Miller. Both GNs are usually lumped together and compared/contrasted because of when they came out and how they shifted the super-hero genre towards more complex story-lines and a more mature tone. I mention it for two reasons:
1. As crazy as Frank Miller is now, he still wrote the definitive Batman story. Everybody working on the Batman today (including Nolan) pulls from Miller's work either in 'TDK' or 'Batman:Year One'.
2. I was pointing out the fact that comic nerds for years have been debating 'TDK' vs 'Watchmen' and now years later movie nerds are debating movies with the same names and starring the same characters. It's kind of trippy when you think about it.
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Permalink Reply by Megatron rox on -
Why are people saying that Watchmen is slow? I thought there was plenty of action and that they actually zoomed through all the character flashbacks. Honestly, i wish it was even slower so we could understand the depth of the characters even more, the same way that the gn did
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Permalink Reply by ED on -
People are saying that Watchmen is slow because of the slow mo like in 300 !
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Permalink Reply by Megatron rox on
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Yeah the slo-mo was unessecary 3/4 of the time
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