[discostu]

It was a horribly dumbed down version of the graphic novel. If you haven't read the graphic novel (by Alan Moore one of the true masters of the industry the last 20 years) it's probably OK as a brain dead action movie, though you'll get the same thing from Lara Croft with better window dressing, as an adaptation it was horrid.

[Phsstpok]

It was a horribly dumbed down version of the graphic novel.

My 15 year old daughter, who got almost all of the literary references (I'm an obsessive educator of my children and have passed on lots of eclectic knowledge to them) was really bugged by the audience of her peers who didn't have a clue what any of the references were.

The thing that bugged her the most, however, was the credit alluding to the movie being based on the "graphic novel." She heard others muttering "what the heck is a graphic novel?" She wanted to stand up and scream "It's a comic book, you morons!" She restrained herself and kept peace with her friends and classmates.

[Redleg Duke]

Apparently it wasn't dumbed down enough.