Not Great But Not Terrible...

Rating: Null/10 (28 August 2009)

I never heard of the Watchmen before this so I went in with a clean slate.
The GOOD: Enough fight scenes to keep it interesting; more story here than most action movies.
The BAD: The costumes for these superheroes are downright laughable; there are at least three sex scenes thrown in for no real good reason (guess Spectre's daughter is as much a tramp as her mom was); deep plot can get confusing fast - you'll need the 3hrs to watch the movie and another 6 days to dissect it all; why do mobs of villains still attack one at a time? (reference to the prison riot scene); sometimes the violence is just too over the top and totally unnecessary; the digital blood is lame - but Hollywood hasn't figured that out since it released V For Vendetta; drags at times; too long for its own good.
Overall, I was left with the feeling that I really didn't "get" the love affair people have with the Watchmen - the "stellar" posts you see here are probably fans of the graphic novel banding together to keep its rating high (just doing my part to bring its rating down some here). It's an "okay" movie but you'd be hard-pressed to tell a friend why they should see it or describe its plot to your blind Grandma.