Ok so I went yesterday and I think everything I felt about the movie has been said already. I couldn't help but being disappointed after having read the brilliance of the novel, no matter much I tried to like it. What got to me the most was the acting, Veidt and Silk Spektre I in particular. It was weak and I couldn't help but going in expecting something else.

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Originally posted by Cloudburst Never heard of watchmen before, didn't watch trailers. I really liked the movie, it was weird, but I liked it. Can't say why.

Agreed. I had no idea what to expect and was pleasantly suprised by an interesting and different film. The character development was done really well. Enough detail, but not at all boring.

And Malin Akerman is hot.

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Originally posted by Ivand Second, they needed to vilify/soften Veidt's character a bit more for my to care about what he did, in the end he just did it and I didnt care

Yeah they really didn't go far enough in depth with his character...seeing the full scope of his character/his past is so integral to understanding his motives and actions(DUH). It left the ending kinda weak, imo. In the book it was just like "Wow, that's fucked up." and really made you think. Here it was just like blue-balls...or losing interest altogether and rolling over and sleeping in the wet spot. It didn't strike the same moral chord.

I also agree that it lacked the same sense of urgency the novel had...and it's too bad that so much of these characters' history is explained in newspaper clippings, journals, etc., in the book. Can't really see how they would have translated that correctly without taking up even more time.

There are just so many concurrent things going on in the book, and I can see why it's hard to get all those layers out properly.


That aside, I honestly thought they did a great job with this movie...as best they could do, with so much material, I suppose. For the most part all the important shit was there.

I dunno...it's hard to say, having read the book. All the gaps were filled in by what I already knew. I can see how anyone who hasn't read it would be like WTF CRAP. The subtleties are definitely lost on the big screen.


That sex scene was hot as fuck though (Leonard Cohen as background music?? FUCK YEAH). And Patrick Wilson fucking nailed Night Owl.

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I also hated that rorschach killed the guy with a cleaver instead of burning him like in the novel. And that part where he bites of the other kid's cheek as a kid was just too much.

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OK I'm officially confused. This novel you guys keep referring to, is it graphic or no? And who wrote it? I tried looking but found mostly comic stuff. Thanks.
I really enjoyed the movie having had no background on it but it makes more sense knowing its adaptation background.

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Originally posted by raynbo OK I'm officially confused. This novel you guys keep referring to, is it graphic or no? And who wrote it? I tried looking but found mostly comic stuff. Thanks. I really enjoyed the movie having had no background on it but it makes more sense knowing its adaptation background.

Graphic novel written by Alan Moore.

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