Lose/Lose situation turns out to be neutral feeling

Rating: 6/10 (11 March 2014)

Meh, is pretty much what I can say about this. I finally sat down and watched this. I had only read the graphic novel a few years before at the beckon of comic obsessed friends of mine but found myself really enjoying it.
This movie was a direct and literal conversion with a C+ cast, because you really can't call this an "interpretation" of the book as it was a graphic novel. So it wasn't really up to anyone to "turn it into a film", merely animate the pages, so as far as that goes: Mission accomplished. However, the pacing, casting, music and cinematography are the elements that the film version had carte blanche to work with so that's what in the end defines my verdict and all I have to say is: Meh.
The Pacing was too slow making the film overly long, the music was adequate as was the cinematography/CGI and the cast was a mix of B and C actors, so the result was some hit or miss dramatic cues and a very clunky and robotic feel to the whole thing. It's hard to not seem biased as a fan of the book and the way it happened in my mind while reading look at it the novel, but it just seemed like everyone was just sort playing the part as a, to borrow some lore, Vulcan would, logical straight to the point and zero deviation, which at the pace chosen would have come as a welcome surprise no matter how minute.
I would have preferred a more film noir "Sin City" sort of take on the pacing and cinematography to the bare minimum we got to just essentially animate the pages. It's watchable but not if you want to be VERY entertained.