ConfusingMen?

Rating: 4/10 (24 June 2012)

I've never read the graphic novel. In fact, I've never heard of Watchmen until I saw the movie trailer and learned it was a book after I saw it. To say the least, the best part of this entire movie blue penis and the alley way fight scene which took a full hour to happen. Other than that I found this movie beyond boring. I thought it was a good concept and I'm sure the book is great to have such a faithful and large following but the movie missed the mark for me.
It seemed like the movie was more focused on allowing to understand every single one of the heroes which is perfectly fine, but the actual plot of the movie was lost. I guess this is what happens when a filmmaker makes the movie exactly like the book was written. All of the back story is needed because when all you have are words on a piece of paper, you have make sure the reader understands and is invested. But when it comes to film, it's all visual. I felt like I was overwhelmed with information after information after information. The movie was entire too long for nothing to be happening.
If Dr. Manhattan is so powerful, why do these other heroes even exist? How in the world does that face mask guy have a kaleidescope on his face? How in the world are these heroes so powerful if they have no powers? It's just confusing. In a nutshell, the movie spent too much time trying to connect the audience to each and everyone of the characters with a flashback story for each of them. LOL can you say overkill. I honestly fell like Watchmen should have been a series and not a movie. Too much ground to cover for one film. The entire idea is way too abstract and big.
I'm a big Zack Snyder fan but this movie didn't do it for me.