Stay Home and Read the Graphic Novel

Rating: 1/10 (12 March 2009)

I've read Watchmen a dozen times over the past 15 years and I've been anxiously awaiting this movie. I finally saw it tonight and it was such a disaster that it defies description. There were two worthwhile parts of the movie and they were the cut-scenes at the opening credits and that the movie finally ended after what felt like days. To say I'm a huge fan of the book and that I was excited to see the movie are both understatements. That being said, I was ready to walk out after the first hour. I won't go into detail on why it was so bad, except to say that the soundtrack, direction, plot, back-stories and writing were the worst I've ever seen. The makeup and CGI were laughable as well. This is by far the worst comic book movie I've ever seen, including the 1989 version of Punisher starring Dolph Lundgren. Hang up your spurs Zack Snyder, I've seen skidmarks with more depth than your movie.