After a lot of hassle from other people I finally got round to reading the book just before the film came out. I'm not really into comics but I really enjoyed the book but it just felt like the director lifted from the page and slapped it straight on the screen without much thought, and at the same time just missed the whole point of it. It comes to a point where I might as well have just re-read the book instead because the film just felt overlong and boring. My mate got a pirate version of it at the time and we both fell asleep through it. I guess it's a case where it would've been better if a blatant fanboy didn't direct it after all. It might've been less of a faithful adaptation but at least it might have been one that got straight to the core points and subjects of the book. I know Paul Greengrass was proper close (as in being on the actual set ready to film 'close') to directing it himself, would have liked to have seen his version, or Terry Gilliam's version where I think he wanted to turn it into a mini series which would have made more sense. It doesn't need a sequel either, book or film
