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Re: New Watchmen Trailer
Old 03-07-2009, 05:01 AM   #50
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Default Re: New Watchmen Trailer

Fantastic movie! Eerily brilliant casting choices (especially Rorschach and Rorscach's Psychologist in Jail.) Even the small characters like the comic-book reading kid by the Newstand. Even the newstand guy was spot on.

This is also the first movie that I don't think will piss off any serious fans of the comic. Everything was represented accurately and with reason. And if anyone does complain? It's fucking Solid Snake himself, David Hayter who wrote the screenplay. It's golden.

However, TERRIBLE soundtrack. The only decent piece was the music playing during Manhattan's backstory. The incidental music was terribly composed. This is coming from Warner Brothers who spent more than a pretty penny on gorgeus orchestral music for Batman, which was a kid's television show. However, they figured out there was giant gaps, and filled them with crappy licenced songs.

99 luftballoons? We all laughed.

Sound of Silence? Really?

HEY GUYS LET'S HAVE A RIOT. Oh by the way all the music we have is KC and the Sunshine Band because LOL WE'RE IN THE SEVENTIES. Really? SHIT.

Oh shit Manhattan is huge and kicking ass! Let's play... Ride of the Valkyries. Don't reorchestrate it or anything, just play the most popular version.

And finally.. Leonard Cohen's version of Hallelujah? Really? Of all the covers, they had to choose the crappy original? Also... why that song? Hallelujah that he's HAVING SEX? Alright guys.

The only good song choice was the Philip Glass track, "Pruit Igoe & Prophecies" playing during Manhattan's backstory. However, it's not something they composed. It's in Grand Theft Auto IV on the radio.

So... music aside, go see this!
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