Good but way too long which detracted a lot from the experience

Rating: 5/10 (11 April 2009)

I have not read the graphic novels so I would not consider myself a fan previously and went to the movie with no expectations.
I only give the movie 5/10 since the length of the movie was way too much for my taste. If the movie was the usual 1hr 40mins etc then I would give the movie 8/10 or 8.5/10 but 2hrs 30 mins was too long.
It really, really stemmed the flow of the movie for me. I could easily see how they makers of the movie could of trimmed it to 1hr 40min but they obviously chose not to and made a conscious decision to make it a long movie.
A movie can/should be longer than 2 hrs if there is sufficient flow to the movie and it is fast-paced but Watchmen in the first part was not that fast-paced and actually a lot of the people on leaving commented on the length of the movie and its pace. I agreed and that is the reason for the average rating for the movie.