Originally I was very skeptical about an adaptation of Alan Moore's venerable graphic novel. I was keeping quiet, testing the waters before I got my hopes up. The Watchmen, after all, has been deemed unfilmable by so many that I'm surprised they even tried. Then I saw the trailer.
Now I'm not an idiot, there have been many a trailer that has fueled my inner geek-child while the movie still turned out dissappointing (see the Star Wars prequels), but I just couldn't help but be thrilled. The tone. The feel. Everything seems to be in place.
The book is one of the most dense and literate comics ever to be published, so no amount of eye candy will completely placate my fears of a botched adaptation, but this does look more promising than I even hoped. So right now, all that we can do is wait and see if everything adds up. It could be one of the best movies to come out next year, or one of the biggest dissappointments. But right now its one of the most exciting trailers I've seen yet this year.
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