Almost Perfect, One Big Silly Flaw

Rating: 6/10 (19 October 2009)

This filmmaker seems to have made the same grave error in judgment that he did with The 300.
As others have stated, so eloquently, this screenplay is filmed beautifully, with rich depth and darkness that captivates the viewer from the opening scene. It could have reached heights of classic and epic proportions...but it had to include that silly gratuitous sex scene. Seriously? Like The 300, Watchmen could have maintained its integrity WITHOUT that 3 minutes of laughable nonsense. It did NOT need a sex scene at all, especially one so blatantly cheesy. This kind of immature approach will keep his films out of the Oscars and archives as true classics.
What a shame to have an otherwise stunning piece of work bruised and therefore ruined by such an amateur misjudgment.