Which version of Watchmen is the best?

[Lope de Aguirre]

Which version of Watchmen is the best?

[fassbenderfan]

Director's Cut. Watch the motion comic separately.

[BladeRunner2007]

Director's Cut

[Tony208]

any one without the motion comic

[BECAUSE IM BATMAN]

Ultimate Cut

[MifuneFan]

I'm willing to bet most of the people that voted for the DC over the UC have:

1.) Not seen the UC and/or
2.) Not read the graphic novel

[MifuneFan]

Why are so many people mentioning the motion comic as if it's included in any cut? Seems lke there's another option for those that voted against the UC

3.) People who have no clue what the Ultimate Cut includes.

At least 3 of the people who voted for the DC over the UC fall into this clueless category. Tony in fact voted for both the theatrical and DC, so that's a double-fail.

Originally Posted by fassbenderfan

Director's Cut. Watch the motion comic separately.

Originally Posted by UnknownBesideArch

+1

I haven't seen the Ultimate Cut, but I can't imagine that having animated stuff in the middle of the film would improve it in any way!

Originally Posted by Tony208

any one without the motion comic

[Tony208]

i think when people say motion comic they mean tales of the black freighter

[MifuneFan]

I don't see why that would be the case when an actual Motion comic exists for Watchmen..

[Tony208]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I don't see why that would be the case when an actual Motion comic exists for Watchmen..

probably they don't know about it

[Roonan]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I'm willing to bet most of the people that voted for the DC over the UC have:

1.) Not seen the UC and/or
2.) Not read the graphic novel

Erm... wrong.

And yes, I voted for the Director's Cut (although I'm still not a fan of Rorschach's extended scene with the cops).

[Andrew-Kenneth]

Originally Posted by UnknownBesideArch

I'm going to have to go with the shortest (theatrical) cut.

(...)

Well, I've seen the theatrical cut (once) in the cinema and later owned the DC dvd and now the DC blu-ray.

Whilst I enjoy some of the extra scenes of the DC, other additions are not really needed or look a tad unfinished. The extra material also slows down the pacing of this film quite a bit.

I guess your post has motivated me to check out the theatrical version once more...

[Roonan]

Originally Posted by UnknownBesideArch

The extra content in Tales and Hood is very interesting and complements the movie nicely, but it's still something I'd prefer to watch separately; I think these additions would severely mess up the flow of the Ultimate Cut, and should best be viewed as bonus material.

I agree, although I prefer the Director's Cut. As Snyder described:

"[The Director's Cut] is everything. Whilst there is an ultimate edition to follow, it isn't a cut, it's an experiment we wanted to do with The Black Freighter."

[The Special Dog]

for me Director's Cut