I want to say that it is worth watching....

Rating: 5/10 (4 April 2013)

...but it simply is not. The only good thing to come of this film was the fact that more people read the graphic novel because of it. With the exception of a few scenes, namely Rorschach's "You're locked in here with me" scene and the scene in which Dr Manhattan kills him (6/155 minutes), the film did not stay true to the point of the graphic novel. I wanted to see more Walter Kovacs as "The End is Nigh" guy, more mundane life, more old washed up masked vigilantes..Dan wasn't fat enough, Sally wasn't old enough, we plain didn't see enough of Hollis. The Watchmen didn't deserve to be compacted in this way, it needed to be 3 or more movies or no movie at all. Skip the movie, read the book. The Watchmen as a graphic novel is a loaded post modern object that can be read into in a plethora of ways. The film on the other hand is a collection of poorly adapted and forgettable scenes, characters etc