Last night myself an group of friends went to see The Watchmen movie. After being such a fan of the graphic novel i was a bit concerned about how it was gonna turn out, and hearing reports about how there was loads of "gestation" problems and that writer Alan Moore had disowned it, i bought my popcorn and lowered my expectations... and i loved it. Its (pretty) faithful to the original, but a great film in its own right, and i grinned pretty much all the way through. Rorschach (played by Jackie Earle Haley) is perfect, and is worth the entrance alone. Elsewhere Jeffrey Dean Morgan (playing the comedian) steals the few scenes he's in and Malin Akerman gets Lori Jupiter just right, and even manages to possibly create a future halloween favourite with that costume. In parts however, the pace is a little slow and it does get a little complicated for those unfamiliar with the back-story, but overall it felt like a modern classic.
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