Don't go see Watchmen.

[Tripp]

I didn't care for the Nolan-verse Batman fighting..   I want to SEE batman kicking ass.  Not just swirling dark shapes..

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

Huh. I thought I was seeing those because I dropped acid.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

Nice review, Katie.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

Hallelujah! I have a boner!

I thought the sex scene was funnier in the comic. He couldn't get it up without the costumes.

[Fanbrush Ferrule]

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

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Although it took in $55.2 million at the weekend box-office, the news for Warner Bros.' Watchmen wasn't all that good. After reports came in of heavy pre-opening ticket sales on Internet sites, a theater count of 3,611 and a screen count of about 7,500, analysts had expected it to come close to or even exceed the $71-million opening gross for the previous Zach Snyder fantasy thriller 300. Moreover, sales fell off precipitously on Saturday and Sunday (the movie took in almost half its gross on Friday, including midnight screenings), and some pundits saw the result as an indication that the movie's appeal was limited to young adults who were fans of the graphic novel on which it was based. (Warner Bros. said that 65 percent of the audience was male and 54 percent older than 25.) They predicted that the movie, which some said had cost as much as $200 million to produce, would take a big tumble next weekend.

Overseas, ticket sales for Watchmen fell far short of predictions, just as they did domestically. The film took in what Daily Variety described as a "respectable" $27.5 million, although it opened in a whopping 5,097 theaters in 45 countries. The trade publication observed that "it faced challenges of offering a complex story line and untraditional approach to superheroes."

[Doctor Rock]

Here's how the world is responding to our topic...

Although it took in $55.2 million at the weekend box-office, the news for Warner Bros.' Watchmen wasn't all that good. After reports came in of heavy pre-opening ticket sales on Internet sites, a theater count of 3,611 and a screen count of about 7,500, analysts had expected it to come close to or even exceed the $71-million opening gross for the previous Zach Snyder fantasy thriller 300. Moreover, sales fell off precipitously on Saturday and Sunday (the movie took in almost half its gross on Friday, including midnight screenings), and some pundits saw the result as an indication that the movie's appeal was limited to young adults who were fans of the graphic novel on which it was based. (Warner Bros. said that 65 percent of the audience was male and 54 percent older than 25.) They predicted that the movie, which some said had cost as much as $200 million to produce, would take a big tumble next weekend.

Overseas, ticket sales for Watchmen fell far short of predictions, just as they did domestically. The film took in what Daily Variety described as a "respectable" $27.5 million, although it opened in a whopping 5,097 theaters in 45 countries. The trade publication observed that "it faced challenges of offering a complex story line and untraditional approach to superheroes."

Kurt, that quote of yours encapsulates in a short paragraph everything that's wrong with big budget blockbuster type cinema.  I particularly like it that they think the movie failed to be a blockbuster because they didn't dumb things enough...

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

I'm so glad to have posted it for you.