Excellent

Rating: 10/10 (14 March 2009)

I liked it a lot. Different from all the other movies. The only reason I can think Alan Moore did not put his name to the movie is because Alan Moore writes comics not film scripts and Alan Moore is fairly string in that conviction.
People who say the comic is better are kind of getting Alan Moores point. The graphic novel will always be better. In many ways the main central character to an Alan Moore comic is Alan Moore... kind of like how PK Dick is the central character of a PK Dick novel.
The film looks stunning... I mean stunning. The opening sequence is unreal. In the comic there are little sections of 3 or so pages of text... giving background or breadth to the story. The sequence at the stand and various points throughout are like that.
Some things I didn't like. I thought it was too short. I had no idea how long it was before or after I got to the cinema. Time stopped while I was watching it. I would like to see an extended directors cut come out on DVD. I understand it was already long enough for cinema but it wouldn't matter at home. The pacing in parts could do with being given a little more time.
The ending which I will not speak of deviates from the comic. It makes more sense that the comic but I am not sure if that is a good thing or not. Possibly if there was an extended DVD version we could have the option of both endings.
Loved the film, loved the comic, loved the way it looked, the way it felt. Wished it was longer... that my only real complaint.