Watchmen

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  April 11, 2009

  magnum32004

  Truly 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 10, 2010

  mariosundar

  a dark (very dark and dystopian) version of The Incredibles, with none of the entertainment but all of the slow motion sequences ripped off of the comic book by "visionary" copy cat director. give it a pass - even on DVD.

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  January 9, 2010

  allan913

  A masterpiece. It's The Godfather of graphic novel movies. It burst off the screen with astonishing special effects, mind-blowing suspense and incredible action. A groundbreaking film, a work of psychological realism in a world as real as our own. It's a dazzling visual treat tha...( read more)t will keep you glued to the screen. It's set in a great time period where superheros and anti-heroes are apart of everyday society and are nothing like the characters we've encountered on the screen before. A bold, stunning, compelling and breathtaking piece of cinematic brilliance that will stand as a classic. Director, Zack Snyder has crafted an incredible and faithful adaptation to the graphic novel and turned it into a real solid jolt of entertainment. An exhilarating and adrenaline-pumping action-packed thrill-machine. It's extraordinary, powerful and absolutely unforgettable. A blistering and stellar cast of amazing actors playing these complex, enduring and compelling characters, each one crafting memorable and superb performances. Billy Crudup is incredible, showing intelligence and effective force. Malin Akerman is fantastic. Jeffrey Dean Morgan is electrifying, an intense, cool and impressive performance. Matthew Goode is brilliant. Patrick Wilson is excellent. Jackie Earle Haley is terrific, giving an explosive and fearless performance. This film explodes with the mystery, character development, action, story and eye-popping visuals that any movie fan will love. It truly raises the bar on the entertainment meter and will knock you flat out. A gripping and utterly original picture.

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  January 5, 2010

  AgentLexi2132

  "Watchmen. One of us died tonight. Somebody knows why. Somebody knows."

  When an ex-superhero is murdered, a vigilante named Rorschach begins an investigation into the murder, which begins to lead to a much more terrifying conclusion.

  Malin Akerman: Laurie J

  ...( read more)upiter / Silk Spectre II

  Zack Snyder's Watchmen is not your average graphic novel adaptation. Unlike with 300, which was short and sharp and shallow and easy to adapt, the original Watchmen is incredibly dense and, as written, un-filmable. So Snyder did something very clever - he didn't even try. What he did instead was to take the world of Watchmen and rebuild it in a way which made a virtue of this new medium (film) rather than try to cram the graphic novel into a cinematic form.

  

  Nowhere is this approach more obvious than in the film's title sequence. A wonderfully composed collage of images depicts scenes from the universe of Watchmen in a way which is only possible in the movies. In this way, we are subconsciously introduced to a world where costumed heroes are a part of everyday culture and brought, in a stylish and fluid way, from the original days of the Minutemen to those of the Watchmen. This introduction is perfectly executed, and is indicative of the heights which the Watchmen movie is perfectly capable of achieving but not quite capable of sustaining.

  "The only person with whom I felt any kinship with died three hundred years before the birth of Christ. Alexander of Macedonia, or Alexander the Great, as you know him."

  Watchmen is a brave film for a major studio to make and without a doubt it would not exist in its present form without the success of 300. It is incredibly dark (both in tone as well as shooting style) with events that would be anathema to any other superhero story. The less you know about the story, the better, so there will be no spoilers here but suffice to say Watchmen's version of a happy ending is a far cry from the Hollywood norm.

  Snyder's brings his unique approach to action to bear on Watchmen, expanding on the action scenes in the comic without making it feel too redundant. His efforts are ably supported by the incredibly game cast, excellent cinematography and near perfect visual effects - this film is incredible to look at but also manages to create an entire world in a way which most superhero stories never do. The attention to detail in even the smallest scenes is commendable and the dense flashback structure means the same attention is paid to the presentation of full and complex characters.

  "Rorschach's Journal: November 12th 1985. Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout 'Save us!' And I'll whisper 'no'."

  Snyder has made a film which is gorgeous to look at, agreeably violent, well written, wonderfully designed and features some of the best small scale action sequences ever committed to celluloid. But, naturally, not everything is perfect. Most of the performances are excellent, with a cast of relative unknowns who manage to distinguish themselves despite constantly competing with overbearing effects and design. Patrick Wilson, in particular, does great work with a difficult role as Nite Owl, while Jackie Earle Hayley is blistering as Rorschach. Unfortunately in a film which could have done with a strong female presence, neither Carla Gugino nor Malin Ackerman make much of an impression, despite having quite a lot of screen time. Synder's musical cues are another bone of contention - often pushing the tone of the film into the realm of parody. And the ending... well let's just say it cheapens the experience in search of the lowest common denominator and the whole package suffers. On a related note, neither of the stories major revelations are handled that well. These moments were genuinely shocking in the graphic novel but are almost glossed over in the film.

