Last week was the midnight opening of Watchmen. After pondering for a bit, I have decided that I like this movie. It was a riot to be at the opening, mostly because there were at least fifty Johnnies. Everyone had high expectations for the movie, especially since Alan Moore’s Watchmen is perhaps the most Johnnie piece of literature that I have ever read. It is stuffed with references and many moments of meta-thinking that demand a lot from the reader. The movie couldn’t be as seminal as the graphic novel, mostly because the graphic novel exploited and tested the boundaries of its art form to a masterful extent. The movie also left out the intervening segments between the graphic novel’s chapters (press releases, articles, essays, etc) for the sake of clarity. Many people were of course disappointed, but I am pleased nonetheless. The movie attempted to be as literally faithful to the graphic novel as possible (and thus of course missed many of the myriad subplots and subtleties of the original), and it succeeded admirably. There were people in costume and the trailers were particularly exciting. I am hopeful about the new Terminator and Star Trek movies that will open in May! Thankfully, Angels and Demons was met with extreme scepticism. At the very least, I am surrounded by people who are dubious about Dan Brown’s literary skill.
Elise Akie Kutsunai
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