Never read the book

Rating: 3/10 (8 March 2009)

As someone who never read the book, the movie really made no sense. There was no back story to explain where the characters came from, save Dr. Manhattan. Did they all acquire superpowers just by putting on costumes? The movie alluded to criminals having the same powers. Why? Why did Dr. Manhattan sometimes wear clothes and sometimes not? Why did Adrian say Manhattan didn't have feelings, when all he did was wallow in angst? Although there were some good action sequences, most of the movie was the characters agonizing over the fate of the world and then deciding, "What the hell, let's do something." Even the action was simply the good guys able to do anything with a few ninja moves, and the bad guys unable to do anything. Fifty armed cops trying to take down one guy and no one can pull a trigger. Come on! This movie doesn't stand on it's own.