giving in to geeking out

[cinemagirl]

For the longest time, I was ambivalent about the Watchmen movie. While I'd read the book and geeked out when I saw the trailer in front of The Dark Knight, any excitement I felt was tempered by that one nagging doubt looming in the back of my mind: What if it sucks? As a result, I tended to avoid any news or LJ posts about the movie, scrolling by

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[backwards7]

Watchmen is the most satisfying movie-going experience I've had in years. There may be flaws and inconsistencies (it's been over a decade since I read the graphic novel) but I was too caught up in the story to notice - which is surely the point of going to the cinema in the first place.

[cinemagirl]

You'd be surprised how many people miss that point. Then again, lots of them seem to go out of their way to have a bad time. I don't get it, I really don't.