What Its About: When former superhero The Comedian is murdered, the masked vigilante Rorschach begins investigating a conspiracy that involves quieting up all the other heroes. Gathering together his former allies, they seek to uncover whats going on as the world pushes towards nuclear armageddon. Why Its Great: Everything that worked in the comic still works on screen. Its the truest form of adaptation imaginable, maintaining the gripping mystery and powerful themes of the original comic. And theres nothing quite like seeing a beloved classic finally playing out in real life. Why Youll Never Watch It Again: Watchmen was deemed unfilmable for good reason; this straight adaptation is simply too unyielding to watch over and over again. Theres too many side adventures, characters that dont go anywhere fast enough - things that work fine in print, but on screen are harder to decipher and leave us with a a bloated adaptation that adds nothing of real worth. If youre going to put in the amount of time in to watch the whole thing (especially in extended form), you may as well just read the comic book instead.