Director: Zach SnyderRelease Date: March 9, 2009
Genre: Comic Book Action / Drama
MPAA: Rated R
Warner Bros. Pictures
The ORB's take: Wait, Wait, Wait, and Wait, did I say Wait? - until the DVD comes out or until FX airs it on t.v.
Movie Review:
The anticipation for this movie was extremely high which is probably why I believe my disappointment in the outcome is so great. Zach Snyder proved he can direct when we directed 300, but this film falls way short of an entertaining film. I have to be honest, I have never read any of the Watchmen comic books so I went into this movie a blind virgin to the Watchmen background. So the disappointment began when I find out that the only Crime Fighter that has powers walks around completely naked 99 percent of the time you see him in the movie. Most of the movie is dialog explaining the history of the Watchmen society, which is good, but the funny costumes make it comical. The plot and small twist kept me from leaving the theater and using the restroom, but also ruins the only great part of the movie. There is one exception to the bore-fest I sat through and his name is Rorsach. Not only is his character the best of the Watchmen clan, his story line and fighting scenes make you want more of the Rorsach. The 20 minutes of extremely cool fighting that is throughout this 2hr 30 min. plus movie should have been substituted for all the times I was forced to watched the naked man walking around then this movie would have had positive outcome and a happy paying patron. This movie puts the X-Men franchise on an untouchable level when it comes to comic book movies. The R-Rating was pleasant surprise for a comic book movie, but was a let-down when only 5 percent of that was for a jail-break fight scene and the other 95 percent of that was for a blue naked guy walking around showing us his world we'd rather not explore.
What To Watch For: Rorsach, The Jail scene.
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Official Watchmen Site
IMDB
Having Dr. Manhattan totally naked was tolerable, but the full frontal interspersed throughout his scenes was overkill. You neglected to mention the sex scene on the ship, that scene alone should have given the movie an nc-17 rating, if not an X rating.
ReplyDeleteThe violence was a little over the top, but its a comic book movie, so it was expected. All in all, I actually really enjoyed the movie, except for what I mentioned above. A little slow at times, but it was an entertaining story about washed up crime fighters. Rorschach was the swizz.