Worth the $8.75 I reimbursed Mr. Dunham for the ticket, that's for sure. Zack Snyder did an excellent job of translating Alan Moore's graphic novel to the big screen, trimming some subplots that weren't really relevant to the main plotline, making some minor tweaks to various scenes, and overall cutting the thing down to a manageable 3-hour movie. It moved fast, too; there were fewer slow moments than in Apocalypse Now, my gold standard for horrible stories well told. I did not like the movie's ending any more than I did the original's, but given that the subplot behind the original ending was axed, I understand they had to do something, and stealing the plot from Joe Haldeman's "To Howard Hughes: A Modest Proposal" was apparently right out. (Though they did come close.) They did keep Rorschach, arguably the movie's hero, almost 100% true to the book, though the origin scene was tweaked -perhaps to avoid lawsuit from Saw franchise? ;)
Anyhow, I don't want to nitpick it to death, because tbqh I wasn't a big fan of Moore's graphic novel. In fact, the ending pissed me off so much I wound up selling my copy on eBay.
tl;dr - if you liked the book, go see the movie. If you didn't read the book, go see the movie anyway. It's very well done.
So after the move,
It was a long ride back to Van Dorn Street.
Bedtime will come early tonight, I think.