WATCHMEN

Verdict: Definite watch.



Quick thoughts:

1. Wow, I have never seen such a faithful adaptation of a book. Ever. I usually get disappointed because the transition invariably screws up, but this was bloody good. I love the book, and I have to say that the reviewers who call the movie boring don't know what the hell they're talking about. Perhaps a little *too* faithful to the book, but no complaints from me. The parallel story is missing, obviously (but it makes an appearance in the director's cut apparently).

1a. Zach Snyder is also the director of 300, so I don't really have to tell you about the visuals.

1b. You probably will need to see the movie twice to catch all the little things in it, especially the real characters from history.

2. Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach is RIDICULOUSLY good.

3. Jon is better endowed in the movie than in the book. Sorry, there's nothing that you can do about it. Speaking of which, I was NOT a fan of that sex scene at all. M-m.

4. Unhappy with Veidt. Without giving too much away, he is portrayed as a villain from scene one. Why? Also unhappy with the music. Jarring/Distracting. Silk Spectre's character - as a bit of a departure from the book, comes across as very strong. She is super hot though. She's Freak show's wife in Harold and Kumar in case you were wondering. And one last thing - some of they key lines in the movie fall flat.

4a. Hm, lot of things that I was unhappy with apparently, for a movie I gave a "must watch"... Well, it was adapted from an iconic comic book story (some people have said that the book is impossible to make into a movie), so you're starting off at an enormous disadvantage. Given that, pretty good job.

5. Matt Yglesias and *maybe* Spencer Ackerman were two rows in front of us.