I was late getting into comics but when I did one of the first pressed into my hands was this highly touted tome.
I was told it raised comics to were they belong… or left all other comics in the dust. It was dark, topical, literary and groundbreaking. It was possibly the first comic worthy of the “graphic novel” moniker.
And then Hollywood came a-knocking. A it took them forever to finally make this one. Names from Terry Gilliam to Arnold Schwarzenegger were attached and then cast off before wonder-kin Zach Snyder (can one be a wunderkind after two movies?) stood his ground and thought, “I will fuck this up less than anyone else.”
No, serious, that was his sentiment.
And so we have our movie version of WATCHMEN. It’s bloated, inert, dated, too long by at least 45 minutes and just too damn loyal for its own good. Ultimately, Zach Snyder keeps his word. He gave us the truest Hollywood adaptation of WATCHMEN possible. Most would say it’s not the WATCHMEN we wanted but I think it’s the WATCHMEN we deserved.
I wonder if Allan Moore takes some solace in that.
And I wonder if Zach Snyder will now fulfill the promise he showed with his DAWN OF THE DEAD remake.
I say bring it.
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