Erroneous post to be deleted. Don’t read this.

danielerossi

Original title of this post: Wait. Bill Watterson made a movie?

Update: No, not THAT Bill Watterson of Calvin and Hobbes. A different one. I saw the movie and it’s nowhere near what we’d expect from the Bill Watterson we know. I first heard about this movie form a comics group on Facebook so I see now that the poster was confused, too. My apologies everyone. I’m leaving this here for now so everyone who got excited when I excitedly posted my post can be warned. Then I’ll delete after a few days.

Original post:
I found out today that in 2017, Bill Watterson directed and co-wrote the screenplay to a movie called David Builds A Maze. It’s about an artist to gets stuck in a project, builds a maze out of cardboard boxes and ends up fighting with his own characters! Sounds a lot like something that would happen to Calvin

It looks to be a fun movie from the trailer, however, the reviews say it gets confusing at times. Still cool to see something new from Bill Watterson. Anyone has seen this?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4457344/

burvantill

@danielerossi OMGeez! I am so watching this. Thanx for the heads up.

danielerossi

@burvantill I was thinking that it could be cool to organize a watch party but I safely assume it would be difficult across time zones

Adam Thornton 0

@danielerossi Oh wow! A friend actually told me about this at work a couple of years ago. He said it's quite surreal. But I didn't realise that it was Bill Watterson who made it!
Thanks for this Daniel.

Jeremy Ross

Hi @danielerossi, I think it’s a different Bill Watterson, but still sounds like an interesting movie nonetheless.

Will check it out!

demotlj

Yes, it is a different Bill Watterson. This was on Roger Ebert's site:

"Before you get all excited, it must be clarified: Not THAT Bill Watterson. The semi-reclusive “Calvin and Hobbes” creator has not made his way to Los Angeles to pursue a new vision that only the cinema can contain. No, this Bill Watterson is a film and television actor in his early 40s, two conditions that do inform this movie’s vision."

danielerossi

@demotlj I just realized that now and came here to make some edits. Just saw the movie and it’s definitely NOT the Bill Watterson I thought it was. I was sitting there thinking “what an awful and very immature movie. I can’t imagine Bill Watterson making something like this”. Then it dawned on me — maybe itˆs a different Bill Watterson. A quick Google search and boom. À
Not getting those up minutes of my life back.

Sorry everyone.

danielerossi

@jeremy-ross Don’t bother. I just found out it’s not that Bill Watterson. It’s a terrible movie.

danielerossi

@adam-thornton-0 Nope, not that Bill Watterson. A different one. I found out when it was too late and we’ll into the movie. I kept fast forwarding because the movie was just so stupid. Then I thought “I can’t imagine someone as intelligent as Bill Watterson creating something like this” then it dawned on me that perhaps it was a different Bill Watterson. And it was.

At least I saw it free on Tubi and didn’t have to pay for it.

danielerossi

@burvantill My apologies but it’s a different Bill Watterson. Just saw the movie and let’s just say that’s 80 minutes of my life I’m never getting back.

burvantill

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