Malin Akerman,
Patrick Wilson,
Billy Crudup,
Jackie Earle Haley,
Matthew Goode
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When an ex-superhero is murdered, a vigilante named Rorshach begins an investigation into the murder, which begins to lead to a much more terrifying conclusion.
DVD Release Date: July 21, 2009
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April 11, 2009Truly a powerful superhero movie that's darker than "The Dark Knight" and more thrilling than any other superhero movie in recent memory.
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January 1, 2010This is arguably my favorite film based on a comic or graphic novel to date. A masterpiece, and an early contender for best film of 2009.
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December 28, 2009The long anticipated movie version of Alan Moore's classic graphic novel is nothing less than a new reference work about how close and true to the source a movie can be. I dunno how people who haven't read the graphic novel will digest all this, but having read it almost two year...( read more)
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December 27, 2009I was not half as impressed by this film as I felt I should have been. The first hour or so was too incoherent and anyway I think there was enough material to turn this into two separate films instead of this one huge chunk of a movie.
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December 24, 2009Based on the Alan Moore graphic novel, Watchmen is set in an alternate reality where costumed "heroes" were created as state sanctioned vigilantes to fight the mob and who helped the US win the Vietnam war and get tricky Dicky elected for 5 successive terms as president. Another ...( read more)
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January 2, 2010I'm not a fan of the graphic novel, but I was disappointed. I expected alot more for this film, but was left underwhelmed.
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January 1, 2010After reading the book I was very intrigued by how they would translate it to a movie. They did it -- and well! They had to cut out some plot lines and alter some others for time and ... clearness's... sake but it retained it's integrity. It's a deep story and the fact that the...( read more)
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January 1, 2010This is just a geeky version of the Justice League. The characters spend too much time dwelling on past escipades, when they should really be trying to avenge their fallen commrade. The only character worth following in the whole story is Rorshach.
Critic Reviews
March 6, 2009
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
March 6, 2009
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Zack Snyder's film version of Watchmen is a grim and grisly excursion into comic-book mythology. full review
March 4, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Another bold exercise in the liberation of the superhero movie. full review
March 4, 2009
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
It should have remained what it was from the start: a masterpiece of vicious Cold War paranoia, completely and gut-churningly rendered on the printed page. full review
March 4, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today
As the story proceeds, however, it grows plodding, convoluted and forgettable. full review
March 4, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
You have to go back to the comic to learn that the freaks in Watchmen are not only for geeks, maybe that's not so bad. Just sayin'. full review
March 4, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
So what is missing? A little of the original's madness and a lot of its aesthetic high-wire walking. full review
March 4, 2009
Armond White, The New York Press
Neither political satire nor camp, it fails the unique, fantasy mix of classicism and modernism that distinguished both 300 and Vin Diesel's The Chronicles of Riddick. full review
March 2, 2009
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
Incoherent, overblown, and grimy with misogyny, Watchmen marks the final demolition of the comic strip, and it leaves you wondering: where did the comedy go? full review
March 2, 2009
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
They've made the most reverent adaptation of a graphic novel ever. But this kind of reverence kills what it seeks to preserve. The movie is embalmed. full review
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December 29, 2009You say that "Watchmen" sucks,but it has 7.8/10 at imdb and 64% at rotten tomatoes,so you better shut your f***ing mouth!Zack Snyder did a really good job here,great action sequences,strong performances and plot twists...far different than other superhero films!Go watch the transformers,underworld or twilight craps and think again of critisizing "Watchmen" you idiots...
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April 20, 2009I haven't even seen the movie...but in my city...I have yet to find even 1 person that liked it!!! I have heard comments like, "Do not waste these three hours of your life that you can never get back!!" That is pretty rough. Also, the guy at the movies said, "If you are not a fan of the books...then you probably won't like the movie". So I will be skippin this one. One person might be wrong...maybe two or three....but my whole city seems to say, "SAVE YOURSELF!"
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April 4, 2009WASTE OF PRECIOUS TIME....... i mean seriously what was the point to this movie? watching a bollywood movie would have been far rewarding.
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March 24, 2009with characters that are no more than takeoffs of the different Batmen over the years (the Bob Kane Batman = NiteOwl, the Frank Miller/Dark Knight Batman = Rorshach, played to Clint Eastwood/Dirty Harry perfection by Jackie Earle Haley i have to say), Superman (Dr.Manhattan), and a Catwoman/Batgirl clone (Silk) this film is more 70's/80's era social commentary than adventure epic: do we live in a bad world? what can we do about it? don't women only like a guy if he's man enough to take what he whats from her? i wonder what the adventure epic would've been like? while 100% watchable (a pun, huh?), nonetheless disturbing...
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March 21, 2009I see a lot of people expecting a MARVEL movie giving this one bad ratings...
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