Saw the trailer for the Watchmen film the other day.
It got me pretty excited. I suspect the faithfulness of the visuals to the source material is a big factor, though the voice-overs sounded a bit undercooked.
Although Terry Gilliam, and then Paul Greengrass, had been attached to direct this monstrous adaptation in the last couple of decades, it’s taken Zack Snyder to bring it this far. I haven’t seen Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead; not really my cuppa. I kinda/sorta/maybe was going to see 300 when it first came out but was quite disappointed by the graphic novel I borrowed from my friendly local in preparation for my viewing. Maybe, one very rainy day/week/month, I will might try either/both.
Anyhoo – wait a minute: I’ve got scripts of Watchmen – a 2003 Hayter draft and an undated Tse draft.
INT. CAVE – NIGHT – A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER
Some… measured anticipation has replaced the excitement.
I had, in my post-trailer, pre-blog-post-drafting excitement, already typed –
– but I was a bit hasty. It’s a big ask to condense a complex twelve-issue limited series into a two-hour adventure. (C’mon: it’s got superheroes – whether we like it or not, if it’s going to be a superhero movie, it has to be a kind of adventure.) And now, thanks to Mr Slevin, I can’t get this out of my head:
It’s eight-nine months away. Let’s see how I feel then, eh?
Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.
hi Sandra.R!
thanks for taking the time – you’ll never get it back but at least it was fun, right?
right?
~;)