I do believe that in the theatrical cut of the movie they still achieved a sense of it by having him cry out like he did after Manhattan killed Rorschach. That is something I would have loved to see in the graphic novel because it means that Rorschach’s death mattered to someone, and he finally had someone to mourn him. Alan Moore didn’t give him that.
TOTALLY agree with this! It's the one thing I don't like about the novel {aside from the weird ending, but it works in the space of the novel, so obviously I can deal with it}. He and Dan were partners for years, and obviously friends of a sort, as much as anyone could be friends with Rorschach, and the fact that he didn't seem to care that Rorschach had died was just...really unlike Dan. You'd think he would have been in some sort of despair or at least shown SOME emotion.
I think that's another reason why I liked the ending of the movie so much. Because at least someone aside from Dr. Manhattan was there at the end.
And if I keep talking too much about this, I'll end up repeating myself.
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Date: 2009-07-08 06:10 pm (UTC)TOTALLY agree with this! It's the one thing I don't like about the novel {aside from the weird ending, but it works in the space of the novel, so obviously I can deal with it}. He and Dan were partners for years, and obviously friends of a sort, as much as anyone could be friends with Rorschach, and the fact that he didn't seem to care that Rorschach had died was just...really unlike Dan. You'd think he would have been in some sort of despair or at least shown SOME emotion.
I think that's another reason why I liked the ending of the movie so much. Because at least someone aside from Dr. Manhattan was there at the end.
And if I keep talking too much about this, I'll end up repeating myself.