Who's Watching the Watchmen?

Well, Me. Last night at midnight.

I read the novel for the first time about a year ago. And yes, as many say, it is probably the best Graphic Novel ever written, and one of the great pieces of 20th century literature, period. I finished reading it again a few days ago, and every time I read it I just fall more in love with it... it's subtlety, layers, complexity, and irony. It's just a great work. Really.

So, last night I was really excited to go to the midnight showing with a friend last night. My overall opinion is that it wasn't perfect. That there are things that I did have a problem with, and not the "ZOMG On page three of issue nine he clearly goes into the second door on the right but in the movie it's the third door. What were they THINKING!" but I mean actual real issues.

But, I thought it was overall amazingly well cast. Most of the leads were flawless. It was visually everything we could have hoped for, and while we of course lost some of its beloved complexity and subtlety, I think the movie was an overall a win. A-.

( Detailed Review: Cut for Spoilers, both for the movie AND if you haven't read it, the book )

Anyway, I'm sure that was all TL;DR but... oh well.

Enjoy your weekend everybody.

One last Watchmen Note

Dear fellow theater goers,

Yes, Dr. Manhattan is naked. Did it escape your notice that he's so far removed humanity that he can't even quite understand that human life has value? What then makes you think that it makes sense for him to conform to society's declaration that certain body parts need to be covered?

Do we really need to act like elementary school students at a first sex ed class? It's called a penis. Deal with it. Adolescent sniggering is not required.

No love,

Me