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**loopydate** · 03-12-2009, 03:32 PM

I, too, loved the movie, but I thought it was odd that Snyder upped the violence of what was already a very violent book (Dreiberg breaking the guy's arm, Rorschach's Norman Bates impression, etc.) and took away some of my favorite character development stuff.

For example, I love the scene where the powers-that-be are trying to get Manhattan to wear a costume. Gives him a reason to burn the hydrogen atom symbol on his forehead and gives a bit of insight into "Why isn't he wearing pants?"

Also, the Veidt-as-villain thing was too obvious too early. The first time I read the book and Dan and Rorschach are in Adrian's office, and Dan finds out about Pyramid, I had to go back and re-read that panel to make sure I got it right. "Wait, it was ADRIAN?!?" Here, pretty much everybody could tell as soon as they saw him that he was the villain.

Also, why is everybody super strong? Part of the point of the book was that these are normal people (like someone said earlier), which makes Ozy catching the bullet that much more of a HOLY SHIT moment.

They also did nothing to set up the New Frontiersman. The ending with them going into the Crank File works better in the book because they've been established as the sort of right-wing conspiracy nuts that Rorschach would relate to, hence the only ones he trusts with his journal. Here, they just sort of appear.

Other than that, though, I thought the movie was fantastic. Great performances all around, and I actually liked the Dan/Laurie romance. The sex scene to Hallelujah was ridiculous, but I thought they really helped ground the movie. While everything else was going to hell, here were two people finally realizing what it means to be human.

Haley was fantastic as Rorschach. Pretty much exactly how I always heard it in my head while reading the book. I got goosebumps the first time I saw the trailer when they played the "And I'll whisper 'no.'" That feeling stuck with me throughout the film. He was just about pitch-perfect.

Bubastis also looked pretty bad-ass (although I wish they'd done more with her). And I loved loved loved the last scene between Rorschach and Manhattan. How fucked up is it that the only person willing to tell the truth at the end of all of this is the murderous sociopath whose "face" is never the same twice?

03-12-2009, 03:32 PM	#150
loopydate FIT Challenge Slag People Posts: 13,816	I, too, loved the movie, but I thought it was odd that Snyder upped the violence of what was already a very violent book (Dreiberg breaking the guy's arm, Rorschach's Norman Bates impression, etc.) and took away some of my favorite character development stuff. For example, I love the scene where the powers-that-be are trying to get Manhattan to wear a costume. Gives him a reason to burn the hydrogen atom symbol on his forehead and gives a bit of insight into "Why isn't he wearing pants?" Also, the Veidt-as-villain thing was too obvious too early. The first time I read the book and Dan and Rorschach are in Adrian's office, and Dan finds out about Pyramid, I had to go back and re-read that panel to make sure I got it right. "Wait, it was ADRIAN?!?" Here, pretty much everybody could tell as soon as they saw him that he was the villain. Also, why is everybody super strong? Part of the point of the book was that these are normal people (like someone said earlier), which makes Ozy catching the bullet that much more of a HOLY SHIT moment. They also did nothing to set up the New Frontiersman. The ending with them going into the Crank File works better in the book because they've been established as the sort of right-wing conspiracy nuts that Rorschach would relate to, hence the only ones he trusts with his journal. Here, they just sort of appear. Other than that, though, I thought the movie was fantastic. Great performances all around, and I actually liked the Dan/Laurie romance. The sex scene to Hallelujah was ridiculous, but I thought they really helped ground the movie. While everything else was going to hell, here were two people finally realizing what it means to be human. Haley was fantastic as Rorschach. Pretty much exactly how I always heard it in my head while reading the book. I got goosebumps the first time I saw the trailer when they played the "And I'll whisper 'no.'" That feeling stuck with me throughout the film. He was just about pitch-perfect. Bubastis also looked pretty bad-ass (although I wish they'd done more with her). And I loved loved loved the last scene between Rorschach and Manhattan. How fucked up is it that the only person willing to tell the truth at the end of all of this is the murderous sociopath whose "face" is never the same twice?