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Fresh:174
Rotten:98
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: Gritty and visually striking, Watchmen is a faithful adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel, but its complex narrative structure may make it difficult for it to appeal to viewers not already familiar with the source material.
Theatrical Release:Mar 6, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $107,453,620
Synopsis: For those obsessed with the critically acclaimed graphic novel (which would be almost anyone who has read it), or for audiences looking for a stylish action film, WATCHMEN is worth--well--watching.... [More]
Starring: Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley
Director: Zack Snyder
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Buckets of gore, truckloads of angst, hot superhero sex, full-frontal radiation-monster nudity, soap opera machinations, pulp fiction voice-overs, weekend trips to Mars .. and enough back stories for the next half-dozen superhero movies.
Zack Snyder's direction is both strikingly beautiful--he and his crew obviously went to great pains to re-create the incredible art from the graphic novel--and strikingly brutal.
Attempts to add something to the original betray an artistic sensibility summed up with 'Whoa, cool!'
The brilliant writer of the comic books that this is based on, Alan Moore, is well known for bisexual characters (women mostly, of course), in his work.
If nothing else, Watchmen is a commendable feat of art direction. As far as finding a narrative rhythm, however, the film could have stood a little rescuing itself.
On balance I have to come down on the side of the fanboy demographic. "Watchmen" goes to the positive side of the critical scales.
...surprisingly entertaining for all its fragmented diversity.
Watchmen should not have been made into a movie, at least not this movie, but I do hope you fanboys enjoy your three-hour music video of your favorite graphic novel. I am so disappointed in this film for its own sake, never mind for the sake of the origi
Fans of the graphic novel will be thrilled to see their beloved tome tenderly rendered out on the big screen, while those unfamiliar with the material will be left wondering why everybody is making such a highbrow fuss.
The reverential tone stands in the way of storytelling.
This may be everything Moore's fans have hoped for but there is little for the average film fan to understand let alone enjoy.
Una adaptación demasiado ambiciosa, hecha con mucho esmero y visualmente impactante, pero que termina agotando al espectador con su acumulación de personajes, anécdotas, subtramas y referencias (...)
A nearly 3-hour orgy of orchestrated violent vibrancy designed to perpetuate a whole new appreciation for ambitious, unconventional superhero expositions. Robustly confrontational and impishly raw.
Zack Snyder delivers Alan Moore's epic superhero saga to the silver screen with uncompromising vision and adoration.
Comic books and movies both tell stories with pictures, but 'Watchmen' demonstrates that the animating spirit of a rich, fully realized graphic novel may be as hard to transfer to the screen as that of any other type of successful literary work.
'Watchmen' is Campy Fun For Adults!
I spent most of the movie scorning Snyder's reverence to the original, then spent the last half-hour resenting him for changing my favorite part.
The biggest problem with "Watchmen" is at the screenplay level. The story just plain isn't told very well
Dr. Manhattan has the powers of a God. 'And I used them primarily to build a gigantic moving sculpture on Mars,' he says. 'One day, Cher and I will call this our home.'
A rich, visual tableau in search of a narrative.
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