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Product Description NOTE: Please Ignore the expiration date on the UV code. The Code is still VALID and can be redeemed. Watchmen: Ultimate Cut + Graphic Novel (Blu-Ray) Someone's killing our super heroes. The year is 1985 and super heroes have banded together to respond to the murder of one of their own. They soon uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger. The super heroes fight to stop the impending doom only to find themselves a target for annihilation. But, if our super heroes are gone, who will save us? ]]> .com Everybody's favorite graphic novel comes to the screen (after years of rumors and false starts), less a roaring work of adaptation than a respectful and faithful take on a radical original. Watchmen is set in the mid-1980s, a time of increased nuclear tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, as Richard Nixon is enjoying his fifth term as president and the world's superheroes have been forcibly retired. (As you can probably tell, the mix of authentic history and alternate reality is heady.) Things begin with a bang: the mysterious high-rise murder of the Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a masked hero with a checkered past, puts the rest of the retired superhero community on alert. The credits sequence, a series of tableaux that wittily catches us up on crime-fighting backstory, actually turns out to be the high point of the movie. Thereafter we meet the other caped and hooded avengers: the furious Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley), the inexplicably naked Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup, amidst much blue-skinned, genital-swinging digital work), Silk Spectre II (Malin Akerman), Nite Owl II (Patrick Wilson), and Ozymandias (Matthew Goode). The corkscrewing storytelling, which worked well in the comic book, gives the movie the strange sense of never quite getting in gear, even as some of the episodes are arresting. Director Zack Snyder (300) doesn't try to approximate the electric impact of the original (written by Alan Moore--who declined to be credited on the movie--and illustrated by Dave Gibbons) but retains careful fidelity to his source material. That doesn't feel right, even with the generally enjoyable roll-out of anecdotes. Even less forgivable is the blah acting, excepting Jeffrey Dean Morgan (lusty) and Patrick Wilson (mellow). Watchmen certainly fills the eyes, although less so the ears: the song choices are regrettable, especially during an embarrassing mid-air coupling between Nite Owl II and Silk Spectre II as they unite their--ah--Roman numerals. In the end it feels as though a huge work of transcription has been successfully completed, which isn't the same as making a full-blooded movie experience. --Robert Horton #productDescription { color: #333333; word-wrap: break-word; font-size: small; line-height: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px 0em 25px; } #productDescription_feature_div > h2.default { font-size: medium; margin: 0 0 0.25em; } #productDescription_feature_div > h2.books { color:#333 !important; font-size:21px !important; line-height: 1.3; padding-bottom: 4px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; } #productDescription_feature_div > h2.softlines { color:#333 !important; font-size:21px !important; line-height: 1.3; padding-bottom: 4px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; } #productDescription > p, #productDescription > div, #productDescription > table { margin: 0 0 1em 0; } #productDescription p { margin: 0em 0 1em 1em; } #productDescription h3 { font-weight: normal; color: #333333; font-size: 1.23em; clear: left; margin: 0.75em 0px 0.375em -15px; } #productDescription table { border-collapse: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0; } #productDescription table img { max-width: inherit !important; } #productDescription table td { font-size: small; vertical-align: inherit !important; } #productDescription ul li { margin: 0 0 0 20px; } #productDescription ul li ul { list-style-type: disc !important; margin-left: 20px !important; } #productDescription ul ul li { list-style-type: disc !important; margin-left: 20px !important; } #productDescription > ul ul li { list-style-type: disc !important; } #productDescription ul li ul li { margin: 0 0 0 20px; } #productDescription .aplus p { margin: 0 0 1em 0; } #productDescription small { font-size: smaller; } #productDescription.prodDescWidth { max-width: 1000px } P.when('jQuery').execute(function($){ $("#productDescription table").each(function() { var width = $(this).attr('width'); if (width) width += 'px'; else width = 'auto'; $(this).css('width', width); var padding = $(this).attr('cellpadding'); if (padding) padding += 'px'; else padding = '0px'; $(this).css('padding', padding); }); }); #productDescription h3 { margin: 0.75em 0px 0.375em -1px; }
C**Y
The DEFINITIVE way to get the full Watchmen experience.
