Saw Watchmen tonight. I have been anticipating it since I read the graphic novel last summer. Would have to say that I liked the comic more than the movie...but I was entertained for a good 3 hours. I usually get really squirmy during movies that long (like Benjamin Buttons, Titanic (the WORST)), and even though I knew what was coming, I didn't feel like I was waiting for the movie to end.
My favorite character in the comic was Dr. Manhattan. The movie did a decent job of not making him too comic-y. I wouldn't have recognized Billy Crudup at all, if I hadn't known it was him beforehand. I have to say that I was most impressed with Rorschach and the actor who played him. I had never heard of him before, and he gets very little actual face time, but the character was captivating nonetheless. The Nite Owl was intriguing as well...mostly because he was cute. And the actress who played Silk Spectres I and II were doppelgangers of their animated versions.
Overall, glad I went to see it, will probably buy it on DVD. Definitely worth the extra to see it on IMAX.
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