Richard Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Any fans of the comic book who are thinking "Hmm, well they'll probably mess it up" - I'm here to tell you that it's 99% spot on. They get everything absolutely correct, all the dialogue is accurate (to the point that it seems that almost all of it is directly from the comic and not screwed around with), casting is fantastic, plot is identical with 1 exception, which is different. I am not sure why they changed it, and whilst I dislike the fact that it is altered - simply because it does not respect the original - I don't think it is bad in itself, it makes sense, and fits in fine. I barely have anything negative to say - sometimes the soundtrack was poor, generally I thought it was good. But sometimes they did mess it up, one particular scene was ruined by the music definitely. The only other problem I had was that some of the action / fighting was a bit too smooth and "cool". Not a big deal, it looked great, and nothing was really crazy, just sometimes people got chucked / punched / kicked a bit too far, so it made the characters seem too strong when they are meant to just be dudes. Over all I was totally impressed, especially by the faithfulness. Don't know if I would recommend it to people who have not read the comic, as it is long, and probably a bit confusing to those who are new to it, I don't know, I've read the book a million times so I already knew what was going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pink Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Watched it too this morning at 9:30. I had not read any of the comics before this. but I generally liked it. The style, the feel, most everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronco Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I love the comic. watched some of the trailers on youtube and they looked promising. From your description it definitely sounds like I have to go see the movie at some point then . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zinzen Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Awesome movie, good times, I have to write a paper now for comic book history class on the differences between movie and book.Yay college Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clark X kent Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Rorschach... coolest charactar ever. Great great casting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blabbate Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Rorschach... coolest charactar ever. Great great casting.Rorschach and Comedian, great casting. Silk Spectre II and Ozymandias, terrible casting. Matthew Goode has a talent for sucking the life out of his scenes. Nifty twist on the ending to make it more cinematic, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I know nothing about Watchmen, but I'm going to see it tomorrow evening.Haven't even seen a preview of it.My young cousin wants to see it.He has similar tastes in movies and TV, so I'm sure I'll like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawaiiDolphin Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I'd never read the comic, but I saw the movie (because it had Jeffrey Dean Morgan) in it, and I enjoyed it a LOT!Definitely a thoughtful and deep movie, and JDM is still the sexiest man alive, even though his character is evil(ish). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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