Someone to Watch over Watchmen
I always know something is creating a sensation in movie geekdom when not one, but both of my movie geek friends forward me the same article (thanks Josh and Michael!). In the case of their most recent messages, though, I can certainly understand what all the hubub is about. It seems Darren Aranofsky, the man behind one of my favorite movies, Requiem for a Dream, has been tapped to direct the long-awaited film adaptation of Alan Moore’s seminal graphic novel, Watchmen!
The more I think about this choice, the more I think it makes sense. Aranofsky’s dark style (see Pi, for example) makes him the perfect man to bring Rorschach to the screen, and his track record of brilliant filmmaking alleviates the fears of Hollywood ham-handedness I expressed the last time I wrote about Watchmen. Here’s hoping that Aranofsky can save Watchmen from League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’s fate!