(and yes, I am well aware that playing on "Who watches the Watchmen" is much too overused these days, but what to do...)
Yesterday, Tor and I went with some friends to see the long awaited adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons'
Watchmen. And there is much to say. Let me cover the general before I head into what could be perceived as spoiler territory (as I will have to discuss the ending, obviously) -- it being understood, of course, that you should not even think about seeing this film without reading the book first (
here is exhibit A on the need to
read the book first. You don't want to end up like Roger Ebert).
The film was pretty. It looked just right. I was expecting this of course. When the film is based on a graphic novel, the visual is already shared. You do not end up with horrible decisions like casting Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn simply because you know what a person is
supposed to look like. Dr Manhattan was just the right shade of blue; the Comedian was perfectly gruffy (I don't think that is a word, but if it was one, it would adequately describe the Comedian); Dan Dreiberg looked so right it was almost spooky; and Rorschach ... oh my, I believe "perfect" is the word. The only one who did not look the part, oddly, was Matthew Goode as Ozymandias/Veidt. He was much too skinny, looking entirely out of place a ...
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