Watchmen—Adapting The Unadaptable
Alan Moore’s graphic novel Watchmen is, rightfully so, considered a groundbreaking comic book—together with artist Dave Gibbons they broke the mould when it came to comics, in terms of narrative, panelling, even the coloring by colorist John Higgins. All of it was carefully thought out to comment on the very medium it was created in.
Which is what made it so difficult to film. Often called unfilmable it did eventually come to the screen courtesy of director Zack Snyder’s 2009 film adaptation. Here video essay Kristian Williams compares the comic and the movie.
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