Biggest letdown of 2009

Rating: 6/10 (6 March 2009)

The new Zach Snyder film 100% did not live up to my expectations. Before seeing this film I made sure that I would not compare this move to the graphic novel because I knew that no movie could ever live up to such a predecessor. Based strictly on the film it was only mediocre. I was a fan of Zach Snyder's "300" but that same style just didn't seem to fit into the equation if the "Watchmen" universe. The movie is full of slow motion effects and random fight scenes. Any scenes that were trying to be presented as serious did not pan out well. The acting was horrible with the exception of Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach. The story did not flow in movie form and was very out of place and did not leave me craving for more. The biggest problem to me was how unrealistic the movie seemed. I do not intend to compare this movie to "Dark Knight" but that movie set a new standards to superhero movies. "Dark Knight" felt like something like that can happen in real life. "Watchmen" felt unrealistic and simply mediocre. It was like watching a boring slow-motion action film with a lot of frontal male nudity.
6 stars out of 10.