"This city's afraid of me...I've seen it's true face!"

Rating: 10/10 (3 December 2009)

The spoilers in this review are minor, but they are spoilers. This is not really a review in a sense that it is more of a defensive argument against the many negative comments about this movie, coming from the divided reviews.
The biggest thing people have complained about with this film is that it's 163 minutes long, a near three hours. Now being a fan of movies that are long, because they give more character and story development, I can say I had no problem, but the reason why I'm defending this is because this is how long it is supposed to be to get the whole story out. Hell, there's a Director's Cut (which I've seen) that's 184 minutes and there's an even longer cut that just came out. So if you don't preferred the running time now, remember it could have been longer.
Another thing that has been said so much is about the character of Dr. Manhattan and the fact that he is nude most of the time he's on screen. For one thing, it is in the graphic novel, so if you have a problem go argue with the guys who wrote the graphic novel and not the filmmakers who adapted it. Plus, it's been mentioned many times that Manhattan has lost his touch with the human race, and therefore, he wouldn't have the need for clothes. And the thing (and I'm not addressing it to everyone) that I find hypocritical is that it's frightening to show the male sex organ, but it's okay to show boobies or occasional female frontal nudity. If you can't handle it, then that's your problem.
And the slow motion has been complained over in this film and in director Zack Snyder's previous film 300. People hate this more than I hate bugs. For one thing, the slow motion was not used in every scene and while it is used, the action is still very fluent and lacks the use of wires. Besides, that's his style of film making. If you want to see bad slow motion, go watch Max Payne.
And some people have even complained about the violence and sex in this movie. Need I remind you that this is an R rated film, and it's that way for a reason. And if you're one of those people that takes they're kids to see movies you want to see without looking at the rating system and the parental guide, you should change that or you shouldn't go see movies at all.
Anyway, I think that the film is a masterpiece, and I don't understand people who bash this film. Sure it isn't Schindler's List, sure it isn't The Godfather, but it's still directed brilliantly and in time, maybe some people will accept it more. It still remains my favorite of the year (even though UP is the best), and the director's cut is even better.