Has any comic been as acclaimed as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, but Watchmen remains the critics' favorite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark and literate creation than Miller's fantastic, subversive take on the Batman myth. Moore, renowned for many other of the genre's finest creations (Saga of the Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, and From Hell, with Eddie Campbell) first put out Watchmen in 12 issues for DC in 1986-87. It won a comic award at the time (the 1987 Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards for Best Writer/Artist combination) and has continued to gather praise since.
The story concerns a group called the Crimebusters and a plot to kill and discredit them. Moore's characterization is as sophisticated as any novel's. Importantly the costumes do not get in the way of the storytelling; rather they allow Moore to investigate issues of power and control--indeed it was Watchmen, and to a lesser extent Dark Knight, that propelled the comic genre forward, making "adult" comics a reality. The artwork of Gibbons (best known for 2000AD's Rogue Trooper and DC's Green Lantern) is very fine too, echoing Moore's paranoid mood perfectly throughout. Packed with symbolism, some of the overlying themes (arms control, nuclear threat, vigilantes) have dated but the intelligent social and political commentary, the structure of the story itself, its intertextuality (chapters appended with excerpts from other "works" and "studies" on Moore's characters, or with excerpts from another comic book being read by a child within the story), the finepace of the writing and its humanity mean that Watchmen more than stands up--it keeps its crown as the best the genre has yet produced. --Mark Thwaite
Alan Moore is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. He has also written a novel, Voice of the Fire, and performs "workings" (one-off performance art/spoken word pieces) with The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels, some of which have been released on CD.
As a comics writer, Moore is notable for being one of the first writers to apply literary and formalist sensibilities to the mainstream of the medium. As well as including challenging subject matter and adult themes, he brings a wide range of influences to his work, from the literary–authors such as William S. Burroughs, Thomas Pynchon, Robert Anton Wilson and Iain Sinclair; New Wave science fiction writers such as Michael Moorcock; horror writers such as Clive Barker; to the cinematic–filmmakers such as Nicolas Roeg. Influences within comics include Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kirby and Bryan Talbot.
