Well…I do!
A group of us (9 to be exact) went Saturday night to the Aventura theater to watch Watchmen in one of their IMAX theaters. I had the pleasure of reading the comic before sitting down to watch the movie, and I am so glad I did. My first opinion of the movie was that someone who did not read the comic would probably not understand it or hate it altogether because it did a great job replicating the comic, which tended to be a bit disjointed. With that said, I absolutely loved it. I thought it did the comic great justice and really nailed a lot of the main characters, especially Rorschach. Some scenes were panel-perfect and a lot of the dialogue stayed true to the original. I was pleasantly surprised to see that a lot of scenes I thought would be omitted were not and I was very happy with the intro – overall, I give it two thumbs up and would love to see it again, 3 hours and all!
But, I had some gripes although few (warning: SPOILERS under cut):
– Too much music throughout the movie. I really enjoyed it during the intro, but when it continued throughout the movie it seemed like more of a music video than a motion picture and didn’t always quite fit with the mood. Although they get props for using era-appropriate tunes.
– What was up with the awkwardly long and kind of graphic sex scene between Dan and Laurie? I have no problem with sex on screen, but it went on entirely too long to the point that we were all shifting around uncomfortably in our seats. A minute would have been more than enough.
– This one is just silly because I know it will be featured on a separate DVD, but I was kind of bummed that the underlying pirate comic was not included even in a minor way. That was probably my favorite aspect of the Watchmen comic, I thought it was so genius to have a comic within a comic. I can’t wait to see how they put it together later.
So I bet you can all guess that I highly recommend this movie, but even more so recommend reading the comic – it’s a great read and will better help you appreciate what a fabulous job they did with the movie.
So what did all of you think?
Let me know!
ps; Really sorry about the late post today. Daylight Savings Time really kicked my butt this time around! I’ll be back to my normal posting ways by tomorrow.