Trailer Park: Watchmen

[retsuko]

The new Watchmen trailer is up here at Apple.

It certainly does look good, but then again, any trailer can, with a little snappy editing and some well-recorded theme music. I find two things a bit off-putting, though:

1) The only major star in this picture is Billy Crudup. How will the marketing campaign for the film go, and who will it target, without the obvious draw of a major Hollywood player? I wonder if the studio will go for something incredibly low-key, almost the "instant cult" route.

2) The tag-line "From the most celebrated graphic novel of all time" appears about halfway through. Is "Watchmen" really the most celebrated graphic novel? Of all time? I would argue that while "Watchmen" is a highly influential work, there are other, more beloved works that rightly deserve that accolade. ("Maus" and some of the Tintin books come to mind--but I could still be half-asleep.) And I almost hate to say this, but I have always thought of this work as the book that boyfriends press their comic-disliking girlfriends to read.

But am I crazy? Is this indeed the greatest graphic novel of all time? What does everyone else think?

Comments

[cerusee.livejournal.com]

Hell, if the definition of "graphic novel" is being so narrowly defined as to limit the competition, Watchmen itself should be excluded, as it was originally published as comics floppies, and is structured accordingly.

How many angels can dance on the head of an artist's pen?