I also think that this review works too hard to convince the readers that it was a good film based on film earnings, the success of the written version and the unsubstantiated critics who supposedly loved this film.

I never read the comic but did see the film. I did not like it. It was boring, the characters did not inspire, it took way too long to tell a simple story though the message at the end was very interesting.

It’s funny that the message at the end was essentially lost. If Doctor Manhattan was built up as a possible threat and the audience was made to feel something for this ‘robot’, it would have made the film less painful to watch.

This film even took the only interesting character (Rorschach) and turned him into a smelly, dirty, demented psycho. Everytime I watched a scene with him in it, I felt like I needed to shower.

I had heard great things about the comic over the years. I now think that all the positive talk came from pretentious users who prefer to study entertainment rather then enjoy it.

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