Who's Watched the Watchmen?

I watched the second screening at 9:30 AM on Thursday. I would have gone at Midnight for the first showing, but we don't do babysitters. I knew nothing about Alan Moore or the Watchmen until I saw V for Vendetta. I became fascinated by Alan Moore and his stories and ended up starting a new collection. I even have the original entire Watchmen series (VF-NM) waiting to go on my wall once I have a place worthy enough to display it.I absolutely loved it. Like you, I was captured from the second it started till the second it ended with heart pounding the entire time. I did not find any point in the the movie that dragged or bored me or disappointed me. At first, some of the music choices were a bit surprising and odd, but but then I remembered it's the fricken' 80s, for crying out loud. The music forces us back and reminds us the movie is not set in a different world, it's an alternate reality. Same thing with the costumes. Almost campy until I realized, again, it IS the 80s -- and what other decade in history was campier than the 80s?My husband had never read the g-novel and knew nothing at all about the story. All I told him was than it was based on a comic where superheroes exist in an alternate reality and they've been outlawed. He had no trouble following the story and found it just as fantastic as I did. I certainly do not feel that the significance of Alan Moore's story was lost in the movie. Not at all.I thought the actors did a wonderful job in their portrayals, but Rorschach was particularly compelling. It was a good choice to use less well known actors because too many times it's hard to get away from seeing them in their previous roles. I cannot even imagine Jude Law as Rorschach. After the movie I had to know who Haley was. Once I realized who it was, I was surprised. I had in fact seen him in many movies. While I can't say I ever liked him much in any of his other roles (he always played a scuzzy, ugly, weasel of a character), this role is his crowning glory. I also really enjoyed watching Patrick Wilson (Nite Owl) and Billy Crudup, who was fantastic as Dr. Manhattan.My only disappointment is that it is not playing on our IMAX screen.