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Old 12-07-2007, 06:16 AM   #7
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Loved the book. But I must admit I'm a little worried about the film.

This is a book that will need to be trimmed down a bit to fit the movie format, and I think a lot of the undertones and nuances of the story will get lost in translation.

Hopefully I'm wrong and the movie turns out as great as it could be!
I agree, actually. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a simpler, more cinematic story, but the film was a spectacular display of Hollywood mediocrity, full of spectacle but empty of substance. V for Vendetta turned out as well as one could expect, I thought: less nuanced and straying somewhat from the spirit of the graphic novel, but not nearly as terrible as LoEG.

Watchmen is his most dense, complex work, IMO. As a movie, there's a 10% chance of good and a 90% chance of colossally bad.

I'll probably see it anyway, though.
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