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Well, with the upcoming Watchmen, Zack Snyder is doing his second panel by panel adaptation of a comic book. 300 was a visual marvel, it was like watching extensions of the comic itself, not something born of it, but adapted for the big screen. From the look of the trailer, Watchmen will be just like it. I can’t say I disapprove. It certainly won’t disappoint fans, but is it worth paying the ticket just to see a change in the graphics?
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Superhero movies have been playing fast and loose with the stories, sometimes changing a lot to satisfy either studios or the director’s personal vision of it all. Burton applied his own unique style, and though it wasn’t the noir Batman exudes, it was pretty close. Nolan managed to discover the perfect formula between action, noir and thriller with Dark Knight, keeping the tone and spirit of the comic, while changing bits and pieces of the character’s storylines so they fit in the movie. Del Toro practically came up with his own private story and pushed it into the Hellboy universe, and it worked. But then again we’re talking about talented directors here.
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But take Catwoman into consideration and everything changes. Change the storyline, change the location, change the characters, and you’ve got a flop. Then again, box office successes could be considered failures too. Look at Spiderman 3. It had more action then the first 2, more special effects, more villains, but sadly not a great story, poor character development and most of all, no humour. Spiderman was always throwing quips around in the comic, not so much in the movies, yet the first two still had plenty of humour (even if most of it came from Bruce Campbell).
Now with Marvel getting hit after hit at the box office, and while planning The Avengers, they have more control over how their own comics are poertrayed, which means movies being a lot more faithful to the books. The only question is: will the future of comic book movies be one of a panel by panel reproduction for the big screen, or one of inventive reimagining?
Posted on December 7th, 2008 by MrWiseguy
Filed under: Movies
Amazing, acting really is incredible. I personally am excited as heck to see The Book of Eli. It’s got my favorite actor – Denzel Washington. Really psyched!
This is a great post. I am extremely excited personally to see The Book of Eli. It’s got Denzel Washington in it and it’s coming out January 15th. Really psyched!
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