yes it is a poor reflection of the comic admittedly, but its nowhere near as bad as the other abortions. from hell and v were diabolically bad, watchmen is actually quite good. and it wont wreck the comic for you. and its def worth going to see on big screen
I must really not get comics at all.
I've been reading through the Watchmen comic since seeing the film. It's pretty good but I can really only just see them as a storyboard to a movie. And the things that people really seen to miss from the comic is see either as a pretty insignificant stylistic flourish (like the panels immediately preceding the squid, the boy with the comic etc.) or just plain silly in the comic and handled far better in the film (the squid itself).