The graphic novel that came with the movie was my first time reading it and wow...it's a masterpiece; from the writing, dark complex story, attention to detail and symbolism. This was actually my first time ever reading a graphic novel and I'd say this was a great introduction. I've read comics before, but I had no idea that they could look and feel like a movie. I didn't think they could be so dark and mature either. I wasn't a comic book guy. Alan Moore changed all of that for me and I ended up buying a TON of his material. I think he's brilliant and he's still my favorite comic writer to this day.This ultimate cut of the movie is 3 and a half hours long, but it never drags and the pacing is perfect. It's also in my opinion, the best rendition of a graphic novel adaption ever made. It follows the graphic novel almost perfectly, but there are a couple of differences in the movie. I'm ok with that though. It's nothing plot or lore breaking and still remains faithful to the original content. This is the definitive way to watch Watchmen. The movie and book come in a cool box that reminds me of those pencil boxes I had as a kid in elementary school.
M**S
I'm tired of buying this movie...
I spent $7 to watch this in the theater when it was released and fell in love immediately. When it was released on DVD, I purchased it for $20 in store. When the Director's Cut came out, I shelled out the cash for it again, just because I had to have more. At least the Director's Cut wasn't that expensive and I only paid another $20 for it. But when the Ultimate Cut came out, I paid $50 for that box set. I began to feel like the Warner Brothers studio was purposefully screwing me over with all of these extra releases.Why can't they just give us one very expensive collector's set with everything included? I bet I'll buy that one when it comes out too...Regarding the Collector's Edition Ultimate Cut with Graphic Novel, I couldn't be more happy with this release. The hardback graphic novel itself is worth the $50. Plus you have a nice set with Bluray disks of the motion comic and the Ultimate Cut included. If you wanted to watch the original version on Bluray, you are out of luck here, though it is included on DVD. I wish they would have included the Bluray Director's Cut in this set as well.I haven't had time to go through the special features disk but will update this once I have. For now I will warn you about the packaging. This box is made out of compressed paper, much like a cigar box is fabricated. The construction isn't bad at all, and the cover is great since it flashes back and forth from the comic to the film. But when mine arrived the cover was ripped due to it being slightly longer than the box. So when sitting upright (as it would on a display shelf) the cover can't help but rip at the hinge. At least the seller (Amazon) was speedy about shipping out a replacement copy, and the second time around it was shrink wrapped to a board so that it wouldn't tear.In summary my complaints are:No Bluray Director's CutNo Bluray Theatrical VersionWeak design on the boxAnd my compliments are:Excellent quality graphic novelAwesome look to the caseMotion comic and Ultimate Cut on BlurayIs it worth it? Absolutely, even if you already owned the Ultime Cut on DVD. However, I would recommend buying the Director's Cut on Bluray to compliment this package as it's a little difficult to watch with the Dark Freighter motion comic spliced in.
R**.
Best set available!!
Exactly what I expected. Outstanding collector’s set!
R**7
Item arrived in good condition
It was good to have all those items in one package
C**S
Five Stars for this Product (Not Necessarily for the Movie, Itself)
This new collector's packaging that comes with the Ultimate Cut of the movie and the graphic novel is a real steal at around 40-50 bucks (depending on when you buy it). When the Ultimate Cut was first released, I guess it was in such short supply that you were hard pressed to find it on shelves anywhere -- as a result, it used to run into the hundreds of dollars here and elsewhere (eBay, etc.), but no longer. Now with this new set, you get a pretty cool box with the Ultimate Cut of the film and the graphic novel tucked away, neatly, inside.As for the movie, it's much better with the Ultimate Cut (it has the extra scenes and the Black Freighter thrown back into the experience) than the theatrical version -- this is, in my opinion, the definitive Watchmen movie experience and it's as close as you'll get to Alan Moore's vision on the screen. That being said, the movie still takes some bizarre liberties with the story (and no, I'm not mad about the changes to the climax where they remove the fake alien creature subplot) like having the human characters be super strong for some unknown reason and so the movie I would only give about 3.5 stars (theatrical version) or 4 stars (Ultimate Cut). This is a good deal, and I would recommend scooping it up while these boxes are at a decent price...soon they'll probably shoot up to $200+ like the last Ultimate Cut edition.
H**Z
Good product, bad shipping.
This product is amazing for what it contains. It has the graphic novel (mostly what I bought this for) and along with the amazing movie all in a beautiful container, that is if it wasn't damaged. I like most collectors like to get the COLLECTOR'S edition so we can display or store that away in our library of other cool comic book and movie related things: I was excited to get this but when I got the box the corners were beat up and showing some tear. That is not how you sell a collectors edition product. It should be sealed and stored correctly so the collector gets what they were hoping for. I'm happy with the movie and comic but the damage on the box just annoys me :/ it looks like well used.... and I just got it...
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