Watchmen: Comic Vs Film

Spoiler Alerts: If you have not read the graphic novel or seen the film yet and do not want to know what happens until you do, please read this post after you see film and/read the graphic novel.

Now that I had an opportunity to digest the story of Watchmen from three points-of-view I compare and contrast the mediums: Motion Picture, Comic book, and Motion comic. I'd like to start off on the points of similarity. In my opinion, you can get the bulk of the story the way it was intended using either medium. The Comic Book by far is the most sweeping and causes you to think the most with the most supplementary material between each chapter and has more supporting characters especially compared to the film. We have to face facts: it is not possible to cram that much material into a movie. But the film-makers almost did it.

Comparing the film to the comic book brings up another point: why did Dr. Manhattan's wang was bigger in the film than in the comic book? Just a question.

Also I noticed that a lot of fans of the original graphic novel complained about the ending of the film because they did change it. Here is a humorous video someone made complaining about the ending in the film.

I disagree with the critics. The point of the story is the Adrian Veit plots to deceive the world into denouncing war by making everyone think that the world is facing a threat that can only be overcome if humanity works together. In the comic book, Veit puts the blamed on a giant tentacled "space alien" that he manufactured. In the movie, he implicated Dr. Manhattan. The result is the same. Veit killed millions of people and a horrified world banned together to form piece. I think it was a great compromise and did not detract me from enjoying the movie.


Here is a trailer for the movie

Here is the trailer for the motion comic book

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