Time to Watch a Watchmen Trailer

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on July 17, 2008

Watchmen Movie

We knew this was coming — we had reported last week that we knew the trailer for Zack Snyder’s Watchmen would be attached to The Dark Knight. So it was safe to assume that it would end up online sometime this week. And thanks to Empire Online, we have our first look at what appears to be a pretty breathtaking flick.

As expected, the trailer is absolutely breathtaking in its visual representation of the artwork done by Dave Gibbons on the Alan Moore graphic novel from which this is taken. For Watchmen fans, there will be nothing like seeing Rorschach, Night Owl and The Comedian on screen for the first time. And while I think there will be general complaints about the full-CGI Dr. Manhattan, played by Billy Crudup, I would argue that he looks pretty damn good. It appears that Snyder, as he did with 300, is trading realism with style. And if he stays committed to it, as he also did with 300, it seems to be his bread and butter. Personally, I couldn’t be more excited for this film — bring on the panel at Comic-Con!

Just click any of the screen shots below to see the trailer.

UPDATE: It appears that Empire has removed the trailer for the time being. We will be sure to let you know when it comes back online. For now, we’ve got a low resolution version. It is also now available in high definition at Apple.com.

What do you think of the first trailer for Watchmen?

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Homero

I'm gonna watch the trailer until I go see The Dark Knight tonight, but after seeing these pictures I literally got chills up my spine. I mean I knew Snyder got the comic book just as much as any die-hard fan...but the visuals shown in the pictures exceed my expectations...WOW.

Dr. Manhattan looks great, the glow is kind of weird, but it's probably how he would actually look like in real life. It looks much better than how it would've been had he chosen blue make up.

Archie, Ozymandias, Silk Spectre and Dr. Manhattan all look great, however the ones that stand out to me the most are The Comedian and Dr. Manhattan's Palace on Mars...amazing.

Cole Abaius

Oh My God. Yes.

And they said it couldn't be done...

David

Gave me chills, looks amazing.

Rob Hunter

Ok. I've never read the graphic novel. I've never cared to. Things that "cool" seldom turn out to actually be cool.

But this looks pretty goddamn sweet.

I may have to pass on Samurai Girl after all...

Supernetuser

That's a really gorgeous blimp.

DAVID

..Whoa...

Nevernude

i must admit to knowing absolutely NOTHING about The Watchmen however i have just quickly done a read-up on wikipedia and my interest is definitely piqued!

Also, this trailer looks A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Zack Snyder certainly is a very different mould of a director, cos the look of this movie is awesome awesome awesome. Cant Wait!

P.S What qualifies a director as a "visionary"?

Robert Fure

Forget Obama or McCain, this November I'm voting Snyder/Ozymandias! Looks great. I've predicted great things for Snyder since his Dawn of the Dead remake and he looks like this will be 3 for 3. After Watchmen he'll be launched into the same league as Tarantino, except he'll continue to make good movies. Snyder is maybe my favorite working director right now.

Cole Abaius

A quick tip: it's even better on the 37th viewing.

Dave F.

While it looks very good, "300" looked good too and was frankly the most disappointing
movie experience of last year for me. I don't know if I can trust Snyder completely before I
see more. So yeah, skeptical but willing.

Time to Watch a Watchmen Trailer

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