Awesome to not so awesome moments speckled throughout

Rating: 7/10 (7 March 2009)

Overall good fun to see the pages of the comic book come to 'reel life'. Some sequences and visualizations were absolutely fabulous. Haley played Rorschach perfect, Veidt being played by Mathew Goode seemed a scary proposition but it turned out well. But, all this could have been much better. For starters couldn't Zack Synder invested more in the sound track/ original score section? Music throughout the movie seemed like Zack playing one of his mix tapes from the 70's 80's; the effect totally inappropriate pieces making potentially strong emotional scenes into cheesy and almost laughable segments. This showed a lot of immaturity on the directors part. Like Hendrix's "All along the watch tower" playing while Rorschach and Nite Owl approach Karnak.. ."Two riders are approaching. .. and the wind.." come on, what was he thinking! Apart from Rorschach and the Comedian's roles, all others were forgettable performances. Still being in absolute awe and love of the source material, I enjoyed Zack's work!