Only for Watchmen fans

Rating: 8/10 (27 October 2013)

Watchmen was a good film, however many people were unhappy about the film, I don't really understand why...the movie is exactly the same as the graphic novel.
Watchmen is directed by Zack Snyder who is the master of visually stunning movies...need I say more, watchmen was visually stunning the movie looked beautiful. Snyder used his amazing visual talents for good, the fight scenes in this movie were amazing as we witnessed great slow motion with violent punches, I feel like Snyder used the opportunity that this movie was R rated. One thing I can say about Snyder's directing in this film was that I felt the setting was too dark, I could have found the film more enjoyable if the camera was slightly brighter (especially after considering that the extended version is 4 hours long!) The opening credits were the best! I loved how Snyder summarized the minute men's story in the credits.
I didn't feel like there was anything special with Watchmen's screenplay, the movie was acted out exactly as it was in the graphic novel, there was no difference what so ever, except for the part in the opening credits where we see the comedian killing Kennedy, which in my opinion was not necessary at all! There was also a character that was removed from the movie, in the Graphic Novel we meet Captain Metropolis, who set up the watchmen meetings, but was replaced with Ozymandias, whom we see set up the meetings.
The casting in watchmen was OK... some performances were brilliant (Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach) but some were very disappointing like Malin Akermen as Silk Spectre II, she looked exactly like Silk Spectre II in the graphic novel but her performance was very disappointing. I was very impressed with Billy Crudups's take on Doctor Manhattan, he seemed very cold blooded just as I pictured him to be in the novel.
Snyder's selection of songs in watchmen were outstanding they seemed to be very appropriate to the context of the film, for example in the funeral as we listen to "the sound of silence" play...
I think that if a casual movie goer watches this film, he/she might not enjoy it as much as a person who read the novel, because casual movie goers will feel board when the people who read the novel will feel very fascinated with Snyder's visuals, and the fact that the film is exactly like the graphic novel!