Friday, March 6, 2009

Watchmen Movie Review




I will watch the Watchmen! I will watch it again! I will look forward to the director's cut and the DVD! This was a great movie!
First off, any parent that takes there kid to this movie should be arrested! This movie is R for a good reason! Rape, nudity, and very intense violence just to name a few...
They movie was a wonderful rendition of the comic book. I read a review that blasted the movie for not having imagination, and that Snyder was not a very "visionary" director because this movie did not have any vision...well, duh! The comic was so good and in depth that there was no reason to change many things. Each character played their parts tremendously, they were exactly how I thought of them in the comic. I will give the tip of the hat to Nite Owl, he did a great job!
As many of you heard the ending of the movie was changed significantly from the comic, and I would have to I liked it a little better, it was hard for me to wrap my head around at first but after letting it sink in, I like it, it makes sense! Sorry for all of you looking for a giant transdimensional squid monster materializing over New York! (probably better for the general public).
A few minor concerns, that I hope will be fixed on the DVD with the extra scenes...I wanted to see the death of Nite Owl I...the scenes where Dr. Manhattan changed his mind about humanity and Silk Spectre II's big reveal and Ozymandias' final plan seemed rushed and needed to be explained a little further I thought...I got it because I had just reread the comic before the movie, but I think some of the general public may not have got those scenes entirely flushed out...
Another thing to keep in mind if you are going to see the movie is that it is not an all-out action movie, it does have some great fight scenes but there is a lot of talking, but it is good talking so it was not bad.
A lot of critics are making a big deal of the time, but I really did not feel like I was there for 3 hours, and I even went at midnight!
Great movie, just again remember to leave the kids at home for this one!!

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