So I finally saw the Watchmen movie last night. For years, I've been saying that 1.) this is not a comic book to recommend to a beginning reader of comics and 2.) I don't know who'd they'd expect to see this movie because you really have to care about superheroes.
I stand by those statements.
I also enjoyed the movie, but I've been reading comic books for over thirty years.
I liked it fine for what it was - a lavish, yet slavish, adaptation of a comic book of limited interest to a broader public.
Snyder's second comic book adaptation followed the path of 300, his first - he used the comic book as a storyboard and made a visually-stunning movie. Watchmen is lush and lovely and just ooozes thoughtful caring. And I appreciated that. And about 1/3 of the readers of this blog probably will as well.
But if you didn't grow up on superhero comic books (movies don't count), this probably isn't the movie for you.
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