As a Watchmen geek and an aspiring screenwriter, I understand how difficult it is to adapt such iconic material. And while there are constraints to what can be shown on screen, sometimes the writers don't quite get it right. Here's the original version of the first speech in that clip (btw in the graphic novel, the child murderer is burned to death) "Stood in firelight, sweltering. Bloodstain on chest like map of violent new continent. Felt cleansed. Felt dark planet turn under my feet and knew what cats know that makes them scream like babies in night. Looked at sky through smoke heavy with human fat and God was not there. The cold, suffocating dark goes on forever and we are alone. Live our lives, lacking anything better to do. Devise reason later. Born from oblivion; bear children, hell-bound as ourselves, go into oblivion. There is nothing else. Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long. No meaning save what we choose to impose. This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It’s us. Only us. Streets stank of fire. The void breathed hard on my heart, turning its illusions to ice, shattering them. Was reborn then, free to scrawl own design on this morally blank world. Was Rorschach. Does that answer your questions, Doctor?"

Pliny, that is awesome! Such visual writing while dealing with philosophical questions and issues. Thanks for posting.

The dialogue of note? Straight from comic book. I was alternately bored and engaged with movie, finally realized, it was Moore's dialogue that fully engaged, so lush and layered. It engages the viscera, as Tim Gunn might say. I thought except for Rorschach the characters fared better in book, and Rorschach's awesomeness in large part to Jack Earle Haley. I want a Rorschach movie.