Okay. So, even though I've read the comic close to 10 times, and just finished reading it again about 8 months ago, I read it again (excluding the Black Freighter story) this past week before the seeing the movie so that I can have a refresh of the story. For some reason, when I read something, no matter how good it is, I forget a lot of things about the story a few days after reading it. That is why I have read it, and many other good comics, more than twice. I guess, if you think about it, it's actually a good thing that I forget these things because when I read it over again, it's a fresh reading, like I've never read it before. Saying that, I just got back from seeing the movie and I have to say that I was not disappointed, however, I was not fulfilled. Since Tim Burton's Batman started the popularity of comic book movies over the past 15 years or so, each time I hear that they are going to make a comic book movie, I always hope that it is exactly like the source material. The same can say about a novel. Being such a huge Stephen King fan, I am always pessimistic about King's story translation from page to screen; sometimes I am not disappointed. Well, with the Watchmen movie, I was extremely surprised to see this movie was almost exactly like putting each panel of the book to the screen; I mean, almost every dialogue in the movie was straight from the comic. Granted, there was a lot of stuff they kept out due to time and some conversations were moved to different parts of the movie. Of course, the only thing different I could tell was the ending; instead of an alien destroying New York, we have the experiment that made Dr. Manhattan destroy New York. I am still debating whether I like the new ending or not. I am sort of leaning toward the alien concept from the book a better ending, even though everyone seems to like the movie ending better. Now, stating that I have always wanted an exact translation from book to screen, I think I have seen that with the Watchmen movie, but now I almost wish I hadn't. Something tugging on mind that I can't quite grasp is telling me that I am not satisfied with this movie, even though it is exactly like the book. I don't know what it is. I mean, don't get me wrong, I thought the movie was really well done. I loved the soundtrack and everything in it. The only thing I can think of that actually bothered me in the movie was Dr. Manhattan. With all the innovation we have had over the years in computer graphics, it seemed to me that the Dr. Manhattan effect seemed very 1995 to me. He just didn't seem very fluid in his movements and motions for being somewhat computer enhanced. I honestly think they could have done a better job on this character. The crappiness of the effect was distracting for me. But what is it about the movie that doesn't make it fulfilling, I don't know. I got what I wanted, for the most part, but I'm just not satisfied with the end result. I think after this feeling, I may stop asking to get an exact book translation and just hope Hollywood does something innovative with the comic book and novel movies in the future.
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