Misleading Preview

Rating: 4/10 (22 March 2009)

Personally, I didn't like the movie much (although I wouldn't say it's the worst movie of all time) and I did go into it expecting an action movie because of the previews (my mistake). I've never read the comic book so I didn't know I was headed into a movie more centered on human nature than on superheroes.
I like complex characters, although I'm more a fan of reading about then in books than in movies, and there's a chance I might like this movie more if I saw it a second time around; the first time around I was too busy trying to figure out who was who and how they were all connected to each other. However I don't think I will be seeing it again because of all the violence. I'll be the first to admit, I'm rather squeamish and the blood didn't bode well for the state of my stomach. I left the movie feeling rather sick.
It also seemed to me that the time spent on sex scenes could have been spent more on the connections between the different characters. I felt like I needed a road map to figure out who was on which team at what time and what they did, what their superhero name was, etc.
Overall, I think this film could be pretty good for some viewers but I don't think I personally should have gone to see it. I think the preview was misleading and that's probably gotten a lot of people angry who didn't read the comic book, and I think they have a right to be. I don't however thing it was a downright terrible film, just, I don't know, mislabeled maybe would be the right idea to put to it.
To cut to the chase, this isn't a good movie if you're in the mood for action. It is a good movie if you want something thought provoking and don't mind a fair amount of male nudity and quite a lot of blood.