Amazing Characters, Iconic Imagery, A feat of Visual Storytelling.

Rating: 7/10 (29 March 2016)

I enjoyed this movie, a bit more than most of the other Zack Snyder movies. This can be attributed to the incredibly smart and cerebral screenplay by David Hayter(Snake?) and Alex Tse, ultimately adapted from the very popular graphic novel. The setting, tone, characters, soundtrack, cinematography all are just spot on. The cast does a great job, I love how real and gritty their performances really were, each cast member played their role perfectly, albeit maybe excepting a few. Some characters were just so well portrayed(Rorschach, Dr. Manhattan) I was baffled at how real these people really were. Rorschach reminded me of a more hateful, less suicidal Travis Bickle, and was played wonderfully by Jackie Earle Haley. But this movie does sometimes wear on the mind, it isn't very accessible or fun(not counting that as a negative). I did watch the Ultimate Edition which had the extra Tales of the Black Freighter, and it was mostly exhausting. The movie also has some very out of place scenes, that made me go, "huh? why was that there?"
Ultimately, I enjoyed this movie a lot, the duo of Zack Snyder and Larry Fong produce some truly "Unforgettable" scenes.