Watchmen.
Like:
The superhero history sequence set to Bob Dylan's "The times they are a-changin'". I liked that a lot.
The fight scenes.
Most of the soundtrack.
Hate:
The seemingly arbitrary deviations from the graphic novel that I can only assume were there in order to massage the egos of actors as the changes all seemed to revolve around giving characters more screen time than they are due ie: Ozymandias' work with Manhattan and the various opportunities for Nite Owl to show off his sub-par skills at expressing emotion. This destroyed the impact of really key lines, like the "Nothing ever ends" part.
I'm don't even mind the changing of the ending to the blame Manhattan thing, because the original message of the ending was still kept intact with that. The death of Rorshach onwards the thing fell completely apart though, mainly due to Nite Owl.
On balance, I hated it less than I expected to. I'd give it maybe a 7.5, 8/10.
Like:
The superhero history sequence set to Bob Dylan's "The times they are a-changin'". I liked that a lot.
The fight scenes.
Most of the soundtrack.
Hate:
The seemingly arbitrary deviations from the graphic novel that I can only assume were there in order to massage the egos of actors as the changes all seemed to revolve around giving characters more screen time than they are due ie: Ozymandias' work with Manhattan and the various opportunities for Nite Owl to show off his sub-par skills at expressing emotion. This destroyed the impact of really key lines, like the "Nothing ever ends" part.
I'm don't even mind the changing of the ending to the blame Manhattan thing, because the original message of the ending was still kept intact with that. The death of Rorshach onwards the thing fell completely apart though, mainly due to Nite Owl.
On balance, I hated it less than I expected to. I'd give it maybe a 7.5, 8/10.