20 DVD Commentaries You Need To Hear Before You Die
8. Watchmen
Participant(s): Zack Snyder It would be reductive to say that s Snyders ultimate movie experience (as he describes it) is just an out-and-out commentary. The clear amount of thought and analysis which has gone into the film companion really does make it feel like youre reading a piece of literature with exhaustive, insightful footnotes. Watchmen is doubtless not the finest superhero film youre ever going to see but if anything elevates the experience its watching it alongside the directors In-Movie Experience commentary. Facilitated by Blu-ray technology, the experience starts with Snyder literally walking onto the screen and outlining his goals for the companion. He then leaves and a minimized box enlarges to show the start of the actual film. Contrary to the belief that Snyder is a director guilty of prioritising style-over-substance (he did after all direct 300), the commentary reveals how many bits and pieces he crammed in Watchmen to please fans of the comic books. There are even frame-by-frame comparisons between the original comic book panels and film footage, showing how dedicated Snyder was in doing justice to the source material. With this in-depth analysis improving the original film immensely, Zack Snyder really raised the bar in terms of how a commentary companion should be treated as a separate documentary-style piece.
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