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Ok, I'll try to keep this short.
I liked it. I felt it was a bit rushed at times but enjoyable none the less. In fact i pretty much agree with protoclown's assesment although Nixon's nose didnt bother me all that much. The "Hey, its the Watchmen!" thing? Yes.
The only other things that I didn't really like were all at the end actually, starting from the point of adrian's revalation. Dan running out to see rorschach die and the following "NOOOOO!" was a bit darth vader to me. The following scene with manhattan kissing Laurie as he says goodbye and Dan being totally cool with that, especially after the "NOOOO!". Didnt like that much.
I suppose the essential scene there that was sidestepped was the tearful "love me!" sexing/spooning scene where Laurie and Dan come to terms with everytihng thats happened.
Most importantly however, they completely missed out on Manhattan dampening adrian's victory with the whole "I did the right thing didnt I?" chat and the mushroom cloud image his exit leaves over the model solar system. This I felt was the only point Adrian feels doubt and possibly regret over whether he's done the right thing. It also completes the parallel with the black freighter with that final realisation. |
As for casting: The comidian was awesome. Rorschach: awesome. Night owl was overplayed IMHO but well cast. I recon bits like the 'NOOOO!' and him meeting Ozy instead of Rorschach were put in to push him towards main characterdom, although like someone else mentioned the murder of Hollis should have been in there for the sake of character development. Adrian and Laurie could have been better cast, Ozy in particular. I didnt think he was played meloncholic or charismatic enough. Plus the guy looked like a skinny little wuss.
3.5 pickles I feel is accurate.
And yes, I know sexing isn't a real word.