Started out so promising

Rating: 6/10 (25 March 2009)

Well I hadn't read the graphic novel before hand and I am sure I'll be judged for that so I'll just take a stance of 'Watchmen' as a film.
It seemed to be something different from all the super hero movies out there that have been duplicated and duplicated in the name of franchises. I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the first 2 or so hours of this film. In the last hour or so it felt like Zack Snyder took a break from directing and Michael Bay came in to finish it... This is just an opinion but by the end of Watchmen it felt like it hard turned into just another superhero movie. Which is such a shame because for the majority of the film it was something special.
DO NOT READ BELOW IF YOU ARE SOME KIND OF FAT WATCHMEN GRAPHIC NOVEL NERD OR IF YOU ARE JUST GOING TO CRITICIZE ME FOR THINKING THE FILM SHOULD DIFFER FROM THE NOVEL.
There is one scene where it pans out while John and Laurie were on Mars and there is a marking on mars that is the same as the comedians smiley face. I think that would have been a great ending and left things unfinished and not wrapped up in a nice little bow as Hollywood seems to inevitably do to 99% of its creations.
Don't get me wrong, I will buy this DVD.