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movie review - Watchmen

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2013.07.03

I won't belabor this: this 2009 film is the most disappointing comic book adaptation I can recall. And that's coming from truly excellent source material. The acting was fair for the most part with some being terrible. They managed to waste some real talent here, I don't know what happened.

Not recommended. Actively avoid this movie.

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It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

—Anne Frank