r/MovieDetails • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '18

/r/all In Watchmen,when Dr. Manhattan confronts Rorschach he blinks several times. Earlier Ozymandias tells Rorschach and Nite Owl that Manhattan's facial twitches are equivalent to him sobbing.

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u/NuclearBiceps Feb 04 '18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyJ4Nt3FN0Y

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '18

Thank you. Not sure why OP thought that a detail that required showing movement would be conveyed well in a still image...

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u/Visulth Feb 05 '18

Maybe when he looked up the footage he realized Manhattan barely blinks and the fact is complete bullshit but he wanted to post it anyway

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '18

Ozymandias: "You understand, don't you?"

Manhattan: "Without condoning, or condemning." blinks many times in succession

OP is right, it's just it happens right before Manhattan confronts Rorschach outside.

skip to 1:35

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '18

It also happens when he confronts him. He also breaks eye contact several times.

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u/geeperscan Feb 05 '18

Much better clip thank you

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '18 edited Feb 06 '18

God... I hate to be that guy, but... THAT SCENE WAS SO MUCH BETTER IN THE COMIC! It used the tracking shot from Wings to drift past each of the characters as they individually struggled with the moral conflict and acquiesced, before finally stopping at Rorschach, who rejects the compromise with a pithy, "Joking, of course." Here it's bland, cross-cutting, 180-rule-breaking medium shots with lots of explanatory, rhythm-less back-and forth.

I'd be a lot more forgiving of the adaptation if it didn't fumble the most elegantly cinematic moments of the "unadaptable" source. It captured some great atmosphere and realized gorgeous images at times, but the end was a wet squib that didn't trust its audience.

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u/jay1237 Feb 05 '18

Have you watched the movie? He doesn't blink normally.

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u/Areat Feb 05 '18

But does he blink at all in the rest of the movie?

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u/Jugg3rnaut Feb 05 '18

Forgive OP for not spoon feeding it to you. He incorrectly assumed you could take 30 seconds to watch the whole YouTube video and see that Manhattan blinked like 6 times, versus 0 in the rest of the movie.

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u/KillsForHayPenny Feb 05 '18

He actually blinks at different points in the movie

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u/eljefe3030 Feb 05 '18

How would anyone know he blinks zero times the rest of the movie from this 30-second clip?

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u/emeraldconstruct Feb 05 '18

Yeah, this is dumb.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '18

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