Stunning

Rating: 9/10 (7 March 2009)

The reviews have been mixed, and therefore it was with some trepidation that I went to see this. Despite being a lifelong comic book fan and having read the original book back in 1986. Oh wow! As good as if not better than Blade Runner. This film will run on forever just like that one. Everyone was excellent. Especially Rorschach. If there is no Oscar for Jack Earle Haley playing him, there is no justice at all. Malin Ackerman too. Awesome. Not 'eye candy' like some clowns have said. Her character is the central role in the story, so she had to be more than that. She played it brilliantly. Also extremely well acted was Patrick Wilson's take on Night Owl. A middle aged man with problems some fifteen years older than the actor himself. Now that is good!
90% faithful to the book which seems impossible, but true.I loved it all except the guy playing Nixon's rubber nose which was a tad silly.
The only thing could really fault was the horrendous Bob Dylan cover by My Chemical Romance played at the end. I agree with other posters that this was out of context and in the wrong film. Not only that, but it is probably the worst track they have ever made. It sounded like it was made in one afternoon's jam session - it was crap! Why put this this incongruous awful music on the end ? Was it done to make the goths go to the cinema to boost takings ? What possessed the Producers to throw red paint at their otherwise beautiful movie ?