Thirith on 2/10/2009 at 08:08

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I pretty much went in expecting to dislike it - while V for Vendetta got many of the visuals right, none of the Alan Moore films had any idea about what makes the comics tick.

While there are things about the Watchmen movie that don't work for me, it's the first Alan Moore adaptation that has an idea what the material is about. IMO it's got some inspired bits (some of the casting and performances are spot-on, the title sequence is brilliant, I'd even say that the pre-title scene works very well - an example of slo-mo done to good effect), it's got some stupid decisions (making the first Laurie/Dan fight sequence hyper-aesthetic, Laurie and Dr Manhattan on Mars, the clinical nature of what happens in NY - I am okay with them looking for an alternative to the squid, but whatever happens shouldn't be clean and bloodless), and much of the rest is competent. But it's not ignorant to what Watchmen is, which V for Vendetta largely is, and which From Hell and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen are to a spectacular extent.