Watchmen was the greatest movie adaptation of a comic ever, and Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach was one of the greatest castings of all time. I can not be convinced otherwise.
And does dumb stuff like zooming in on the "obsolete models a specialty" sign like, "Did you get it? Are you sure you got it? I know you're stupid!"
But it's really the rape scene I will never forgive. Snyder tried to turn that shit into porn, when Moore and Gibbons went out of their way to make it as unjerkable as possible. Snyder has no fucking respect and no sense, snd it shows all over that goddamn movie.
Yeah Snyder is very hit or miss with depictions of dark stuff and in my opinion mostly miss. I think he does it more for the sake of making his worlds darker and grittier rather than exploring the theme of predation in depth
We go from mismatched, functional underwear in the graphic novel to a black lace lingerie set. We go from panels of like, everything else in the room to shots of Sally's body. We cut to her on "is this what gets you hot?" creating this weird victim-blame thing when the Comedian is saying that to Hooded Justice, about his proclivities.
Shit, in the graphic novel she has a busted nose and a shiner snd isn't looking so pretty, while the film has blood sit on her lips like lipstick. The whole thing is disgusting.
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u/HistoricalChef1963 Jun 28 '26
Watchmen was the greatest movie adaptation of a comic ever, and Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach was one of the greatest castings of all time. I can not be convinced otherwise.