24 hours away from WATCHMEN and I find myself encouraged by reading the last paragraph of Roger Ebert’s review which once again delves into what I’ve been hearing most about this movie from those who have seen it.
It’s an experience. And something you simply have to check out for yourself. Whether you like it or not, it’s one of those movies…
The film is rich enough to be seen more than once. I plan to see it again, this time on IMAX, and will have more to say about it. I’m not sure I understood all the nuances and implications, but I am sure I had a powerful experience. It’s not as entertaining as “The Dark Knight,” but like the “Matrix” films, LOTR and “The Dark Knight,” it’s going to inspire fevered analysis. I don’t want to see it twice for that reason, however, but mostly just to have the experience again.
OWF’s Mark Clark was in London last night to witness Dr. Manhatten’s arrival in the capital. Here is his report…
Wagamama beats Dr Manhattan’
‘8pm, March 4 2009, London, and the Watchmen promotional campaign took a unique turn as a barge in the middle of the Thames spewed out a screen of water to showcase a floating Dr Manhattan and some clips from the trailer, all approximately 70 feet high.
As a marketing exercise it wasn’t perhaps the greatest success due to a breeze fragmenting and blurring the images, but it was at least interesting, even though the assembled viewers on a freezing cold Hungerford Bridge did end up resembling the blue-hued hero.
It didn’t help that things were slightly behind schedule either as we stared at alternate images of Dr Manhattan and the Smiley Badge for at least 15 mins before any clips appeared; interspersed with comments about screensavers and Powerpoint.
There was a neat looking projection of the Smiley Face on the Shell building, but after it became apparent that we were about to be presented with another round of the same watery clips, the cold and hunger won out. As a chap standing next to me said to his girlfriend, ‘Ok, that’s it, Wagamama beats Dr Manhattan..’.
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What does Wagamama mean? I thought only Australians made up ridiculous words.
Wagamama is a Chinese restaurant serving very good noodles. I don’t know if it exists in the states but is very ubiquitous in the UK. Cheers!
Being from the UK myself, I’ve never heard of Wagamama.
Maybe it’s a London thang… I was in Wagamama’s last weekend, noodletastic. Bring on the Watchmen!
Honestly, the noodles there are yummy. I wonder if they will let you bring noodles into a Watchmen showing?
Now there’s a missed marketing opportunity… Screw the expensive water show, just give me some noodles and a movie… I mean hell, they made a Nite Owl Dark Roast coffee > http://www.organiccoffee.com/Nite-Owl-Dark-Roast/M/B001O2KSZA.htm
I did leave a comment about missed marketing opportunities (as in movies and noodles) seeing as they made a coffee (Nite Owl Dark Roast), but I added a link so I guess OWF’s Dr Manhattan vapourised my ass. You’ll just have to Google it..
Ok, it’s back and I’m now going to stop commenting on this and go do something useful, like stare at a clock until the 7.30 showing of Watchmen tomorrow…
I went to see a midnight showing last night and I felt it was Zack Snyders masterpiece. I cannot imagine him making a better film than this – I can’t imagine many people at all making a better film.
This goes straight in my Top 10 films. Whether that will hold on multiple viewings remains to be seen but I would imagine so.
AMAZING film.
wagamama means selfish in japanese