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Originally Posted by The Germanator
Yeah, I thought the Watchmen movie was pretty good. It did as decent of a job you could of telling a pretty complicated story in a limited amount of time. The main gripe of that movie is the hideous soundtrack. It was just so out of place and poorly managed most of the time.
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Agreed. Watchmen is an example, as well an Sin City, of movies that COULD have been cinematic masterpieces but failed to do so because of a slavish reverence for the source material. While good, both of those movies suffered in parts because of the need to respect even the most trivial parts of the source. The worst part is that The Watchmen seemed to LOVE the music quoted in the boooks, which didn't affect the story much at all, but then completely changed the ending for the worse! Made no sense.
Movies are not (comic) books. A good director can respect the source and still produce excellent film. Just as Peter Jackson.