WATCHMEN

watched it first thing yesterday. it was better than i expected in most places, worse in some. the best bit was the first hour and a half. the soundtrack was PERFECT. i liked Laurie more in the movie than in the book, being less hysterical. i agree with some of the reviews i read where they said it's deeply flawed movie, being a very honest adaptation up to a point.

some of the amendments they did in the end was a bit hokey for me, a bit too melodramatic. given the chance, i'd re-edit the damn thing, enhance the fugue vibe towards the ending, add in more inserts to highlight the juxtapositions and echoes that were in the book and were actually in the movie, too, if only they did more Kubrick/Roeg edits to it.

there were two lines of dialogue from Dr Manhattan and Dan Dreiberg that got the characters PERFECTLY, and the best part was they were dialogue that weren't from the book. i imagine Zack Snyder, et al, would rather Alan Moore see the Director's Cut. it's a very good movie of an excellent excellent book.