I haven't read the graphic novel (well, I've read the first few pages), but I do know the general storyline and I didn't think the changed ending was bad. The plot purpose it served was identical even though the details were changed. Given that the movie didn't discuss any of the background that would be required to result in the ending, and the movie was long enough as it was, I don't find it to be a problem. Given that many of the scenes were apparently set to be identical to the artwork in the novel (I have seen the center page of the mirror issue and recognized the imagery), I can understand why some fanboys might be upset, though.
That said, there were a few times where it was clear that something was going over my head due to an undisclosed reference that only fanboys would understand. For example, I know enough about the plot of the novel to know about the lynx, but there is nothing in the movie to justify its existence on screen: It is there simply to appease fanboys.
But it was a good movie. Some things that stuck out:
1) The gigantic dildo sitting on the mantlepiece in the Comedian's living room with the graduated butt plugs neatly lined up next to it. Was this some sort of snide dig at Verizon's commercials with the graduated bars appearing as trees and stacks of newspapers in the background?
2) Silk Spectre II completely cock-blocked herself! She recovered OK, but my god did she screw herself over.
3) Make sure you don't see it with a bunch of teenagers or be prepared for a chorus of immaturity when the full frontal of Dr. Manhattan comes along.
4) Ultra-violence, in and of itself, I'm OK with, but the displays of the broken bones and torn flesh got to me. This is why I could never be a surgeon: Once the patient is open and I'm staring at a beating heart or whatever, that's fine. It's the cutting of the skin that just wigs me out. Be prepared.
Rrhain
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