{"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’s Take"},"content":{"rendered":"

While I believe the Watchmen<\/span> movie will NOT be very good (though I’m willing to be proven wrong), I hoped if nothing else that we moved beyond this type of ignorant review<\/a> when covering anything comic book related. Kevin Maher of The Times<\/span> heaps lavish praise upon Snyder’s adaptation calling it "a mesmerising and brutalising experience, and will be, for some at least, more than worth the wait."<\/p>\n

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\nHe also declares it "a movie that is reaching utterly beyond the confines of its genre." And then ends his piece with this patently incorrect statement: "But as the first attempt to make a truly post-adolescent comic book movie, Watchmen<\/span> is, literally, peerless."<\/p>\n

What confines? As writers like Alan Moore have proven time and time again, all types of stories–from action\/adventure to historical to comedic and all in-between–can be told in the comics medium.<\/p>\n

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And post-adolescent comic book movies? Clearly, Mr. Maher has never seen or even heard of American Splendor<\/span><\/a> or Ghost World<\/span><\/a>. Two definitely "post-adolescent" comics that were made into creatively successful, mature films.<\/p>\n

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