It might have been good...

Rating: 4/10 (10 March 2009)

First, I have not read the comic, nor read anything made by Alan Moore. Watchmen is a film that, for the most part, prides itself on not being made for everybody. With being said, even those who might normally enjoy films like Watchmen should have had a hard time with the film. The film is a test for the average critic since it lasts over 150 minutes at a very slow pace. At the same time, half of the action is in slow motion.Rorshach is the only enjoyable exception amongst a bunch of poorly portrayed, unbelievable characters.
Actors and actresses aside,aren't the plot and the 'adult themes' supposed to be mind blowing for an audience which has been fed sub-par superhero films such as the unbearable Spiderman 3 and Superman Returns? If this is the case, then I must have confused Watchmen with some poorly written college freshman essay. I cannot believe the awful amount of writing in Watchmen. The screenplay is quite simply the worst I have seen in some time and the amount of nonsense is astronomical.
But there were some positives! Watchmen did bring up some interesting ideas about the ideas of justice in a world where a god literally lives amongst us. The visuals were, without doubt, impressive. I can't denounce Zach Snyder because he does movies, generally, pretty well. However, in the long run, I feel he fell for the same reason that kept so many directors in purgatory for so long: they say Watchmen was an unmakeable film, challenging directors since 1989. I agree; the movie should have been at least 2.