I read Watchmen after about 5 years of sporadic comic reading and 5 years of serious reading, and it was mindblowing. I'm concerned, though, that the director isn't making a Watchmen movie, he's just putting the story from the comic up on the screen. Yes, it's a cool story. No, that's not what the comic is about.

Due to the wonders of channel surfing, I have seen a few bits of 300 and laughed myself silly. I'm not hopeful for the movie, but it may well be pretty, if I call it something else in my head.