As someone who hates the genre, I guess I'll agree with your top pick since it's the only one I could sit through

Snyder inserted far too much of his own goofy ham-fisted Snyder-isms for me to think of it as a superior work. Watchmen's grace and depth happen simply due to the parts of it that are directly adapted from the original comics material, virtually panel for panel and word for word. Everything Snyder "whole cloth" added is clunky or outright crap, which is what gives the movie a very uneven consistency. It is half direct adaptation and half interpretive adaptation, and Watchmen was mostly good despite Snyder's meddling.

Deadpool's strength is that it is the superior interpretive adaptation. It may not be a deep, cognitive "thinking man's" movie because the source material itself is immature, raunchy, referential shallow humor and nothing more. Deadpool comics are Mad magazine high on bath salts, and the movie hit that mark in spades. I agree that comparing the novel-like depth of Watchmen to Deadpool is like comparing War and Peace to a random Garfield collection book, but when it comes to the actual film adaptations the Deadpool movie is the superior adaptation in my opinion.

Had Watchmen not suffered from Snyder-itis it could have easily been at the top of the list above even Dark Knight (which is IMO the ultimate example of interpretive adaptation mixed with talented direction and actors).

The Princess Bride should be Number 1.

The Dread Pirate Roberts IS a superhero!

This scale needs some Dr Strange

Also needs some Guardians of the Galaxy. But i feel like they both kindof ift in somewhere between Avengers and watchmen.

Deadpool is underrated, Iron Man is overrated. Swap them and I guess it would be alright.


Well, if we're going to do that kind of thing, The Road Warrior would be my pick for the best... maybe. It the first one that came to mind, and I'm not going to think about it.

Out of curiosity, have you seen the Ultimate Edition?

I wouldn't agree that it's Half Interpretive, and would probably err on the side of significantly less. The major change being obvious, I thought it was a necessary for a movie of this caliber. I really enjoyed the faithful "Shots" from the Panels of the comics.

If nothing else, the intro was 10/10.

You forgot 11... Guardians of the Galaxy

TDPR also returned from the [mostly] dead

I think Guardians of the Galaxy is the best comic book movie they've made to date.

Green Lantern should be in the negative...

I dont understand your love for the superman series. Objectively its not that great.

I own the Ultimate Edition on blu ray.

And it is not the major story change that bothers me (as the movie was not nearly long enough, and the narrative was already too fractured to support the "real" angle), it is all the little inserted stuff that does. There are a dozen smaller, whole cloth inserted scenes that Snyder created that eat at the flow and the consistency of the movie... and an equal number that he subtly (and not so subtly) changed to fit his own directorial style (or to insert his own clunky political views) and they stand out.

And then there is what I can only call the blood porn hyper violence that Snyder gravitated to. The original Watchmen comic was very grounded, even in its depiction of violence. It reserved the hyper violence / gore for the few and far between scenes that it needed that extra impact, namely the Doctor Manhattan scenes to emphasize his otherworldly power. But Snyder amped all the violence up by dragging out all the "action" scenes by a factor of 2 or even 3, and seemed to focus on and relish the bloodshed and gore... making them seem almost exploitative, which created a desensitization to the hyper violence after a while and indirectly lessened the impact.

But I do agree that the intro is the best part of the movie, because it did what the movie fumbled at... which was condensing tons of comic material backstory into a very short, stylized montage that used both visuals and musical cues correctly. And don't get me started on the pop music used in Watchmen... several of the songs completely took me out of the movie due to their clunky use (99 Luftballoons, Boogie Man, etc.).

ironically enough this is exactly how I picture the OP.

Nope. I believe completely that there is indeed, "climate."

A.W.D

So im making fun of my own post?