Watchmen (2009)
Watchmen extended “Ultimate Cut” version
Watchmen (2009 – Cult Superhero Movie)
This is a Superhero Movie with a big big difference; The heroes are imperfect, prone to personal idiosyncracies, and even perversion, This bunch of Superheroes play dirty when they do business. Adapted from the classc Graphic Novel Comic series by the Fantasy Comic World’s Iconic Genius; Alan Moore (also responsible for V for Vendetta, and was writer of the cimic hellblazer, from which the movie Constantine was adapted).
About the Comic series;
Watchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series created by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins. The series was published by DC Comics during 1986 and 1987, and has been subsequently reprinted into a collected graphic novel. Watchmen originated from a story proposal Moore submitted to DC featuring superhero characters that the company had acquired from Charlton Comics. As Moore’s proposed story would have left many of the characters unusable for future stories, managing editor Dick Giordano convinced the writer to create original characters instead.
Moore used the story as a means to reflect contemporary anxieties and to critique the superhero concept. Watchmen takes place on an alternate history Earth where superheroes emerged in the 1940s and 1960s, helping the United States to win the Vietnam War. The country is edging closer to a nuclear war with the Soviet Union, freelance costumed vigilantes have been outlawed and most costumed superheroes are in retirement or working for the government. The story focuses on the personal development and struggles of the protagonists as an investigation into the murder of a government sponsored superhero pulls them out of retirement and eventually leads them to confront a plot to stave off nuclear war by killing millions of people.
Creatively, the focus of Watchmen is on its structure. Gibbons used a nine-panel grid layout throughout the series and added recurring symbols such as a blood-stained smiley. All but the last issue feature supplemental fictional documents that add to the series’ backstory, and the narrative is intertwined with that of another story, a fictional pirate comic titled Tales of the Black Freighter, which one of the characters reads. The graphic novel skips through space, time and plot, classifiying itself as a true nonlinear narrative. Watchmen has received critical acclaim both in the comics and mainstream press, and is regarded by critics as a seminal text of the graphic novel medium. After a number of attempts to adapt the series into a feature film, director Zack Snyder’s Watchmen was released in March 2009.
Videoclip left; Alan Moore discussing his seminal work WATCHMEN
from the documentary THE MINDSCAPE OF ALAN MOORE.
The Mindscape of Alan Moore is a feature documentary which chronicles the life and work of Alan Moore, author of several acclaimed graphic novels, including “From Hell,” “Watchmen” and “V for Vendetta.” It is the only feature film production on which Alan Moore has collaborated, with permission to use his work. In this 2 DVD set with over three hours of bonus material, Alan Moore presents the story of his development as an artist, starting with his childhood and working through to his comics career and impact on that medium, and his emerging interest in magic. The film features the first film adaptations of scenes from Moore’s acclaimed series “V for Vendetta” and “Watchmen.” Another key scene features a direct reference to the character of John Constantine from the comic book “Hellblazer.”
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