Film 'Watchmen' is treasure trove for philosophers

kelber at mindspring.com kelber at mindspring.com
Thu Mar 5 13:31:53 CST 2009


Bale's a fantastic actor (American Psycho, The Prestige), although he wasn't given a hell of a lot to do in Dark Knight.  I plan to see Watchmen tomorrow (assuming I can drag my husband to it), but my expectations are low.  Graphic novels lend themselves to the screen in terms of providing the director with a scene-shooting list, but plot-wise, (and dialogue-wise) it sounds like Watchmen's running into some trouble.  If anything, it's a compliment to say that a work of fiction is NOT adaptable to the screen.  GR sure isn't.  Anything that's well-written or complex will lose too much if loosely adapted, or be excruciatingly dull if faithfully adapted.  I think it's pretty fair to predict that the movie version of Blood Meridian (which they still claim to be making) is gonna suck shit. Film's have 2-3 hours to introduce the characters and/or themes, get the story rolling, then conclude.   Kubrick had the proper attitude towards adaptations of literary works: use the original for inspiration, but leave it far behind.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>Sent: Mar 5, 2009 1:53 PM
>To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Film 'Watchmen' is treasure trove for philosophers
>
>On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:46 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Speaking of which (Christian Bale) I just saw the trailer for
>> "Terminator Salvation," a prequel set in 2018, staring ***Christian
>> Bale***
>>
>> I think he's a great actor, so this one looks promising to me.
>
>I liked American Psycho fine, at any rate ...





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