Comments on: Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut Coming in November

By: stevie_baby

stevie_baby — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:47:47 +0000

$60. looks like it’s shaping to be $100 AUS. I pass.

By: TE

TE — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:37:54 +0000

I’m still wondering what the people who are supposed fans of the gn were expecting with this movie. Watchmen the movie effectively captured, in essence and in detail, the story Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons told. Wake up folks, it was a looonnng comic book that made a looonnng movie.

If people unfamiliar with the source material didn’t like it, that’s a shame. I say to them, read it then try watching the movie again.

Bit…
Some of these “fans” have just jumped on a critical bandwagon (started by those who never got near the book/gn/comic/whatever) to seem hip or cool or something.

Snyder and co. did a great job! The film deserved a better reception than it got, especially from its own
“community.”

“Hey man, let’s rent Dark Knight and Iron Man again!”

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:22:25 +0000

What is the running time of this version? I’ll be buying it cos I loved the movie, and didn’t buy the directors cut, waiting for this release instead

By: Maopheus

Maopheus — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:44:00 +0000

I don’t think the director’s cut really added a whole lot in that you really don’t miss anything by only having seen the original, but I guess it’s kinda like the Lord of the Rings extended versions. They aren’t simply the original cuts with the deleted scenes spliced back in, but are re-conceived, edited, and scored as literally a brand new version. Snyder’s cut falls somewhere in between, but I did like some of the additional glances into the story, such as when Hollis Mason is fighting off the gang (his death is cut out of the original), his punches are inter-cut with him punching out some of his old enemies, I thought that was kind of neat to see shots of them, however briefly. Overall, the new cut doesn’t extend the length all that much. If Snyder had wanted to shoot literally everything in the novel, the movie would have been probably 4-5 hours. Overall, I would not recommend getting the Ultimate edition, unless you just absolutely have to have everything. You’re not getting Snyder’s cool look-in video commentary from the first release, and the extras you’re getting aren’t worth it. Maybe Gibbons’ commentary but that’s it. I don’t care for Snyder as a commentator. His 300 commentary was not that good. Some directors are much better commentators than other. Snyder was more just reacting to stuff happening on the screen or when an actor would appear he would say “Hey there’s so-and-so, wow he/she is a good actor.”

By: Billy Boyd Cape

Billy Boyd Cape — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:47:27 +0000

As a Watchmen fan this is what I’ve been waiting for – so gawd gawd YES!

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:51:24 +0000

“Will you be picking this up?” Hell yes!

By: Jon Rocks

Jon Rocks — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:29:34 +0000

I have the Director’s Cut… this is a useless double dip. The animated episodes were interesting, but purely as a novelty.

By: Big Hungry

Big Hungry — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:44:15 +0000

one more thing…. I do hope they have at least a rebate for previous owners because most the extras already have been released.

By: Big Hungry

Big Hungry — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:41:22 +0000

I feel the movie plays better each time I have seen it. However…. I do wonder if this new cut will make the movie seem too choppy and pull the story off of its rails… I will check it out for sure.

By: RaphNL

RaphNL — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:32:13 +0000

I agree, the Director’s Cut wasn’t that good. Adding the animated parts into the movie will probably make it even worse imo.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:16:57 +0000

The directors cut was no better than the original cut, which wasn’t that good.