Watchmen Movie is Terrible

[Not-here-anymore]

However, I do have to comment on this. The Comedian was horrified of the squid monster because the thing was an abomination, an absolutely sick creature created through grotesque genetic engineering and human tissue.

Having a bunch of bombs scare the shit out of the Comedian doesn't make sense. This is a guy who revels in bloodshed, killing people not out of a sense of patriotism, but out of pleasure. He doesn't care who lives or who dies, as long as he gets the joke.

He was profoundly disturbed by HOW Ozymandias was going to gain world peace, not WHY. A bunch of energy bombs versus an ungodly thing born of people's worst nightmares?

My view of the Comedian was that violence and bloodshed didn't upset him as long as he could justify it; as long as the people he was set against were a threat to him or his way of life. Perhaps also as long as it involved weapons he could use and fight against. He also seemed to soften somewhat in old age as he realised that he'd destroyed any chance of a relationship with his daughter.

Obliterating American cities full of civilians was outside what he was comfortable with almost no matter how it was done. If it had been a direct military action, he would have fought - maybe with it, maybe against it, but that option didn't exist to him. For all he was capable of, all the pain and horror he personally had inflicted, here was something that could sweep him aside without even thinking; him and everything he'd ever known. Whether that something's a giant squid monster or a reconstructed demi-god doesn't matter.

As I said though, that's just my view. Watchmen - the one book I don't mind analysing as if it were part of an English lesson.

 

[Rad Party God]

I haven't read the comic book yet and I'd be glad to read it and I don't know where to get it.

That said, I liked the movie, I didn't found it to be too confusing, although you could sense that they simply couldn't fit everything into the movie due to time restraints. Granted, I read in other sites what changes were made from the comic and I already knew some stuff about it, but I'd still be glad to read the original comic book.

 

[rutger5000]

First of I've noticed there are several versions of the Watchmen movie, some more complete then others.
I love(d) watchmen and just watched it for the second time 2 hours ago. I understand none of your complains. The plot makes total sense to me, and I really don't get what you're getting at with a super squid. Adrian Vleidt felt he had to change human nature in order to safe humanity, but couldn't trust anyone to help him. The comedian found out so he had to die, this triggered Rosarch investigation. At the end of the movie Adrian's plan becomes completly clear. He had to rally humanity against a common enemy that all would fear, but none could beat. Dr manhattan was perfect for this role. This plan would fail whenever Dr manhattan would show up and explain that he wasn't responsible for the attacks on all those major cities. So Adrian had to make sure he wouldn't. And as long as humanity would believe Dr manhattan was a threat, it wouldn't really matter where Dr manhattan was or what he did.
So he wanted Dr manhattan to dissapear of the face of the earth for that just because Dr manhattan would't be on earth anymore wouldn't make him less convincing threat for humanity. After all the guy was near all powerfull, humanity would never be able to tell whether Dr manhattan was watching them or not. This is exactly why dr manhattan would be so fit for the role of common enemy.
This didn't work for at the end Dr manhattan cared about live again, so Adrian tried to kill him (again what really happens to Dr manhattan doesn't really matter to Adrian, what matters is what humanity believes), killing him also didn't work so he explained Dr manhattan what he did and convinced him to leave.