Hopefully not. While there's been a mass geek-gasm over the early showings of the film, some of the early hype has come from everyday movie critics. The only negative review so far was from a tabloid (since when does News of the World review movies?) so I've discounted that. 300 benefited from having next to no expectations- no one of note outside of comicsdom had ever heard of it. As for the heavy subject matter, the last Batman movie had some pretty dark themes to it and benefited from it. I really don't think it's a liability- if anything it insures that the film is viewed differently than your standard popcorn superhero flick (Fantastic Four, Superman, etc).
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 8:56 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm sort of hijacking Cary's thread on Nick Fury to address his comments on > Watchmen. Here is what I think will happen with Watchmen the movie... > > I think geeks everywhere will praise this movie. I think the general > American public either won't care and won't see it, or won't "get it" when > the do watch it. With all the marketing and merchandising, I'm afraid the > general public is expecting the next Batman or Spider-Man. As we all know, > it certainly won't be that. Also, I think the general public will struggle > to reconcile the spandex outfits with the heavy subject matter. > > I'm expecting box office sales similar to Daredevil. > > With all that said, I hope I'm wrong. I hope this movie is a HUGE success, > but my gut tells me it won't be. > > The Irredeemable Shag > http://firestormfan.com > http://onceuponageek.com > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Samuel Jackson signs to play Nick Fury > From: Cary Preston <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, February 26, 2009 8:32 am > To: Unique Geek Google Group <[email protected]> > > > In nine upcoming films: > > http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40241 > > I'm guessing these aren't movies featuring his character, just > appearances in movies (like in Iron Man). Still, good news; I'd hate > to see that character turned over to someone else. > > In other news, Watchmen is at 92% now. I'm swimming in rabid > anticipation of both the movie and our resident naysayer's trashing of > it. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
