The story was great, but the filmatisation was not very good.

Rating: Null/10 (27 August 2009)

I've decided not to rate this film at all. I would personally call it a film that can neither be seen as a success or a failure. The story was great, but the filmatisation was not very good.
The story really captivated me, each character represented one of the many sides of the human race, and they all handled the world in they're own way. No ones way was neither the right or the wrong way to do it. And in the end, although you can question they're means of accomplishing it, they succeeded in world peace.
The characters were both dark and deep, and they were all different form each other, they were both friends and enemies. The comedian was the dark side of humanity, he realized its true face, and took it with a smile and humour. Rorschack was the bad cop character, he had no mercy for evil, and punished it with they're own brutality. NiteOwl was the good cop, a mixture of Clark Kent and Batman, he was the boy scout, and followed the rules. Dr. Manhattan, was the godlike character, he perceives existence in a different way and he struggles to understand humanity in his new form. And he fails to see if a brutal and corrupt world is worth saving. Silk Spectre, I didn't quite catch, She just seemed to be the person that kept lurking into past events, which eventually led to convincing the Watchmen to reunite. Perhaps she was the consciousness and heart of the story, eventually bringing them all together.
Despite good characters and philosophy, I personally didn't think the 'film' itself was any good. I liked "300" but this film was slaughtered by Zack Snyders unique directing. The movie was to focused around violence, gore, sex, and slow motion effects. Not only were several scenes uncomfortable to watch, but all in all it took away the attention from the main story. It had its good moments but I felt it was watered out in an exaggerated attempt to make the film "cool" and action packed. Maybe a re-cut and a slightly censored version had been better, but the film we have now doesn't give credit to the real story.
So I have no rating and I can simply say I liked the Watchmen, but I didn't like the film itself..