Finally, Zac Synder's vision as it was meant to be.I can't believe they milked the DVD release for literally ever last penny they could. Nevertheless, I am incredibly pleased to own 'Watchmen: the Ultimate Cut'. With 'the Black Freighter' interwoven into segments throughout the film, Synder's phenomenal and slavishly faithful adaptation of the 'Watchmen' is complete. It extends the movie to over three and a half hours long and fills in the missing pieces from the graphic novel along with a few other small live-action scenes, that weren't in the 'Director's Cut', making it all the more magnificently epic, fresh and unique.The extra material included is massive and comprehensive, which is only fair to the fans, who feel milked and cheated, or who just love the 'Watchmen'.
'The Black Freighter' is a grim tale that parallels the lives of different Watchmen, particularly Veidt's and Rorschach's, and their compulsion to fight evil everywhere they think they find it, blinded to the consequences of their actions.Tremendously realistic and beautiful animation and the voice of Gerald Butler, bring this intriguing and fan-favorite aspect of the story to life, but it's the effective and pragmatic interweaving of it, that reflects on the Watchmen and stays true to the original source.
The film is uncompromising, uncommercial, and unprecedented. It's the 'Watchmen' movie you always wanted, but never thought you'd get, but now, even more so.All the crime-noir, political satire, superhero mythology and science fiction is still there, so unless you forgot or missed the most ambitious, most reverent, most obsessively faithful (to a point) cinematic adaptation of a graphic novel ever and all the stunning and innovative movie magic and gore-porn that went with it, then there won't be much else new for you to get your hopes up for.
O, except maybe for the 4 additional discs with extra material, the set includes:
Disc 1
- Watchmen, the Ultimate Cut (215min)
- Commentary from Zac Snyder and Dave Gibbons (explains everything from prop inspirations to plot alterations)
Disc 2
- The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics
- Real Super Heroes, Real Vigilantes
- Mechanics: Technologies of a Fantastic World
- Watchmen: Video Journals
- Under the Hood
- Story Within a Story: The Books of Watchmen
- Music Video: My Chemical Romance, 'Desolation Row'
Disc 3
- Digital Copy of the Theatrical Version.
Discs 4 & 5
- Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comics (325 minutes & in it's own case within the box)
WARNING:
- Disc 1 does not include 'Watchmen' WITHOUT 'the Black Freighter' integrated.The digital copy may somewhat compensate for this, but if you're still not satisfied, you'll have to purchase the 'Director's Cut' and 'the Black Freighter' separetely.
The box it comes in is pretty snazzy and durable.
I love 'Watchmen: the Ultimate Cut'.I'm glad I bought it.If you're a fan of the 'Watchmen', and need the complete version of the film, then you'll love it and be glad you bought it too.
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Product Description:
Multi-disc set. Real-world super heroes must emerge from retirement to solve a murder of one of their own, in the shadow of nuclear armageddon. Directed by Zack Snyder (300). Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut is the version never seen in theaters, integrating the animated Tales from the Black Freighter into the Director's Cut of the film for a more in-depth experience, with 2 all-new commentaries by Zack Snyder and graphic novel Co-creator and Illustrator Dave Gibbons. Also includes over 3 hours of special features including Under the Hood, the entire Watchmen Motion Comics, and a Digital Copy of the Theatrical Version
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