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The Challenge With 'watchmen' Is Making Sure That The Ideas That Were In The Book Got Into The Movie. That Was My Biggest Stretch. I Wanted People To Watch The Movie And Get It. It's One Of Those Things Where, Over Time, It Has Happened More.

I've Ended Up As A Filmmaker Who Really Loves The Movie Part Of Movies. That Time In My Life Was A Big Influence On The Kind Of Movies That I Ended Up Making. I Always Think I'm Going To Make A Movie That's Gritty And Real, But Then I Make A Movie That's Like An Opera. I Fight It At First And Then That's Just The Way It Is.

People Have A Very Proprietary Relationship With Superman. It's Important To Respect The Iconography And The Canon, But At The Same Time, You Have To Tell A Story.

It's Difficult To Find A Movie That Feels True To Itself. You Feel The Hand Of Hollywood, The Moviemaking By Committee, On Everything.

My Personal Success Would Be That People Understand What I Was Trying To Do. It Was The Most Palatable When I Watchmen_7_mdid Dawn. With Watchmen, Too, I Feel The Same Way. The Movie's Ironic And Satirical And It's Funny And Serious And That's Kind Of The Same Way I Felt About Dawn. Like I Really Was Making A Movie That Knows It's A Zombie Movie And Enjoys That And Wants The Audience To Say, Yeah, That's Okay.