Too many stories in one movie

Rating: 4/10 (23 March 2016)

It really had potential, but was ruined by the odd story structure. It tried following way too many characters. It felt like each of the characters had their own side-story, but parts of it was removed and when something happened, may it be an emotional happening or a finding, it was thrown right at your face with no explanation.
I truly had hopes in this movie, considering Watchmen being one of the greatest movies. It was built correctly and didn't have absurd events with no relation to the actual consequences of something.
It was all a bit anti-climax, to short it up. If something was introduced, it was shown an hour later. If something emotional happened, it was at the worst place of time and just made the excitement go to waste. There was one scene which had me sitting on the edge of the seat.. but still, it was predictable and quite odd as well. It felt like that character was (you know who I'm talking about) was fairly unnecessary, and as Zack Snyder said at comic-con "put in the movie so Holly Hunter could be in the movie".
It's really depressing to say this, honestly. It had some amazing potential, but it was too big with too little time. Had it had an hour longer (my god that'd be too long though), some back-story could of made sense and some turns of events would be more plausible. But it wasn't and sure, it was an OK watch, but it had me yawning and grasping for something deeper and emotional.
I hope the continuing DC movies will be better. I understand this movie had a lot of pressure on it, seeing as this is setting up the whole universe. But it could of been more detailed and perhaps some side-stories could have been saved for another movie or even scrapped. Oh well.