Fox Relinquishes Back ‘Watchmen’

I don’t want this to happen, but if this movie bombs and is terrible, I’ll have no choice but to laugh at this lawsuit. two children fighting over a turd.

Remember kids: Zack Snyder’s other director credits include a remake of Dawn Of The Dead, a Michael Jordan VHS tape, some Circuit City commercials, and a Morrisey music video. Not to say he can’t make this a good movie, I’m just saying the bar for Watchmen has been raised to a level he has not yet shown he can perform.

Larry Gordon has the Hellboy movies, Event Horizon, and the Predator movies (to name a few) under his production belt.

And look how he screwed up on this.

Oh wait……that’s not encouraging at all, is it?

You didn’t like 300?

What is a director anyway? Seems to me like relative unknowns can come from out of nowhere and deliver awesome cinema, while at the same time established greats can serve up real stinkers. In the end it all comes down to audience perception.

If a movie’s popular? Huh, the director must be a genius.

This lawsuit was a complete non-event. The movie is all but complete, there’s no way it wasn’t going to make its release.

I enjoyed 300. It wasn’t gripping cinema on a general standard, but it was certainly a piece of visual art. Snyder somehow managed to recreate a comic book by the use of intermittent slow-mo — which in the era of shakey-cam action scenes (*cough*Bourne*cough*) is very welcome. I actually like SEEING what’s going on! Freezing on a particularly awesome moment? Even better. It seemed from that trailer that he will continue this style.

Artistry itself does not a good movie make, but it is present in full force. I can say for sure the film will be good eye candy.

One can dislike 300, but its success cannot be discounted, especially as was probably the reason Snyder got the Watchmen gig (even if it’s the only viable credit on his resume).

The thing that gives me hope? Despite reports that the ending differs from the comic, Snyder’s entire thrust was recreating the movie as a film — not trying to adapt it to the modern day or any of the other BS Hollywood changes that could have gotten through with another director.

Yeah I think there is something to be said about how close a match 300 was to the graphic novel. Depth of story that some seem to complain about is entirely on the graphic novel’s shoulders. He is now trying to do another match to another graphic novel. This was one has a much deeper story. I think this will be good.

I’m very cynical about adaptations these days. I can count on one hand the amount of good movies made based on graphic novels/books/comics/video games within the past 5 years.

Didn’t Dark Knight draw VERY heavily from graphic novel sources? That’s why it was up for “screenplay adaptation” awards instead of straight-up original screenplay.

I omitted 300 from Snyder’s resume because I was trying to portray a worst case scenario. I already reviewed it once for this site and was all but burned in effigy for it.

I think the order of those things matters. Everyone has crap on their resume before they make it big.

And I have no idea why you feel ganged up upon when I don’t see very many words against your review in ther article’s comments. Did you just get a lot of hate mail or something?

What’s a director? Everything! Unknowns can do well because you don’t need to be established to be good. Everyone starts somewhere.

Oh, and Event Horizon is the shit that eats my shit. I mean that in a bad way…

the feedback on youtube for my 300 review wasn’t pleasant. Although I get called a gayfag who lives in a basement for even my most popular videos, so maybe I’m reading into it too much.