Naysayers Gaining

The Playlist is offering six or seven reasons why Watchmen fails in a post-Dark Knight landscape. Reading the article top to bottom makes the points more clearly than the reading of the headlines, but here goes. One, nothing seems to be truly st stake. Two, the tone is goofy. Three, faithful fidelity to the graphic novel was a bad idea. Four, the '80s are cornball. Five, dark and cartoony doesn't make it. Six, emotion, truth and grittiness are sold separately. And seven, the music blows.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 5, 2009 at 1:02 PM

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actionman Author Profile Page says ...

wouldn't it be wonderful if Wells loved the flick?

Posted by actionman Author Profile Page at March 5, 2009 1:13 PM

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great scott Author Profile Page says ...

Wells is doing a Limbaugh (hoping it fails) on this movie. If anyone truly doesn't have a dog in the fight, that would be me. I might see this on HBO a year from now. Maybe.

Posted by great scott Author Profile Page at March 5, 2009 1:18 PM

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George Prager Author Profile Page says ...

And eight, it's gay.

Posted by George Prager Author Profile Page at March 5, 2009 1:25 PM

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ZayTonday Author Profile Page says ...

Christ, you'd think that this was a Spielberg film with how much he's shitting on it, not having seen it yet.

Posted by ZayTonday Author Profile Page at March 5, 2009 1:26 PM

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Jeffrey Wells Author Profile Page says ...

I'm not shitting on it. The Playlist is. What?

Posted by Jeffrey Wells Author Profile Page at March 5, 2009 1:33 PM

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Geoff Author Profile Page says ...

Ha!

Wells, these guys are practically begging for you to run something about Ebert's point of view.

Posted by Geoff Author Profile Page at March 5, 2009 1:36 PM

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actionman Author Profile Page says ...

I have a feeling that a lot of non-fans/readers of the graphic novel (like Ebert) will enjoy it more than those who are the passionate, built-in fans of the book. just a guess.

Posted by actionman Author Profile Page at March 5, 2009 1:38 PM

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Flash Gordon Author Profile Page says ...

Ebert loved the movie? So what? The guy panned Die Hard but liked the sequels. WTF?

Posted by Flash Gordon Author Profile Page at March 5, 2009 1:53 PM

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ZayTonday Author Profile Page says ...

Yes, Wells you are shitting on it by way of cherry picking. Even when you did put up a favorable opinion of it you'd shoot it down because it was from a "frothing-at-the-moth fanboy" or something.

Posted by ZayTonday Author Profile Page at March 5, 2009 1:55 PM

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Gordon27 Author Profile Page says ...

"I'm not shitting on it."

When you dismiss every positive review as fanboy ranting, and declare in advance that you believe it will be a bad movie and are seeking out "non-fanboys" to confirm it, that's shitting on a movie, yes indeed.

I mean, do what you want, but man up, Jeff, and admit to yourself what you're doing. You've decided in advance that you won't like the movie, that therefore it is objectively bad, and you're running all the stories you can to "prove" that your opinion, despite being formed without seeing the movie, is correct.

Posted by Gordon27 Author Profile Page at March 5, 2009 2:00 PM

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Chase Kahn Author Profile Page says ...

So in Ebert's mind, 'Watchmen' is just as good as 'The Golden Compass'...

Posted by Chase Kahn Author Profile Page at March 5, 2009 2:08 PM

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raygo Author Profile Page says ...

I liked the Golden Compass ... was that a slam?

Posted by raygo Author Profile Page at March 5, 2009 2:25 PM

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storymark Author Profile Page says ...

Jeez Wells, you think you'd at least try to hide your hard-on at every negative review.

Put you damned hat over it, or something.

Posted by storymark Author Profile Page at March 5, 2009 2:30 PM

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Anakin722 Author Profile Page says ...

Actually Watchmen has held steady at around 65% on Rotten Tomatoes even as a ton of reviews have poured in yesterday and today, so I don't think it's quite fair to say that the naysayers are gaining. It dipped down to a low of around 63% sometime yesterday, but has rebounded today to around 65% where I imagine it will remain. It might even get up to around 70% but I somewhat doubt it.

Posted by Anakin722 Author Profile Page at March 5, 2009 2:42 PM

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Chase Kahn Author Profile Page says ...

yes, it was a slam...

Posted by Chase Kahn Author Profile Page at March 5, 2009 3:16 PM

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