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Originally Posted by AmeliaG
I will NOT be going to see that movie. Not even on a press junket for free with free food and drinks would I see that rape of the best comic book ever created.
If Alan Moore feels strongly enough against the project that he turned down all the money his creator contract would normally give him in this instance, then that is reason enough not to see it.
I'll grant that 300 was pretty, but I fell asleep while watching it. Twice.
Skip the Watchman movie.
Read the graphic novel if you have not already.
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Quite simply, you're wrong. I've got the graphic novel, I thought the movie was fantastic. Could it have been 10-20% better? Sure.. but I'm just glad it was as good as it was. The source material will always be better. After you've had your adaptation-of-your-favorite-novel hymen broken at the age of about 15 you should be able to just accept that the cinematic format has certain limitations and nothing will be as good as the original. With that in mind you can appreciate the movies on their own merit. And Watchmen was good.
Alan Moore hasn't once not cried about an adaptation, so thats a moot point.
Now 'scuse my while I cry about Peter jackson leaving out Tom Bombadil.....