Watchmen Movie

Saw some images from the upcoming Watchmen movie. Hard to know which way to go on this. What I do know for sure is that Alan Moore is against it - but that's true of any of his works. And based on some of the movies that have been based on his comics, I can't say I blame him.

On the one hand, it seems that the story has too many nuances to properly capture in a 2-hour movie. There are a lot of characters to keep track of. And a lot of history and motivations established over the course of those 12 issues. They could spend the first hour of the movie just introducing the characters.

On the other hand, it is going to be directed by Zack Snyder, who directed 300. Snyder has said (according to IMDB's trivia) that in order to be true to the source when adapting a graphic novel to the screen, the original visual art should be respected as much as the written portion."

That seems to bode well, doesn't it?

Another good thing: According to IMDB, both Tom Cruise and Jude Law expressed interest in the role of Ozymandias. And neither were selected. This is a good thing. Make that great. Looking at the cast list, it seems that it has some good names, but there doesn't look to be any one person with an overblown, Cruise-like ego to destroy the project.

So, I guess in the end, it doesn't matter what I think, because they're going to make the movie anyway. I guess I'll just have to wait and see. I'd like to be pleasantly surprised. I hope Zach Snyder can deliver that surprise for me.

It's a great story - and it would be nice to see a great film come from it.