Watchmen: Chapter II

So, I just finished watching Watchmen: Chapter II (2024) and it was another excellent Watchmen movie.

Positives for Watchmen: Chapter II (2024): This second movie does a fantastic job at continuing the story from Chapter I (2024). I was still invested in the journey with these characters and their interaction with each other are still fun to watch. The animation style for these two movies still looks amazing. And finally, the ending to this movie was nice and very satisfying.

Mixed for Watchmen: Chapter II (2024): II am still confident that a lot of Watchmen Fans won't be satisfied with this iteration of Watchmen and I understand that, but I had fun with these two movies.

Overall, Watchmen: Chapter II (2024) was a great closing chapter to this iteration of Watchmen and I was very satisfied with it.

A sequel to the animated adaptation with slight improvements that keep it within range, expanding more details in its narrative and being convincing.

"Watchmen: Chapter II" is a film that significantly complements the entire premise of its predecessor, covering more important details within a narrative context and providing a satisfying experience for fans of this universe. Chapter II" is a film that significantly complements the entire premise of its predecessor, covering more important details within a narrative context and providing a satisfying experience for fans of this universe. Here, the panels of Alan Moore's comic come to life with better functionality, covering slightly more complex themes and paving the way for those stories within the same story, where the primary connection or bond that the pages of this work had is established.

Once again, Brandon Vietti as director delivers, rising to the occasion and excelling in an adaptation that, despite its drawbacks, has immense potential that is reflected on screen. The director implements the previously seen journey from the previous movie, but with slight improvements that foster a very entertaining experience.

The entire animation section has a simple, small improvement or a better execution, all from a perspective where the improvement in its rendering is evident, in addition to applying a tone of stronger and more striking colors, always keeping in mind that we now have a different perspective due to the characters of Silk Specter II and Nite Owl II. It can also be noted that it does not stray from that play of contrast between images, the play of lighting with shadows, and its level of detail, all of which greatly enhance everything seen on screen.

Regarding the fluidity of movement, it has improved considerably, being more believable and entertaining in scenes that require chases and combat action. However, it doesn't mean it's excellent; it still has small glitches just like its predecessor, but the effort is appreciated. In addition to that, the concept art, the drawing, the environments, the sharpness, and the editing transitions between images are very impressive.

The work of the musical score is a great choice, elevating or establishing an effective connection for the entire plot of the movie. It is a section that excellently complements the entire experience. Moreover, the script has those atmospheres of intrigue, suspense, investigation, and twists that can truly surprise you. Without a doubt, it is a quite entertaining adaptation. The voice dubbing work, very well, fulfills its purpose.

In summary, it is a movie that fosters a quite fitting conclusion and, as a sequel, establishes a before and after, providing important details, entertaining scenes, and a faithful connection with its true fans. A story that comes to life on the big screen.

I am a big Watchmen fan read the book, watched the 2009 movie, watched the TV series, anyways this movie is great example for how to make a faithfull movie to a source material; there are some small changes like modifying some scenes either by cutting some of it or adding some or changing the timline of the story, but these changes are pretty small and doesn't effect on what the story meant to show, actually liked the art style here and how we see the art style differs whether it's in the present or a memory or from parallel story of the pirate; ofcourse like most adaptations it doesn't match the book quality, but it doesn't mean it's not worth watching, because I think that this is actually pretty great adaptation and the best that we actually had until now and I think it's one of the best movies of the year; my only complaint here will be that the animation quality just drops in some shots which was alittle bit disappointing, but that happened in few times and it wasn't that big problem especially that the animation quality was pretty great in the most of the movie. So yeah that is my thoughts on Watchmen Chapter 2.

The alterations in this variation of the Watchmen graphic novel was more extreme than in Chapter 1 & the 2009 film in some ways , taking some big liberties with the story structure & certain scenes. However it retained the basic story elements of the original source, which the film version altered notably at the end.

For me the structural changes & additions didn't improve the story at all & jarred a bit at first.

Then I began to appreciate the fact that the original source would be impossible to do justice to in such a short space of time, & the changes didn't distract from the momentum of the film.

So, maybe someone who is unfamiliar with the graphic novel may find it easier to 'work out'.

Everything about the production & design of this animation is great. The music is superb , except that it be occasionally overbearing - drowning out the actors voices a bit much for my old ears.

The animation itself is brilliant with many superb moments. Some people have complained about it, tho I imagine the same commentators wouldn't be able to watch any animation pre the CGI if their sensibilities can't appreciate the work on this. Animation is not meant to be solely 'hyper-realistic & ray traced', it is often about a 'broad stroke & impression' than seeing the texture of fabric on a CGI model. The animation should be in the service of the story, & here it does the job superbly.

It should be remembered that the graphic novels 1st animation, that told the story most faithfully to the original, was about 12 hours long , 3x longer than the combined length of these two chapter. So there is no way it could be adapted in a one-for-one manner & it would be unfair to judge it as such.

The changes in this version are noticeable, but it is also refreshing seeing how another writer (J. Michael Straczynsk -of Babylon 5 fame) would approach & handle the story without totally ruining it. Here he does a good job, that in places expands on some 'vaguer' moments in the graphic novel that are only more comprehensible after finishing the story.

I'm happy to report that "Watchmen: Chapter II" is just as good as the original.

I love the gritty, real-world feel of the animation: really atmospheric in a feature that contains a lot of brutal violence.

For the final DC Animated Universe movie ever - or so they say - they really went all out, getting Titus Welliver, Matthew Rhys and Katee Sackhoff amongst others to lend their talents to bring a good script and story to life.

The whole cast was great, but Welliver (of "Bosch" fame) deserves special mention for his turn as Rorscach.

If this is indeed the last DC animated feature, they definitely went out on a high.