CNN- Watchmen Review

Thought this review was pretty dead on. Sure Snyder was caught in a Catch 22 of being as true to the comic as possible while trying to create his own visionary film, but even if fans had groaned about the omission of certain elements of the plot I think it would have been worth it had Snyder exhibited more of an obligation to the essential spirit of the comic. After all, a film and a comic book are two entirely separate mediums, and herein must lie Moore's reasoning for being so adamantly against this film.

Tom Charity states in this review:

"I guess an honest reproduction of a great comic book is better than the trivialization that often passes for adaptation, and in this case the material is so ingrained with audacious ideas the movie can't be counted a complete cop-out. But if it was really going to honor the original, "Watchmen" had to put the fear of G-d in us, to rekindle that prospect of imminent nuclear annihilation that haunted the Cold War world. And it had to remind us these rather sorry comic book characters were, as Moore insisted, more human than super."

Spot on, Tom. It should also be noted that Gia and I have been singing "The Time They Are A-Changin'" for two days straight now. If nothing else, you gotta love Snyder's opening sequence.