Laughing at the Comedian

Rating: 7/10 (7 March 2009)

Its getting a bit difficult to choose between making one long movie, splitting material between two or three films, or just doing a TV serial.
Watchmen mainly survives being packaged in one bundle. But the characters, the politics, the sexual politics and the plot begin to burst out of the seams. We are laughing when we should be in awe, and sometimes not laughing at the ironic humour.
The acting was good in parts - but slightly too many characters remained 2 dimensional. Because a film can only really work at one speed and level at a time, we are occasionally presented with stuff that doesn't scan.
But overall the film is entertaining throughout, and will challenge quite a few directors to risk more in what they deliver. But sometimes the format cannot frame the material.
And who would have expected DC to be doing so well in the film franchise war?