03-10-2009, 09:28 AM
Just got to watch it yesterday.
Four-fifths of the film was good. Not perfect, some of the acting was bad, the music was different (to put it lightly), and some of the good parts were left out like Rorschach's psychiatrist. They also could have tried to at least introduce the Black Freighter metafic, seeing as it will have a separate DVD movie. Again, not perfect, but good.
The last one-fifth was a letdown though. After reading the original ending, I felt a bit empty inside, but it was a kind of meaningful nothingness (haha if you can understand that, props to you - that's the best way I can put it). Watching the new ending was a bit like, "Umm... OK..." Where was Ozymandias' self-doubt? And Doc Manhattan's disconnection? It just wasn't there, much like the giant alien squid bomb wasn't.
Kudos though to Jackie Earle Haley and Patrick Wilson though. Their performances were really good.
Overall, a so-so for me. Could have been much better if they stuck to the source material all the way.
Four-fifths of the film was good. Not perfect, some of the acting was bad, the music was different (to put it lightly), and some of the good parts were left out like Rorschach's psychiatrist. They also could have tried to at least introduce the Black Freighter metafic, seeing as it will have a separate DVD movie. Again, not perfect, but good.
The last one-fifth was a letdown though. After reading the original ending, I felt a bit empty inside, but it was a kind of meaningful nothingness (haha if you can understand that, props to you - that's the best way I can put it). Watching the new ending was a bit like, "Umm... OK..." Where was Ozymandias' self-doubt? And Doc Manhattan's disconnection? It just wasn't there, much like the giant alien squid bomb wasn't.
Kudos though to Jackie Earle Haley and Patrick Wilson though. Their performances were really good.
Overall, a so-so for me. Could have been much better if they stuck to the source material all the way.
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