Review By non-comic Fan

Rating: 5/10 (13 March 2009)

OK, first up I wanna make it clear that I'm a movie fan, not a comic fan! I say this because the majority of reviews on this title seem to be from comic fans who are overwhelmed by the fact their favourite comic has been put onto film, and that seems to cloud their judgement - scoring it 8-10 and complaining about the ending and making huge reviews about how it varies from the comic! Fact is, tons of films are taken from literature, whether it's a short story, novel, comic or whatever. It's not about comparing material, it's about the film. OK got that off my chest.
So here it is, nice and short....the film is very average. Stop spitting on me! I say it how I see it! Not going into the story.
The film starts off very dark, a refreshing change for a 'super hero' yarn, and the characters are certainly interesting. The main story kept me gripped, the who 'dunnit' theme keeps it very interesting.....then it falls apart! It turns from a 'real-life' super hero flick, into something that resembles 'Power Rangers', I liked the 'Dr. Manhattan' thing, but it got very silly, very bad.
I read the comic book ending, and the argument about a different ending is negligible, it's proper geek turf, the ending is basically the same.
If this didn't kill 2.5 hours of my life I'd score it 7/10 But since it did, it's a 5/10 for me.
back off all you comic jockey's.........and get a girlfriend!