Who's Watched the Watchmen?

quote:

---

Best line: "You are locked in with me!"

---

My favourite line from the comic book! Before that, you think that you're getting a handle on just how crazy Rorschach is. When he says that, you know there's no hint of compromise left in him. It occurs off-screen, so to speak, in the comic. Glad to see it's there in the film.Hoping to go see it this week.Mutate and Survive

---

"The Bible is like a person, and if you torture it long enough, you can get it to say almost anything you'd like it to say." -- Rev. Dr. Francis H. Wade

OK, seen it, loved it.It's true that there are some flaws, but I thought that it was as good a treatment as you could expect. According to Moore, half the point in his work is to do stuff that only comic books can do. That's certainly true of Watchmen.I felt that the pace came and went a little and that quite often the actors seemed to be rushing their dialogue where a dramatic pause or two wouldn't have gone amiss. The ending seemed to lack tension and impact, probably due to the lack of empathy; we never got to know those supporting characters in New York, so we don't have as much emotional investment when it kicks off...Having said that, I did really enjoy it. It was a real pleasure seeing certain scenes writ large on the screen like that. The general look and feel were great. The effects were mostly very good and the characters were very well realised. The actors playing Rorschach and the Comedian gave really memorable performances and I thought that Dreiberg in particular was perfectly pitched.As for the ending? I can live with it, although my friend went into a total fit about it. He was not happy. Of course, he handled it better than this guy...Mutate and Survive

---

"The Bible is like a person, and if you torture it long enough, you can get it to say almost anything you'd like it to say." -- Rev. Dr. Francis H. Wade