Watchmen: Very Brief Reactions

[andraste]

bride_of_lister and I just got back from a midnight screening of Watchmen. Very brief reactions below cut.



In short: wow! THEY ACTUALLY MADE A GREAT FILM OUT OF WATCHMEN. I was terribly worried they wouldn't be able to add anything, but they really did. More about that when it's not getting on for five o'clock in the morning. I was very pleased over all.

Also, a word of warning: this is a very violent film. No, more violent than that. No, it is VERY VERY VIOLENT. And gory. And violent. I thought it was appropriate given the subject matter and tone, but it might be a good idea to go in braced.

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People being dramatically exploded by Doctor Manhattan I may deal with, because it kind of falls into that 'cartoon violence' category (no matter how graphic it is), but those other things... I don't know. Knees bending the wrong way is one of my major, major horrors :(

It's a shame, because I would really, really like to see it, but I just find violence fairly intolerable to sit through these days. I have no idea when I went from 'not liking it much' to 'finding it horribly, horribly upsetting' :(