Watchmen gave me blue balls

Rating: 6/10 (6 March 2009)

The Watchmen gave me blue balls just like Dr. Manhattan's. That is to say I appreciated the effort but I left a little sore. Zack Snyder's film isn't without its merits, there are some good performances and some really stunning visuals despite the some of the CG being about as realistic as a Command & Conquer cinematic. It has many flaws. While this is a very faithful adaptation, perhaps to a fault (I'd be curious to see how Darren Aronofsky's contemporary version would have played out) they sure did throw out the ending. This film's ending diverges from the source material in a very disappointing way. Doing it the way it is written would have probably cost more money, and I think that may have been a concern because I don't think anyone hired a music director. Instead I think Snyder opted to hook his iPod up to the Avid and press shuffle. The music is spastic, and really in cohesive. One piece of music seemed to fit a rainy neon filled night pretty well and it sounded like Vangelis. Where have a heard that before? Oh yeah Blade Runner. This movie is It's borderline satirical when it could have taken itself more seriously. The action is very heavy handed. The fights are way over the top with a lot of wire work. ZACK SNYDER IS AN OVERCRANKING RAMP FIEND , I get it! Things look cool in slow motion; check out the show Time Warp on the discovery channel. All in all this film is entertaining because it is derived from a really brilliant piece of fiction and in a distilled less intelligent way the film successfully brings it to life. It's worth watching the Watchmen, but it is not the film it could have been.