Watchmen
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I thought it was fantastic.
Paced just like the graphic novel, although there were some small details left out that I think would have helped develop the characters a little better.. Spoiler sort of stuff below, so don't read if you haven't seen.
I thought it was weird that they didn't include Rorschachs influence on the psychiatrist, and the way he really dealt with the child killer. (ie, handcuffed him to the stove, then left a saw by his hand while he lit the house on fire, to see if the kidnapper had enough will to live to cut off his own hand, as he warned him against trying to saw through the cuffs, as it wouldn't be fast enough.)
The fact that they left out the Black Freighter "comic within a comic" was a bummer. It's a great story, and mirrors / foreshadows what is going to happen in the story. But I understand that due to length, it had to go.
Also, I'm quite disappointed that the conversation between Ozymandias / Jon at the end was cut. Because despite his hubris, Ozymandias clearly questions whether it was the right thing to do, and Jon really doesn't answer it, leaving a whole different layer of regret and guilt in Ozymandias. I think it was an important detail that was left out.
Other than that, I enjoy the fact that so many people who see it are pissed off that it's not a typical superhero movie, and that, it's mostly not at all. Any changes to the action pacing of the movie would have upset the whole concept of the book, and I'm glad they didn't dumb it down for the mindless masses.
Also, setting it in present day would have been really awful. Just my two cents.