Too much story too little time

Rating: 7/10 (27 March 2009)

If you think about it, most great novels never make good movies, in fact I can't think of a single one. Maybe the writers and directors feel too much pressure to include everything or maybe it's just too hard to beat the original. I mean, it wasn't intended for the screen, so what do you expect right? Well, anyways...I think this film had a lot of good elements in it, but it just didn't come together perfectly like an original screenplay would have. Don't get me wrong, I actually liked the film...It was only towards the end I began to enjoy it, I felt the first hour was pretty hard to watch. I think the Snyder had a lot on his hands, and maybe if he spent a little more time with the script, and a little more time editing it, the film would have come out much better. I thought that the star of the film was Rorschach, with his Clint Eastwood style presence, he was interestingly played out. The action was good, story was good, visuals were good, everything was good. But nothing was excellent. Maybe my expectations were just too high. The novel and trailer nearly blew me away.
But, I've gotta admit, Snyder has got some balls trying to make a film like this. I was surprised he got away with the violence and the studios were OK with it. I respect him for pushing the edges of what can or cant be done in this type of genre. Snyder is one of the few directors out there right now that have potential to be great, but I'm afraid it's probably not going to happen anytime soon. A lot of lessons to be learned from this one. Either way, good luck with the next film.