PlanHex said:
It might just be the fact that I am hot for anachist ideologies, but removing all the anarchic dialogues and cutting it down to a single moron yelling 'anarchy in uk' while robbing a store ruined that movie for me. Not to mention Natalie Portman.
Stephen Fry and Hugo Weaving made it better though.
While the film itself wasn't bad, it took a piece that was specifically about Thatcher era UK and turned it into a piece pretty obviously aimed at current American problems. Some of the other themes (for instance blatant nazism, the leader's sexual impotence and attraction to Fate etc) were also missing.
Also, it cut a lot of the ambiguity surrounding V's 'heroism' from the movie.
However, it wasn't that bad of an adaptation and it certainly was the best of the Alan Moore adaptations so far.
That said, it's very difficult to see what will happen to Watchmen.
The comic book was brilliant, and probably universally seen as one of the best comic books (or graphic novels) ever. It's going to be very, very hard to catch everything or even the majority of the differing storylines and themes and still make a good, watcheable movie. The book has a lot of flashbacks and tangents that I expect will have to be cut from the movie, which would be a shame but necessary to make it a good *movie*.
Of course, the trailer looks great and as if it was made for the fans of the comic, it makes no sense whatsoever if you haven't read the comic book.
The fact that both Under the Hood and Black Freighter made it into the DVD is great, though.
By the way, I loathed 300. It was a boring, pompous, slow film that seemed to revel in its own idiocy. However, I've never read the comic book so that may just mean it's a faithful representation.
PS: The 'The' in this title annoys the fuck out of me. I'd almost go through the trouble of taking it out.
