Excellent For Most.

Rating: 10/10 (8 March 2009)

For me I would have to give Watchmen a 10 out of 10, because I was such a huge fan of the graphic novel, and have been waiting for watchmen ever since I saw that it was finally going to be released after over 20 years in the making. Zach Synder's version of Watchmen will not disappoint at all.
However first and foremost I must give a warning. This is not A super hero movie. I knew many people going in to see this movie think it is and have not read the graphic novel. This is the type of movie where if you have read the graphic novel then you will love the film, if not you probably won't. Also the average Joe who watches this film simply won't get it and all the ideas and topics Watchmen covers. It really is a story of absolute brilliance, Realistically this is most people in the theaters nowadays who think that spider man is deep and think movies like meet the Spartans are funny, they see the trailer for watchmen and go wow that's about superheros, they will be hugely disappointed and upset.
Watchmen is a long slow epic movie much like how the graphic novel was. Zach Synder changes very little and sticks very true to the original story using even the same dialogue that was written in the graphic novel. However some minor changes are made and some scenes were cut but honestly you don't notice them at all except for the biggest change of the film....the ending. Zach Synder had changed the ending of the film because most people who have not read the book would be puzzled as to what was happening and how something that crazy would be put into this film. However The ending is hardly changed that much at all and it works, basically it's the same as in the Novel but they changed how the city get's attacked. Honestly it works, and being a fan of the novel i did not mind at all, but I would have liked to see what the original ending would have looked like especially when Zach Synder stayed true to the Novel the whole movie.
The violence in the movie is also quite brutal like who it was in the novel. Many people in the theater had trouble watching some of it especially the women in the theater when the silk spectre was getting raped. The violence in the movie does not happen often but when it does it comes on fully force and once again Zach Synder does it with amazing style. Warning to parent's also this is not a movie for children as it contains strong graphic violence, Sexual Content/nudity , and disturbing themes and contents throughout the film and graphic novel. To conclude simply if you have read the graphic novel or are smart enough to get what Watchmen talks about then you will love this film, if not you will hate it and should go watch disaster movie and meet the Spartans again.