Watchmen...
Last night, I got to go to the world premiere of the big new film 'Watchmen'. Now, I'll admit that I'm not the world's biggest comic book fan - well, I did quite like the Beano once upon a time - but Watchmen is a legendary comic book series. And after years of courtcases, phone calls and arguments between nerds, it's finally been made into a feature length film.
It's a very impressive film and cost more than $100 million to make. The effects are pretty decent but it is SO long. Nearly 3 hours. With poor legroom, this film is difficult to manage. Fans of the comic will absolutely love it - and I mean properly love it. There's some nudity in it too. Also, don't be misled by the term 'comic' - there's nothing in this film for kids! Very gory.
Now, I say world premiere but don't think I've gone all showbiz as the most famous person I saw there was Producer Neil because we were diverted from the red carpet into the back entrance. Have a look at the official website. They've spent just a little bit too much money on it I think...
Good film though, it's out next Friday.
Comment number 1.
At 15:50 24th Feb 2009, U13799768 wrote:I've been really looking forward to Watchmen. I'm not a nerd, but I grew up reading Watchmen, Spiderman, X-Men etc. Manly stuck with Marvel. But 3 hours?! Ouch. I thought Transformers was long.
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Comment number 2.
At 17:46 24th Feb 2009, Emma Corsham wrote:I've never heard of watchmen before, should be interesting to watch though, I enjoyed the other Marvel movies.
Ill listen out for the Clarkson stuff, interested to know what games you played with her :-p
BTW, do you have any ideas what Me, Hanna and Sarah could call ourselves as frequent blog repliers?
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At 19:24 24th Feb 2009, U13799768 wrote:Yeah, we think you should be in charge of our name. Seing as it is your blog ;)
I/we must sound quite freaky.
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Comment number 4.
At 02:27 25th Feb 2009, Rosie wrote:lol
yeah same here, im not a big fan of comic books.
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Comment number 5.
At 13:50 25th Feb 2009, U13799768 wrote:@Emma. Watchmen is DC Comics, not Marvel. I should have worded that better. DC is Superman and Batman.
Not that it matters.
Wow...I didn't realise how much of a geek I actually am o.o
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At 14:07 25th Feb 2009, Emma Corsham wrote:@Hanna
Haha... they're all the same really! But thanks for correcting me so I dont come across as an idiot :-p
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At 17:14 25th Feb 2009, U13799768 wrote:Geeky and Idiot.
We can fight crime.
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