Watchman vs Watchmen

So, i know this is a bit late, but im gonna say a few things about the Watchman movie because i recently re watched it for the first time since the theater. (and did not have a blog when it came out) If you havent seen the movie this will probably have spoilers for both the movie and book.

First off, i thought it was a cool movie, better than most and not your typical super hero movie; and with that, i did read the comic many years and just before seeing it in theaters. They stuck to the main plot and kept all the main characters, something i did not expect because of the nontraditional and dark themes of the story. I feel that they followed the books over arching idea of what super heroes would be like in real life very well, and the only gripes i have with it are superficial.

Some said (me included) that they hated that the ending was changed so drastically, but to me after seeing it again i am not feeling that way anymore. They still had the "bad guys" win and unite the world at a high cost and the "good guys" had to make a very very difficult decision as to whether or not to go along with the ruse, and that is really all you need to do to get the point of the book across. Really the idea of having a bunch of scientists and artist on an island build some giant creature is a little too comic booky for the big screen, much like the X-Men costume change in the movie. (grown men in spandex = gross)

The one main thing that still bugs me is how they did Rorschach's Rorschachs' origin story with the kidnapped little girl. Rorschach finds the guys hide, realizes what happened, confronts the man, and handcuffs him to a stove then in a rage splits the guys head with a meat cleaver. For me this just was not Rorschach. For me he is insane, in a sense, but he is in control; he does not fly off the handle or go overboard unless he is proving a point, much like the prison lunch line scene. It is like they are saying that in the movie Rorschach truly went insane at that moment instead of just coming to the conclusion that he needs to change in order to be a better tool for justice. (Im thinking now they may have changed that only because of the similarities between that scene and the first Saw movie, the whole "hand or your life thing")

They really played up the sex and the fight scenes, but i dont know how i feel about this. Im conflicted; it is fun to watch, but it cheapens the source material. There also seemed to be more full frontal on Dr. Manhattan than in the book. (again conflicted lol)

The last thing, Rorschach's final scene. I didnt like Nite Owl being there (the whole NOOOOOOO!!! thing) and i didnt like Jackie Earle Haley's execution of his final lines(He really did a great job a Rorschach throught out though). But, like i said these a superficial imperfections that are completely in one owns opinion. if you dont like it write your own blog.