Great - and terrible

Rating: 6/10 (27 March 2009)

Watchmen looks at times like it might be THE comic book adaption, you know, the one which masters the transition from paper to screen without looking just 2-dimensional on second viewing and unwatchable on third viewing. Here how I break it down: After the first hour I was thinking "wow, this has powerful mise en scene, great visuals, intriguing plot and unexpected twists and turns. I am enjoying this ride" After the second hour I was thinking "Hey! When did this turn into the Fantastic Four 3?" (Not a good thing by the way).
After the third hour I was thinking "Wasn't this only meant to be 2.5 hours long? Now it's dragging too".
Never in my experience has a film fallen so far from initial potential to final frame. It's like they brought in a TV crew for the second half of the movie. The Smallville TV crew at that. Shame.