The Watchmen

Most people would regard the book as one of best graphic novels of all time, as well as one of the best things that probably has come from DC that didn't involved Batman or Superman. The movie however is almost a completely different story, directed by guy who did 300, makes the film in to an almost mediocre block buster film. The problem starts with the fact that a lot of movie is stripped when compared to comic book, there's little symbolism, scenes have been cut out, characters that had way more importance in comic aren't portrayed, but rather they make small appearances or barely do anything at all. The other thing's that make movie not so good is it try's too hard to focus on violence or sex, the script (while most of time follow's comic book scenes well) can be a bit cheesy, the movie doesn't explain events well especially for people who aren't familiar are gonna scratch there heads most of time, and finally the ending kills it for me, for not only was it completely different from book, but also the fact message of it wasn't delivered well and people who haven't read it aren't gonna quite understand. The movie though does have it ups such as good acting, sound track (despite one fucking song by chemical romance), action, and some of it's funny. Overall I'd say as fan I'm disappointed, yet I am happy at same time someone had put time and effort to make this, so while its not great it still good enough for me where I could probably watch it again, its just better off not taken seriously. My recommendation is for anybody who wants to enjoy Watchmen grab novel first and understand what it really about.