漫画本身是一部文学作品,但是通过电影,导演对它做了进一步的解读,它对漫画的部分台词以及人物塑造有改动,不妨来看看这两个版本的同异之处 电影分为三部分叙述: 第一部分——时代序曲:以笑匠被杀开场,通过一首歌曲回顾整个变装英雄和时代的变迁,罗夏开始追查蒙面英雄杀...
评分 评分 评分如果要用一个词来形容阅读完毕后的感受,那或许是“回味悠长”的复杂疲惫感。这不是那种读完一本畅快淋漓的小说后感到的满足,而更像是一场漫长而艰苦的智力与情感上的跋涉。角色的塑造极为立体,以至于你很难对其中任何一方产生纯粹的憎恶或崇拜。他们行为的动机是如此复杂,掺杂着个人创伤、意识形态的坚持,以及对更大利益的误判。这种模糊性,正是其高明之处——它拒绝将复杂的人性简化为黑白两色。每一次翻页,都像是在进行一次精神上的“去甲醛”过程,剥离掉那些被主流叙事粉饰过的道德外壳。对于那些期待传统超级英雄大团圆结局的读者来说,这部作品无疑是令人沮丧的,因为它直白地展示了理想主义在现实中的残酷结局。然而,正是这种不妥协的、近乎悲剧性的收场,使得它的主题力量得以永恒,它像一个警钟,在提醒着所有自诩为救世主的人们,警惕那条通往地狱的、由善意铺就的道路。
评分我得说,光从视觉语言和叙事结构的角度来审视,这部作品简直就是一部教科书级别的范例。那种将漫画媒介的潜力挖掘到极致的努力,是其他同类作品难以企及的。它不仅仅是图画和文字的简单组合,而是利用分镜的精确布局、跨页的冲击力,以及穿插其中的伪纪录片式材料——那些报纸剪报、政府文件甚至个人日记的片段——构建了一个立体而又令人信服的平行世界。这些“非叙事性”的插入物,并非可有可无的点缀,它们是构建世界观稳定性的基石,让虚构的故事拥有了惊人的历史厚重感和真实感。更令人称道的是,色彩的运用简直达到了出神入化的地步。它不是用来简单地烘托气氛,而是作为角色的心理侧写和主题的隐喻工具。某些场景中大面积的阴影和对比强烈的色块,不动声色地表达了人物内心的挣扎和环境的压抑,其效果远胜过冗长的内心独白。阅读的过程,更像是在欣赏一幅幅精心设计的、充满象征意义的油画,每一帧都值得停下来细细品味其中的匠心独运。
评分坦白讲,我过去对这类题材的接受度并不高,总觉得它们过于晦涩或沉重,但这部作品成功地用一种近乎冷酷的魅力将我吸了进去。它的魅力不在于提供廉价的娱乐或简单的道德指引,而在于它提出了那些让人坐立不安的问题,并且拒绝提供任何舒适的答案。我欣赏创作者的勇气,敢于撕开社会光鲜亮丽的外表,展示其下潜藏的权力腐蚀、媒体操纵和民众的盲从。尤其是对那个时代的社会氛围描绘,那种冷战阴影下的全民焦虑感,被刻画得入木三分。阅读过程中,我不断地在思考,在一个信息被高度控制,道德标准被权力机构重新定义的社会里,真正有良知的人该如何自处?是选择沉默以求自保,还是选择以一种近乎毁灭性的方式发出呐喊?这种两难的困境,构成了作品强大的张力。它不仅仅是关于一群特殊人物的故事,它更像是一面镜子,映照出我们自身社会结构中那些看似稳固却异常脆弱的支撑点。
评分这部作品,老实说,初读时的震撼感是难以用言语完全捕捉的。它更像是一部精心编织的、关于人性幽暗角落的深度剖析,而非传统意义上的超级英雄故事。首先吸引我的是那种扑面而来的、近乎冷峻的现实主义笔触。作者似乎对我们所熟知的“正义”概念抱持着一种深刻的怀疑和解构的意图。我们习惯于看到那些无所不能、道德完美的楷模,但在这里,每一个登场人物都背负着沉重的、几乎无法承受的心理包袱和道德困境。他们的“超能力”与其说是天赋,不如说更像是加诸其身的诅咒,将他们推向了常人难以企及却又倍感孤独的境地。那种对权力、对责任、对个人道德边界的不断试探与拉扯,让我不禁反思:如果一个有能力改变世界的人,其内心深处也充满了裂痕与矛盾,那么他所施行的“正义”究竟是光辉的救赎,还是另一种形式的暴政?故事的节奏感处理得极其精妙,那种抽丝剥茧、层层递进的叙事方式,让你在阅读过程中,就像一个被动的侦探,被迫深入到那些不愿触碰的真相之中,直到最后拼凑出一个令人唏嘘的全貌。它挑战了我们对善恶的简单二元论,迫使我们直面人性的灰度。
评分这次重读的体验,让我对“时间性”在作品中扮演的角色有了全新的认识。它并非线性地向前推进,而更像是一张被不断折叠和展开的挂毯。过去、现在、以及那些尚未发生的未来可能性,都被巧妙地编织在一起。故事的核心驱动力之一,正是对历史进程的反思和对未来悲剧的预见,而这种预见本身,又反过来塑造了当下的选择。我特别留意了那些关于政治哲学的讨论,那种对乌托邦理想破灭后的虚无感,以及在绝对权力面前个体命运的渺小,表达得极为深刻。那些关于“谁来监管监管者”的永恒难题,在这里被推向了一个极端。不同意识形态的人物之间的激烈碰撞,与其说是英雄间的争斗,不如说是几种对人类未来走向的根本性哲学观点的激烈辩论。最终,作品似乎暗示,无论我们如何努力去设计一个完美的制度或控制历史的走向,人类自身那些根深蒂固的缺陷和非理性因素,始终是最大的变量,也是最难被驯服的野兽。
评分作为马桶读物流放了三个月……然后读到三分之一处开始一发不可收拾。作为graphic novel简直是完美。
评分作为马桶读物流放了三个月……然后读到三分之一处开始一发不可收拾。作为graphic novel简直是完美。
评分作为马桶读物流放了三个月……然后读到三分之一处开始一发不可收拾。作为graphic novel简直是完美。
评分看过漫画,才知道电影还原度有多高。扎克·施奈德真·宅男!
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