Even a disappointment to a fan of comics and 300

Rating: 6/10 (26 March 2009)

First I have to say I love comic books. I read them my entire life and still do. In general I'm always interested in watching movies that are based on comic books. Since I really like the style of 300 I thought why not giving this movie a try and watch Watchmen?
This is what I have to say about the movie: The plot was interesting since it had a nice twist and turn of events. I didn't read the comic book from Alan Moore before because I wanted to be surprised by the plot. I was surprised but not in a good way...
Story: That said I criticize the way of telling the story. There are way too much diversions misleading the viewer from the main plot. After a while this turns out to be tiring and you get to feel the lengths of it. Zack Snyder seemed to feel the same way as he threw in some violence here and there. Perhaps to shake and wake you up anew. No prob with violence if it does make sense (like in the epic battle of 300 for example). But here it seemed really more to give the viewer a quick shock to stay focused.
Action parts: I like the quickness of the action scenes. It really remembers the camera movement from 300 and also the in-Action-Slow-Motion. So the action part looks good. I didn't enjoy the music in these scenes since the music takes a bit away the thrilling part of it. Watch the opening scene with the battle of the comedian to see what I mean.
Style: Hmmm here this really is a matter of taste. I didn't enjoy the costume design. Some but not all of them. It looked too much popcorn alike. I much more prefer the darker style like in Batman the dark night.
All in all it's not a bad movie but because of the mentioned points a was disappointed. So what is cool about it? I liked the casting. The actors fit their roles well. I also enjoyed the short action-scenes but be prepared there is not a lot of it in that movie... What else? Good camera-work and CGI as expected. My personal opinion 6/10