{"id":611,"date":"2009-02-24T19:37:21","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T19:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/02\/24\/watchmen-an-ignorant-reviewers-take\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:29","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:29","slug":"watchmen-an-ignorant-reviewers-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/02\/24\/watchmen-an-ignorant-reviewers-take\/","title":{"rendered":"Watchmen: An Ignorant Reviewer&#8217;s Take"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I believe the <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Watchmen<\/span> movie will NOT be very good (though I&#8217;m willing to be proven wrong), I hoped if nothing else that we moved beyond this type of <a href=\"http:\/\/entertainment.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/arts_and_entertainment\/film\/film_reviews\/article5791888.ece\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">ignorant review<\/a> when covering anything comic book related.  Kevin Maher of <span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Times<\/span> heaps lavish praise upon Snyder&#8217;s adaptation calling it &quot;a mesmerising and brutalising experience, and will be, for some at least, more than worth the wait.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/agencyspy\/original\/watchmen_smiley.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nHe also declares it &quot;a movie that is reaching utterly beyond the confines of its genre.&quot;  And then ends his piece with this patently incorrect statement: &quot;But as the first attempt to make a truly post-adolescent comic book movie, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Watchmen<\/span> is, literally, peerless.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>What confines?  As writers like Alan Moore have proven time and time again, all types of stories&#8211;from action\/adventure to historical to comedic and all in-between&#8211;can be told in the comics medium.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cartoons-comics.deepthi.com\/images\/american-splendor-b.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And post-adolescent comic book movies?  Clearly, Mr. Maher has never seen or even heard of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0305206\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">American Splendor<\/span><\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/article.php?id=880\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Ghost World<\/span><\/a>.  Two definitely &quot;post-adolescent&quot; comics that were made into creatively successful, mature films.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linesonpaper.com\/images\/ghostworld.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I believe the Watchmen movie will NOT be very good (though I&#8217;m willing to be proven wrong), I hoped if nothing else that we moved beyond this type of ignorant review when covering anything comic book related. 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