Adapting a beloved piece of media is always risky, with creators facing the ire of a franchise’s fans if they aren’t successful in re-capturing the original’s magic or if they make too many changes.
Zack Snyder’s 2009 film Watchmen, adapted from the acclaimed comic by Alan Moore, was a valiant attempt to bring this historic piece of media to the screen.
And while the director was relatively successful in transitioning this story (focusing on the darkness a world with superheroes would entail) into a new medium, it’s unfortunate how so much of this movie fails to capture the nuances and complex portrayals of the source material.
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