Long and definitely unexpected

Rating: 6/10 (27 March 2009)

For starters, let me just say that i am a big fan of movies based on comics/books as they provide insight and action to the pictures/words and aid one's imagination.
When I went to see watchmen it was so hyped up before hand that it would have had to be stunning to merit a good review and for me, it wasn't stunning.
I like the way that the dark, complex characters were portrayed, but this was quickly contradicted by the startling almost comic moments (such as Dr Manhattan's unnecessarily large blue genitalia.) As far as superheroes go, they weren't all that well portrayed individually. It seemed that they all had the same, boring power - super strength, with the obvious exception of the antagonist and Dr Manhattan.
I usually enjoy subtle movies, but this movie was so subtle, you would have to watch it about 3 or 4 times to understand every small, intricate detail that occurred, and the plot was far too complex to last for the somewhat enormous length of the movie.
All in all i would definitely say this is worth a watch, but it could have been so much better and achieved so much more.