Mar 09
24
Whole Lotta Blue Penis in Watchmen
I saw the comic book (well graphic novel, if you want to get technical) interpretation of Watchmen a few days ago, and I gotta say, it was a pretty good movie overall. It wasn’t breathtaking or anything like that, it was just entertaining, and it was such a different concept about flawed superheroes, I mean seriously flawed, who were very human still, that it made it all that much more interesting to watch.
I’m sure lots of women were blushing though – there’s a whole lot of blue penis flashing on the screen with Billy Crudup’s character (although I’m sure it’s not Billy Crudup’s actual penis that was superimposed on the blue guy they called Dr. Manhattan).
It’s hilarious too, because it swings just like a real penis does, but you can still tell that it’s gotta be CG’d on there. The whole body looks to be CG’d with Crudup’s head probably attached to still keep the humanity in the very inhuman and almost perfect character of Dr. Manhattan, who after a disaster at a particle fusion plant that he works at (he’s a physicist, of course), makes him into something akin to a god that cannot relate completely to the human species any more.
His penis, thank goodness, and I’m sure for rating purposes, remains in the flacid state the whole duration of the movie, but there’s a little hot love scene between him and his love interest in the film, Silk Spectre II, who is played by the beautiful Malin Akerman in a brunette wig (she’s really blonde). However, I must say that you see a lot more male nudity in this movie than female nudity.
And it’s not really family friendly at all – interestingly, it’s one of the first, if not the first, comic book based movies that is so risque that it garnered an R rating rather than the typical PG rating that most other comic book movies are comfortable with so they can appeal to a wider audience. We see quite a bit of Nite Owl’s butt too, and an intimate love scene that’s pretty graphic and intense for this genre, between him and Silk Spectre on a goofy looking ship.
The best character though is Rohrshach, who is played by a Danny Bonaducci look alike. He’s a sociopath who is bent on finding the person responsible for hunting the group known as the Watchmen, and this story line evolves into a whole ‘nother interesting story line that involves a lot of idealism, treachery and deceipt. A very interesting movie, and even commentary on the humanity of people – and so called superheroes.
