I originally liked the opening credits until the scene where Rorschach is monologuing on his way to see Dr. Manhattan and reiterates what we saw in that sequence (Dollar Bill got his cape caught in a revolving door... [the lesbian superhero] murdered in a pool of her own decadence... etc.). That's just repetitive. And the opening scene drags for far too long and ruins the mystery element (like you can't tell that's not Adrien...). I was open to the idea of adapting the book into a movie, but Snyder really didn't have time to indulge in things like that. It would have been much better to start the movie the same place it starts in the book and save the ten or so minutes that preceded it for later.
Plus the ending completely butchers what Alan Moore originally had in mind and makes Bubastis' inclusion make no sense. It won't show up on my "Worst Comic Book Movie" list, but Watchmen isn't going to go anywhere near the top ten greatest comic book movies.
Plus the ending completely butchers what Alan Moore originally had in mind and makes Bubastis' inclusion make no sense. It won't show up on my "Worst Comic Book Movie" list, but Watchmen isn't going to go anywhere near the top ten greatest comic book movies.
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