Worth The Wait

Rating: 9/10 (10 March 2009)

I've never been a big comic book reader but always enjoy superhero movies regardless of whether I'm familiar with the superhero or not. As technology improves and advances, so has the story lines surrounding the lives of the superhero. Overall, this movie did not disappoint me. There could have been more crime fighting than explaining the history of crime fighting. I didn't think the movie was for kids obviously as the MPAA didn't think so either by the R rating. If you've seen the movie Sin City, then you should have an idea of the types of scenes that could be shown in this movie and trust me, there was no deviation from that style.
I have a thing for slow motion scenes in movies and think that was the greatest discovery since sliced bread. There were plenty of slow motion scenes that captured the action the way I love to see it. I know there are just as many "thumbs down" as there are "thumbs up" which part of the problem, from what I understand, is related to the connection of the movie to the comic book. As I mentioned earlier, I'm not a big comic book fan and therefore cannot relate the movie back to that source. I only had to rely on the storyline to entertain me and I was truly entertained. As I'm sure you are aware, the movie is very, very long and some parts where it gets into the history of some of the crime fighters can be a bit challenging if you haven't had your Wheaties. That doesn't take away from the movie; it just means that you have to pay attention to what's being said so that you can understand the psyche of some of the characters.
I didn't want to give any parts of the movie away so I kept it brief. I think this movie is worth the almost 3 hours of downtime it takes. I'm sure you'll be entertained to some degree. So, bring an extra $15 to buy yourself a large bag of pop corn and a large drink and set back and enjoy.