Watchmen
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: March 6, 2009
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JoeT.Mar 8, 2009
As along time watchmen fan, I am disgusted with Zack Snyder's Watchmen. The acting is appalling, the writing terrible, and the music off. The violence in this film is excessive, grotesque and serves no real purpose. This story is based As along time watchmen fan, I am disgusted with Zack Snyder's Watchmen. The acting is appalling, the writing terrible, and the music off. The violence in this film is excessive, grotesque and serves no real purpose. This story is based on characters, and the movie disregards that by giving the viewer bad writers and bad actors. I love the book, but the movie was awful. Also, for all you that gave this a good rating, I have one thing to say: "Joking, of course."… Expand
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BobS.Mar 9, 2009
This may be the worst movie I ever saw. I saw 3 couples leave before it ended. I was determined to see the end. I kept thinking how great "300" was and that this director might never work again after this. It was a high budget train wreck. This may be the worst movie I ever saw. I saw 3 couples leave before it ended. I was determined to see the end. I kept thinking how great "300" was and that this director might never work again after this. It was a high budget train wreck. The acting was ok. But the story was disappointing. The sex scene was like a bad porn movie. This should have been R for the violence and sex. I can compare it as worse than the Ang Lee "Hulk" movie for the comic book genre.… Expand
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ZacharyHJul 22, 2009
Horrible boring and not true to anything of the book.
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AlexanderWMar 13, 2009
Who watches the watchmen? Not I...beyond terrible, just because you capture the visuals of the graphic novel doesn't mean you've got the spirit behind it. Alan Moore's graphic novel set a precedent in how it stirred the comic Who watches the watchmen? Not I...beyond terrible, just because you capture the visuals of the graphic novel doesn't mean you've got the spirit behind it. Alan Moore's graphic novel set a precedent in how it stirred the comic book world with the idea of super heroes of human origin and subtlety. It wasn't about rampant slow motion sequences, low budget acting due to matching the face of drawings (in order to appease a childish fanboy basis), nor having men punch men through columns. The subtlety lay in its creating a dark world with parallels and commentary on society of the time, granted, it was so prolific it still manages to be viable in today's society. The fantastical idea of Jon, Dr. M, gives us the conflict of a human enduring with the struggle of losing grip with emotion...of indulging so far on mathematical and absolute perception that humanity is no longer indivisible to him. The heroes are just run-of-the-mill burnouts, with only the two unstables remaining in play. Watchmen is such a human film...it was like the 1984 of comics. Zack Snyder doesn't know how to direct original films, lets see him try his hand at something that isn't a remake nor has been pitched to him by some big studio lackey looking for the next remake or adaptation to save Hollywood from its drought of unoriginality. What next? An American REMAKE of the Korean perfection that is Oldboy? Oh wait...that's already happening. On a final note...when you slow motion spit coming out of a man's mouth from a punch in order to capture the essence and "grit" of the comic book film, don't. When you make a movie like 300 that is 99.9% bullet time? Don't pretend that by making a 2hour 41minute fagfest with 66.6% bullet time that you're any more artsy and have variety up your sleeve. The CG looks like sci-fi channel cheap bullshit too...oh, and on a last note? Bullet time action sequences ruin a literary masterpiece, as Alan Moore said in so many words, some things just don't adapt well.… Expand
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AaronJMar 14, 2009
Maddening waste of time and money. Takes an hour and a half before we start to stumble across anything that could be called a story. A violent video game where no one is playing. Not a movie - a prelude to a sequel.
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AnneAMar 19, 2009
Truly one of the worst films I have ever had the misfortune to sit through. You'd think Dr. Manhattan -- super genius and all powerful master of the universe -- could conjure up a pair of pants but no, apparently that eludes his grasp.
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RKMar 26, 2009
Absolutely horrid. There is no discernible plot. The dialogue is atrociously bad that it makes George Lucas look like Shakespeare. And, oh god is it long.
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NazguleroMar 11, 2011
There must be something like a manual for making movies. Plot, character development, pace, etc. Since apparently there isn't, abysmally awful flicks like this will continue to be made. What is the standard ? And what is the purpose ofThere must be something like a manual for making movies. Plot, character development, pace, etc. Since apparently there isn't, abysmally awful flicks like this will continue to be made. What is the standard ? And what is the purpose of submitting this to a paying audience ?… Expand
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razburnknjMay 4, 2011
Too much long. Too much violence. I like the mature and realistic approach, but in some moment it loses its goals. It has a great ending endeed but you`ll have to wait...
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CooterPatooterMar 22, 2012
Abysmally paced, ridiculous crybaby dialogue-filled, on-the-nose sexually exploitative, nearly action-free, cantankerous, dark (not in a noir-ish way but in a literal "it's difficult to tell what I'm looking at sometimes" sort of way),Abysmally paced, ridiculous crybaby dialogue-filled, on-the-nose sexually exploitative, nearly action-free, cantankerous, dark (not in a noir-ish way but in a literal "it's difficult to tell what I'm looking at sometimes" sort of way), leaden, flabby, incredibly overlong train wreck of a bullsh** movie. I've NEVER walked out of a theater before a film ended until Zack Snyder decided to make me look at Dr. Manhattan's penis for one agonizing moment after another for absolutely no reason. The four of us, exasperated, worn out... utterly soul-crushed by what we had already been subjected to leading up to this moment, finally gave up and left... LONG AFTER EVERY OTHER PERSON IN THE THEATER HAD ALREADY DONE SO! There's a line between just making a crappy movie and actually showing bald-faced contempt for your viewing audience. I'd say Snyder is definitely toeing that line, if not stepping over it here. All I know is that I'm still waiting for him to personally refund my $20. Jerk!… Expand
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ViolettApr 15, 2013
This movie makes me puke. Seriously. How in the world you can rate this positive This "heroes" makes no sense. Plot is awful. Main heroes HeHero and SheHero (didnt bother to remember names) are ugly as hell. And this blue guy without pantsThis movie makes me puke. Seriously. How in the world you can rate this positive This "heroes" makes no sense. Plot is awful. Main heroes HeHero and SheHero (didnt bother to remember names) are ugly as hell. And this blue guy without pants every time I saw his huge blue penis my eyes were bleeding. I simply cant understand how you can rate this more than zero.… Expand
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PROpescuNov 17, 2021
Worst Chinese propaganda trash the ever was! It suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked!
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