Another day, another birthday wish

A very happy birthday today to scifantasy and best wishes for surviving law school.

Everyone else is posting what they thought about Watchmen: The Movie, sooo...

Tonight I finally went and saw the long-awaited film adaptation of Watchmen, the acclaimed comic-book limited series (later repackaged as a graphic novel; a lot of people seem to forget it was originally 12 separate issues). It took two decades of development hell and over $100 million to finally get there, but as the saying goes, all the money is up there on the screen. Here are some of my initial thoughts, as someone who read the original 12 issues when they were first released (and has gone back and re-read the story in its reissued form, re-reissued by DC a couple months back to make sure people know where the hell this came from).
( Cut for the ever-shrinking number who still haven't seen it and wish to avoid spoilers. )

Have you seen it? Feel free to add your own thoughts.