Top 10 movie disappointments on 2009

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by The Germanator

Yeah, I thought the Watchmen movie was pretty good. It did as decent of a job you could of telling a pretty complicated story in a limited amount of time. The main gripe of that movie is the hideous soundtrack. It was just so out of place and poorly managed most of the time.

Agreed. Watchmen is an example, as well an Sin City, of movies that COULD have been cinematic masterpieces but failed to do so because of a slavish reverence for the source material. While good, both of those movies suffered in parts because of the need to respect even the most trivial parts of the source. The worst part is that The Watchmen seemed to LOVE the music quoted in the boooks, which didn't affect the story much at all, but then completely changed the ending for the worse! Made no sense.

Movies are not (comic) books. A good director can respect the source and still produce excellent film. Just as Peter Jackson.

[Typhoid]

Movies are not (comic) books. A good director can respect the source and still produce excellent film. Just as Peter Jackson.

But clearly the reason why directors/writers are reluctant to do that are for this reason alone; the fact that the people who absolutely loved the comic will hate the movie because it's not a carbon-copy of it.

I wish they'd all realize that really, no matter how they adapt a comic to film, the comic-lovers will always dislike it compared to the comic.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

But clearly the reason why directors/writers are reluctant to do that are for this reason alone; the fact that the people who absolutely loved the comic will hate the movie because it's not a carbon-copy of it.

I agree, but it's not the comic lovers than make the movie a success. Hardcore Tolkien fans bitched about LOTR as well, but in the end they still paid for a ticket just so they could bitch about it and the rest of the world loved the movies.

The fanboys don't matter. Just make a good movie. Favreau understands this, I think. Take from the source what will make it a great movie. Leave what won't work. Make a boat load of cash. Simple.