I thoght the movie was lousy. I read the comic, and thought the comic worked, yet it still had the same problems--no relatable characters, bad dialog, pretentiousness and an un-remarkable plot by modern standards. Yet somehow the comic book seeemd to work. I guess its that certain elements come across as more engrossing as a comic than the immediate reality of a film. I was very disappointed, and I was really trying to like the film. Most of the Dr. Manhattan plot was interesting, but overall I found it profoundly mediocre.