I hate when people call something dated and then disregard it, i love the fact that this movie is from the 90's, for me the best media we had were from that transition between the mid 80's and early 00's, with that said it is not like i would ignore something from the 60's just because is old, that is just plain ignorance, maybe i will... just kill argh.
It seems incredible to me that you are able to remember and describe with such accuracy not only what is happening but the reactions and looks that the characters express when they look at each other, they are not even talking, is just mannerism, and yet you manage to describe it in such an astounding way, but back to the movie, it seems interesting but i still have no idea what it really is about, i guess i will have to watch it if i want to find out about it.
So now that we are in 2014, is this still true? is this one of the best monologues ever for a movie set in the future AND earth?
arghjustkillme
You describe things very well- your account of this speech is enough for me to want to see this movie now. Well done. It can be difficult to really write out something as well as you did this.
Have you read the comic and seen the movie of The Watchmen? In the graphic novel, there are two speeches, one by Rorschach and the other by Dr. Manhattan. They're pretty good, so good that my nerd mother calls then soliloquies. In the movie, they're stupidly butchered, and the shitty pun where Manhattan psychically puts on a tie as someone is describing events as 'tangled up' is done with flawless faith and accuracy to the comic.
Based on all that, a movie I have never seen from ten years before The Watchmen, is a superior film to me. It can still ruin itself with the hammy 90's attitude it has, but for now I'm pretty eager to see what it has to offer.
VicariousE
Thanks! It's a guy flick, to be sure, but the pace and subplots lend themselves to something better. Soliliokuies? call 'em monologues, myself; had a year of wussy drama.
Watchmen I shoulda got as a comic (expensive!); the movie played very well (never turn your back on a good setting!); I'm sure a lot of sweet plot elements took a shit, but ya only got so much time, budget and exposition... Been there, done that.