Pleasantly Surprised

Rating: 9/10 (4 March 2009)

(Too tired to retype here is what I put on my blog.)
-Short Version-
Well it is Tuesday and I am happy to report that the director didn't rape the source material as bad as Indiana Jones was raped by George Lucas. But the film still seemed lacking.
-Long Version-
First and foremost the movie is definitely not for kids. Zack Snyder seems to take the source material seriously without fluffing it up. (and yes that means Dr. Manhattan's penis is flopping around for all to see.) The cg was amazing at times and made you suspend belief as you watched the characters history unfold throughout the movie. I don't believe Alan Moore will ever watch the movie but he should be pleased to know that his political under tones and many aspects that made the book unique were left in.
All in all it was a good movie but the source material seemed very difficult to translate into cinema. My only wish was that the movie was longer so it could have had more room to grow.
Liked
-Loved Computer Graphics
-Imperfect Characters
-True to source material
Disliked -
A couple of the costumes reminded me of batman and robin.
-At times the violence made me cringe, i.e. brutal rape scene. ( hey I said it wasn't for kids.)
-Some of the makeup on the minor characters could have seen a little more detail
-Movie was missing the comic within comic Tales of a Black Freighter