[Movie] Watchmen

Originally Posted by Bradylama

Despite all of their personal disorders none of the characters ever come off as anything other than cool kung fu dudes. Ozymandias skirts the line of super genius manchild but his ultimate tinge of self-doubt is supplanted onto Nite Owl.

I watched it a second time today, and going into it with this mindset helped me see past some of the hollywood to understand what was driving the less-obvious characters. It's subtle, but I think it's there that the characters have their own ego hangups that cause them to become superheroes. It's just that in the movie, it's more of a "read as much into it as you want to" deal, whereas the graphic novel makes you hit every point to get from A to G.

In general, I think it's acceptable to like the movie for different reasons than the graphic novel. People too close to the source material are still looking for fidelity and overlooking the redemptive parts. (I.E. friendship between partners and the moral anguish at having to give one up for the sake of principles. A punch to the face accomplishes the same feat in this movie as more extraneous sex would have.)

How ya doing, buddy?