Actually strike the FF remake from that list. That movie was REAAAAAALLL bad. Definitely a step down from BvS.
That's an incredibly accurate description.
It's the only Snyder film I think is any good. He did mess up the ending and he didn't elicit the best performances as he should have from some of the cast but it's still good overall.
I think even people who like BvS will say that's a better choice.
Why?
It made more sense when you take into account that Watchmen was originally actually set in the DC Universe and that the "squid" was Starro. But yeah, you can't explain that very well in the movie, it was a good change, since it didn't actually mattered what exactly was done to the city.
Because the book is very mature and sincere and then suddenly a giant space squid appers. I would have loved if they would have gone more in the violent details like in the book, but I think the energy burst of Dr. Manhatten was the better choice.
OK, I see, guess the Squid makes sense then.
Two of my all time fave scenes.
But even the book is violent as hell. I would have to flip through it, but it definitly shows very hard violence, too.
Watchmen isn't a popcorn, wide appeal blockbuster movie. Not everyone is supposed to like it or get what it's trying to go for. It's extremely dreary, depressive and pokes fun at the superhero archetype. It succeeds in what it tries to go out to do. Very solid adaptation overall and yeah I agree that the ending Zack chose was better than the original within the universe of the movie.
It is, but the point is to shock the audience. It's meant to show how horrific superhero fights would be in real life. The movie just slow-mo's the fuck out of everything to go "Dude, look how cool all this shit is".