  Don't get the wrong impression, Watchmen is a good film, sometimes a great film. Snyder has managed to make a movie which is a terrifically well balanced compromise between accessibility and fidelity. That anyone can sit down in the cinema and experience a distillation of the Watchmen universe in just 163 minutes is a marvel. It does not deliver the depth of feeling and connection of the novel but that is more a matter of the differences in the media than a failure on the part of the film.

  On its own merits, Zack Synder's Watchmen is a dark and twisted tale peopled with complex characters whose motivations are not obvious even to themselves. It is a solid film, sometimes rising into the extraordinary, and deserves to be successful. This is not Alan Moore's Watchmen but it is a competent extension of the universe into another medium and a worthy cinema-going experience.

  "It doesn't take a genius to see the world has problems."

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  January 1, 2010

  YLOWBSTARDreturns

  This 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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  February 9, 2010

  constantine7777

  Mmmm... teniendo en cuenta que adaptar algo de 1 ENFERMO MENTAL como és nuestro señor Alan Moore [(declarado anarquista y con animadversión por la especie humana hasta tal punto que és capaz de difamar y hasta de oscurecer la imagen del personaje que debería ser + integro (Rorsch...( read more)ach) no hay + que ver los dialogos que supuestamente saldrían de su boca según lo que representa en el comic y quien le psicoanaliza en la carcel como ejem. para ver lo sucio y rastrero que puede llegar a ser el subjetivismo)] en esta ocasión és altamente difícil... la película está muy bien, ha quedado mejor que el comic por mucho que digan los FRIKIS. Al - Zack Snyder supo definir bien los personajes y no los manchó con sus* opiniones. Lo único que no me gustó de la película és la frase "A los hombres se les arresta, a los perros se les mata" ya que lleva a la mala interpretación si no se está atento a la situación y a lo que lleva implícita esa frase; puesto que hay que aclarar que ahí no trata mal a nadie ya que eso és tarea de enfermos mentales, ni nada por el estilo; es 1 trato, 1 trato con otro enfermo mental, merecido por ser 1 situación de defensa propia, por eso no lo lleva a "cadena perpetua" por ejem. para que lo alimente el estado y aunque siempre mola + ver 1 muerto viviente, en esta ocasión opta por acabar antes, hacerlo más perfecto si cabe, incendiando la casa (*como dibujó "el inteligente" en el comic), porque ocurre todo en el mismo escenario + en memoria de 1 niña + a favor de Dios en su TOTALIDAD. p.d=Si hay que adaptar, que sea de Frank Miller.

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  February 9, 2010

  JadeCash

  To slow, and I hated the soundtrack. Started playing spot the music instead of watching the damn thing.

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  February 9, 2010

  Rewster

  The comic-book-movie continues the dark motive trends from 'The Dark Knight' with another DC adaptation with 'Watchmen'. Fans of the graphic novel will be pleased with how faithful the screen version is, but others will find it too long and lags towards the end. Interesting char...( read more)acters, especially Roschach, The Comedian and an attractive Silk Spectre, are what holds the movie together, but as said before the film goes for too long. By the way what was with that semi-porno scene??

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  February 8, 2010

  rajraj72

  Great action-movie with some really stunning scenes. The fightingscenes in slow-mo is superb and I like them a lot. There were some psychedelic parts I didn´t like and the movie was a little bit to long for my taste. Nice mix of some bloody scenes and some spectacular ones. A bi...( read more)g plus for the O.S.T The Sound Of Silence and Hallelujah are two great tracks.

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  February 7, 2010

  beaffradeofthedark

  Favorite movie of all time.

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  December 30, 2009

  starlimitz2

  "Average" my ass!! This movie ROCKED HARD!!!!
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  December 29, 2009

  bon21jovi

  You 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 23, 2009

  GHOSTRiderX

  average..
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  April 20, 2009

  storinlove

  I 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 15, 2009

  SJMJ91

  Very crap film! Was over the top in pretty much everything.
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  April 4, 2009

  og2hot

  WASTE 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 30, 2009

  darabutler2011

  I've heard from a few people that this movie sucked
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  March 25, 2009

  XxXsesshysangelXxX

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  its crap..
  the first 10-20 mins were good, but then it dragged on and became worst..
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  March 24, 2009

  moonrivers

  with 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, 2009

  TheBlackKnight

  I see a lot of people expecting a MARVEL movie giving this one bad ratings...

• Malin Akerman
• Patrick Wilson
• Billy Crudup
• Jackie Earle Haley
• Matthew Goode
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan
• Carla Gugino
• Matt Frewer
• Laura Mennell

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  300 (2007)
  Zack Snyder directed both films. The number "300" appears twice in the film. First, when The Comedian throws the cup at his attacker. The second appearance is as the combination on the psychiatrist's briefcase just prior to the destruct...( read more)ion of New York.
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