For you to notice...

Now, I'm beginning to adapt ideas on how you'll know me. Can I impress you with every word I say, will I be charming or knowing or cute, will it go smoothly or charismatically or pleasantly? Is it too much to ask? Well, I don't have the objects for your attraction, and yet I want to go noticed.

All I can do now is to sing my saddest song, in this out of placed corner, and maybe there will be a time that you'll need me, and I'll be there every time you'd need me, just for you to notice and for you to want me.

Who watches the watchmen?

Some say that this movie is just another superhero flick from a book and some say that the film is great. For some people who read the comic novel, they were disappointed because the film missed the essential points of the book. I agree to some of their comments, but I also read the book but I'm satisfied with what the film showed me. I wasn't expecting of something extravagant from this film, the book is really unfilmable, but I really appreciate the work of Zack Snyder through this film. I'll just say here what I did and didn't like about the film.

First, this movie is not a Superman, Thor and Iron Man type of movie, the characters here have no powers, except for Dr. Manhattan who is a nuclear enhanced, buffed smurf (Just kidding..), though Ozymandias caught a bullet (??). They are just humans, armed with karate chops and a body of stone. I think it has an enough exaggeration of the action scenes, Rorschach's wall climbing and characters jumping from a great height, to not make the viewers break away from the thought that the people here are still human.

The film lasts for almost 3 hours, with a slow development of the plot and a dragging poetic narration of Rorschach's journal. Actually my friend didn't know what's going on in the movie for at least 30 minutes of the film. :) But it's a fine approach since the movie's source is a frame by frame material.

Then we go the film's background music. 99 Red Balloons?? The guy behind my seat said "WTF?" after hearing it but I think it's a cool music for the scene. Then again, this guy gave a short sarcastic laugh after hearing the sound of silence (Sorry, I can't help but notice his reactions). Then played the song of Jimi Hendrix' All Along the Watchtower! It's a catchy song when Nite Owl and Rorschach almost hit the ice wall.

I suggest that viewers of this film must concentrate on the film's visual and cinematography rather than compare it to the book. Though, I know it's unavoidable to compare it especially for hardcore comic readers. Well, I respect their opinions. But this movie will really be talked about, since people have mixed opinions and emotions regarding this.