Visually, this movie is fucking magnificent.
capable of showing up star wars 3 graphics and the like...
however. thos movie is still a comic book movie. and thus had to live up to people expectations of the novels.
now i havnt read the novels.
but
i want completely satisfied when i walked out of this movie at the end!
it could of been so much better.
but they just didnt make it so.
the plot was very twisted, winding in and out of present time and past time.
this movie did a few things for me.
1.It surprised me in that it was different to what i was expecting.
2.They didnt push the envelope (meaning they could of made it better)
3.The surprise ending was obviously what the movie ended, but this time, i just didnt pick it. obviously there has to be the good guys and bad guys, but yeah, its obvious once you see it, but at the time no-one is thinking about it, because the movie is filmed in such a way that you dont get to think about things before it moves on, which keeps the movie engaging.
as i said the graphics are fenominal. the plot, elegant, a little to complex at times, for a comic book that is. and the acting is all good stuff.
esspecially the detective type watchman...his name is walter but he likes to be called
rorschach and he is amazing in this movie anyway.
definitely my favourite character. i would definitely watch this movie again just to see him act in it and such. he was awesome.
other characters.
the night owl - honorable, and in love with silk spectre 2, strong, technically equipt.
silk spectre 2- beautiful, smart, cunning and loves the old root with john (dr.manhattan). but finds a new lover during the movies critical stages.
osymandias- the smartest man in the world, with the help of dr.manhattan, helps create a renewable energy source of some kind. fast. strong. is the leader figure for the watchmen. can avoid bullets, cause he is amazingly quick.
the comedian- a veteran of the first superhero team called the minutemen. was with dr.manhattan during the vietnam war and other such american conflicts. was a government assasin. always a walking timebomb, cut throat, courages, stupid, saw men as the morst possible things created on the earth.
dr. manhattan- the only actual person with super powers, was killed at a government facility during a scientific experiment. but was able to recreate himself as a new being, with super human powers, he was able to bend and manipulate all matter on the earth however he saw fit.
pretty cool, he could teleport from place to place, eg earth to mars!
this film was slow at the start and took nearly an hour to get into the crux of the plot, but once you were there, u didnt want to leave.
very likeable, but also very easy to dislike. some bits were a lil dry, but of course there are always bits liek tht, soppy bits etc
however, if anyone remembers this director from 300, you wont be dissapointed to find a few more sex scenes in this film aswell.
Watchmen rated: 3.5/5
"iv already told you, im not stuck in here with you! your stuck in here with me!"
oh and btw, dr.manhattan walks around naked all the time. his dick flops around alot! lol that was directed at the girls!