Nerdcore 4 Life

I was…let’s say disinclined to see Watchmen for a very long time. It seemed pointless(the story was told as well as it could be in the comic form) and I’ve seen neato special effects before. I couldn’t imagine what this film would have to offer me. Until I saw this:

Is this genius? Not really. Any geek with the time, inclination or an animation studio could have thrown that together during the past 20 years. But that’s kind of what got me excited.
This video was proof that, if nothing else, they got me. They understood what I wanted to see. That doesn’t mean the movie’s good but at least I know if they hit their mark I won’t hate it.

As opposed to say Transformers where apparently they thought my childhood had been lacking in extraneous explosions and characters(really, what was the point of Glen Whitman? if you physically edited all his scenes out of the film could you tell the difference?)

So I broke down and saw it and I give it a meh+
It’s not brilliant and I wonder if anyone who hadn’t read the comic would enjoy it at all. But it didn’t shit on anything. And while the film doesn’t add anything to the story I have to admit that the film version adds some things to the experience. It’s visually very good and it probably uses it’s soundtrack better than any film since Almost Famous.
So if you’re a fan of the comic(graphic novel if you’re feeling upity) then you can see the film without worrying if it will make you question how much you enjoyed the original. You don’t get the brilliance of a whole issue illustrating how Dr. Manhattan experiences time(they cut it to a scene), but you do get to understand why everyone wanted to bang Silk Specter.
But you can also skip it and not worry that you’ve missed anything. At it’s best it’s still a lesser form of the orignial story.