A great novel is not a great movie

Rating: 1/10 (1 May 2012)

What if "apocalypse now" had no background story? What if you have had to read "heart of darkness" before fully understanding the madness? What would people have said? Orson Welles could not make the movie, and others have tried... Luckily Coppola was a genius who could make the movie! But what if someone preceded him? That is exactly what has happened here. A great novel, very complex, and a challenge to make into a movie. But instead of waiting on the genius that may not be born yet, we let the guy -who thinks shouting the name of the country (sparta, of course) is the best one liner ever- make the movie. So it is ruined. Please don't say 300 was a good movie because it had good action scenes. This one does to, but that is just not hard with such a budget... So Watchmen has gone from a great novel, to a very mediocre movie. and that is sad...