Movie: Watchmen

[Ryllharu]

Come on, people gettin' cancer? Where's his reasoning?

I think you might have missed the point on this one. People getting cancer from being near or even associating with Manhattan was a huge commentary on super powers in general. The idea that superheroes should and probably do always have the lingering thought that their powers might inadvertently hurt those they love or even those they save.

Might Superman get distracted and crush the people he saves with his strength? Did the Goblin really kill her by throwing her off or did Spiderman snap Gwen Stacy's neck when he caught her with a web? Is there a possibility that the Human Torch might burn an apartment or girlfriend to ashes while having a nightmare?

If the powers are something like radioactivity, then the fear is only greater because of the lack of obvious effects until it is too late. This is kind of material usually used in origin stories about supervillains who lash out in their grief.

[Killa-Eyez]

I see yours. But my point is, that he simply believed it like that, without further investigating it, being a scientist and all. And after seeing his ex like that he almost immediately moved to mars. Running away from our problems, aye? Sorry, he gets no respect. He's still a blue emo douche.

[fahoumh]

I finally watched it on Saturday and I couldn't help but compare the movie to the book the entire way through. I left a little disappointed, to be honest...especially how they changed Veidt's "master plan". Snyder's directorial style didn't really fit Moore's writing style, IMO. Still though, I realize that the movie would have been at least 5 hours if they wanted to fit everything in and it was probably the best he could have done given the restrictions of the medium.