This movie was almost 100% true to the graphic novel that it's no wonder it alienated a chunk of moviegoers. Since I read the novel, I enjoyed this loooooooooong movie.This movie follows an alternate timeline from what actually occurred in the US in the 1940s - 1980s. Nixon is still President, well into his third term. A group of superheroes known as the Watchmen (the Comedian, Silk Spectre, Nite Owl, etc.) have now been outcast from society after a law declares masks illegal. Years later, after one of them is murdered, a whole new crop of problems begins to arise as they try to find who's the killer.
This movie has its problems. The length, some of the pacing, and Malin Akerman (she should stick to comedy). But the movie was so close to the graphic novel that I was pleased with the outcome. Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach was the best part of the movie and probably the character with the most interesting background. I know why people who haven't read the novel don't like this, but those who have should enjoy it.
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