Sorry, this movie sucks

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Watchmen is an emotionally complex story that does not pull any of the punches. The acting is excellent, the characters are believable and, visually, it is amazing. Having never read the graphic novel, I walked into this film semi-blind. I was worried that I would be completely lost, and there were parts that I had to re-watch, but I was very impressed.

I saw this movie when it came out so 9 years ago now and was sorta meh on it. I think I was hoping it was going to be like Sin City after seeing how stylized it was and it's not that movie not at all. That doesn't mean it was bad and I actually liked it a lot more this viewing. Most everything was good. The story was really cool and much better than all the marvel nonsense out these days. The action was fine but didn't stand out. The characters were deep. There's more thinking going on here than the typical super hero movie and that's a good thing. It's a world where caped heroes had retired basically but came out of hiding after one of their own got killed. A plot that affects the whole world though is revealed when investigating his death and it goes from there. Basically the pacing of the moving is the only thing I thought was a bit off but still MUCH MUCH better than I remembered. And no it's not as good as Sin City, Sin City is a masterpiece.

Take everything we know about superheroes and set it aside. This is NO Batman or Superman, yet an all together different albeit distinct superhero film based off comic strip from 86-87 by Alan Moore. Utilizing an alternative timeline and applying multiverse theory, the story exists in a nearly identical, but separate America, whilst slightly mimicking both historically significant time periods.The film has an absolute fitting cast: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, and Patrick Wilson. Carla Gugino makes an absolute dynamic impact with her beauty and skills in martial arts in the fight scenes. The film comes across with a unique, yet dark look and take into the superhero universe.There are several sub-plots involved in this film, many which get passed by, but the strength of the Cold War, nuclear destruction and what humanity must do to prevent it comes across very strong and very relevant. The characters are strong and the audience will get invested in them, the SPX are decent, not to over the top. I thought the music score sat perfectly with the development of the story. I give this film a solid 8 as it is entertaining, action filled and has drive of character development. Good film, a must see.

An interesting sort of a "through a glass darkly" look on the cold war! An amazing adaptation of the graphic novel, but no wonder screenplay is by Solid Snake himself(David Hayter). If the ending was left as it was in the book, this would have been PERFECT! Jackie Earle Haley is amazing as Rorschach, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan isn't far behind as the Comedian! The rest of the cast does a good job as well. The soundtrack is AMAZING! And the best opening credits sequence ever for sure! Seriously just check out the opening sequence if nothing else..