Well, like I’ve said, how much it sticks to the books is irrelevent, I didn’t like the movie, didn’t like the message(s), didn’t like what most of the characters stood for, etc. etc. Just didn’t care for it. My opinion, oh well…

They took a lot of liberties with the film but I never imagined they would even make one, so I’m gald they did. I thought it would be too difficult to adapt for an audience that couldn’t re-read parts like I did and take the time to understand it in a typical movie run-time. It’s not perfect but I enjoyed it nonetheless and could see why some things were done differently. I think the audience would’ve probably felt short changed if the ‘superheroes’ hadn’t shown some kind of ‘power’. Agree about Ozymandias, he just needed a moustache to twirl and a cloak as he tied the damsel to the train tracks

@Ken J

It’s not an exact copy of the books, just an adaptation. I think they messed up a bit by trying to sell it as an action movie when (certainly the original story) it’s more philosophical than smash, bang, good guys win, yay!

I never made a comparison of the movie to the book. I’m criticizing the thing as a whole. So if the book is exactly like the movie, which from what I’ve heard it is, then feel free to assume what I wrote above applies to my opinion of the book as well. I don’t really care that it stuck to it 100%, doesn’t affect my gripes with it, just extends them really…

And I mean of you of course, and not the movie. I don’t like how the characters seemed to have super strength when the only character with powers was supposed to be Dr. Manhattan. I hate too that they made the characters more violent. Sure there was violence in the book, but Rorsche (forgive my spelling if its wrong) did not plant a cleaver in that man’s head. My sisters, who never read the book, were completely turned off by that and now they won’t read it. Period. And the scene where Rorsche is attacked by the dwarf and his squad was completely rewritten and horribly messed up (especially the man losing his arms or something, I had to cover my eyes). But the part with the swinging bathroom door and Rorsche poising to kill the little person completely disturbed me! That part in the book focused on Nite Owl’s comment and was funny. But that was not funny in the movie. Not funny at all!

And my BIGGEST complaint was the Ozymandias character who was as clear a villain as a 1950′s movie could have portraited him (and congrats if that was the idea). In the book you were surprised he could even fight (and he kicks ass), much more so that he kills up an entire city of people in order to further his goal towards world piece. Those same sisters (that now won’t read the book) saw straight through him when he first showed up. That was so awful, to have the whole experience ruined like that. For shame…

This isn’t an attack on you but did you read the comics (either before or after watching the movie)? The film was (to my memory) a decent interpretation of a difficult book tbh.

The Comedian isn’t supposed to be hero, he (I think) represents governments’ seedier side, the ‘win-at-all-costs’ attitude and rampant nationalism. He is a sociopath yet he does what he does for his country and is lauded for it. It just shows ‘masks’ as more than good or bad, just humans with human failings.

The Dr Manhattan comment, he doesn’t get ‘full of himself and lose interest in his girlfriend because she’s normal’. He is to all intents and purposes a god. He can will things into existence and sees time in a non-linear fashion. He was losing touch with his humanity due to his power (which is what I always thought his character was about) including his love for Silk Spectre.

The ending was pretty much the same as the comic so I’m glad that certain things happened so as not to ruin it for the people who loved the books but I can see why some might not like it.

Not sure if you’ll even read this as the threads a bit old but couldn’t leave the above unsaid. I can see why people wouldn’t like it but maybe the explanations helped.

LOL, your sentiments toward Watchmen are almost exactly what I was thinking while watching it. And speaking of flashbacks, did you notice that there were flashbacks WITHIN flashbacks???

I was like “what the… a flashback? But aren’t we already in a flashback???” LMAO!

And the whole scumbag character issue is a big issue with me since I typically like to be able to relate to the main characters in order for me to fully enjoy a film, and I really can’t relate to any of them, Rorshsomething is the closest since he had the strongest moral character. I mean, The Comedian? Come on, I WANTED him dead, his “murderer” did the world a favor. Dr. Manhattan? Oh yah, he’s so full of himself he lost interest in his wife/girlfriend/fiance (I forgot, dozed off a few times watching it) because she was too normal? Ha, yah, I’m going to relate to that. That ending was utterly retarded, the guy they got to play Nixon looked NOTHING at all like him, didn’t even get his mannerisms right, he was just there so they can make fun of Nixon’s nose.

And the concept that there will be world peace because of a common enemy?? LOL, that would have lasted somewhere around 2-5 years in real life, then people forget, and it’s back to business as usual. But yah, I love how the “ideal” America is a hippy America where everyone drives a Toyota Pius (misspelling intentional), but don’t worry, Ronald Reagan will bring back wars and killing because he’s a Republican… Very subtle morons… I hate message movies…

I might still check it out, im not really to familiar with any DC characters besides batman so I may use it as a stepping stone to broaden my scope in the DC world