A beating to watch

Rating: 1/10 (16 March 2009)

All I can say is WTF?! Thank GOD I watched this movie in a theater where they serve alcohol because it was the only thing that got me through this over 2 and 1/2 hour beating of a movie. I cannot believe this movie received such high ratings but I am sure they were given be followers of the graphic novel. A good movie should hold it's own without having to depend on "followers". The character development was terrible, if there was any at all. I walked away from this movie knowing very little about who these people were and the plot is so empty and just drags on. The introduction was so poor I lost interest very quickly. I had high hopes for this movie because I love pretty much all comic book based movies. No I do not and have never read comic books but Watchmen is the first movie thus far that I have seen that just leaves you feeling like 2 1/2 hours was just stolen from your life. And what is up with the constant displays of male genitalia? Did it some how improve the "quality" (for lack of a better word) of the movie? This movie lacked everything. The visuals weren't even that stunning. So much hype built up only to disappoint. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY OR TIME!