Could have been great.

Rating: 5/10 (12 March 2010)

I read the Alan Moore's comic book, so I knew that this movie could be disappointing, and it is, but at least not as I thought it could be, mostly because of it's style and good acting.
Alan Moore wrote a masterpiece that everybody recognizes that it's one of the best comic books ever written, so with such a great story, it's hard to spoil it completely. Like in "300" (Snyder's last work), that everybody said was visionary, for me, it wasn't at all, every single thing in it is taken from the book, every room, or even paintings on the wall, so how can you say the director is visionary?. But I can't deny that Snyder's direction is very stylish, despite those problems, the fighting sequences are great, with an admirable sense of showing the pain of punches, and kicks.
The adapted screenplay, I think, is the most compromising element of the movie, the fantastic idea of Ozymandias (For me, the most important thing in the graphic novel), is changed, taking of the effectiveness and intelligence of his plan, which is unacceptable for a story that is only striking because of it's ending .
Verdict: If you haven't read the graphic novel, you'll have the problem that it will be hard for you to understand the big purpose, but at least you'll not have to know that they ruined a masterpiece of comic books.