Ok...finished Watchmen. A pleasant diversion.
Next up from the list...A Kestral For a Knave by Barry Hines.
It's grim oop north.
March 2010 | Chapitre Onze
14 years ago
After reading a daily supplement in the Guardian newspaper entitled "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read", I realised that, as a keen bibliophile AND English literature graduate, I had read (in my opinion) a shamefully small amount of the recommended 1000. Therefore, this blog will track my journey as I attempt to read the remainder of the 1000 novels, hoping to be enlightened, enthralled and empowered along the way.
I haven't read the graphic novel, but the movie 'Watchmen' did not thrill me. I was bored. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood or have seen too many of these types of movies in the past few years? Hmmm. Yep, I was just bored.
ReplyDeleteHaving read the graphic novel now, I can totally see where someone who hasn't read it first would be bored. The film is SO true to the novel - almost word for word.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed it up to a point, then got fidgety myself. My favourite characters were Rorschach and The Comedian (probably because they were the most interesting and portrayed by the best actors in the film).