I've read the Watchmen comic book when I was still in my first year of college. It was a very good comic, in my opinion Alan Moore's finest. So when I heard Zack Snyder was doing a Watchmen movie, I knew a must see would come.
Every once in a while there comes a film that I know I must see fresh and that I mustn't wait for the DVD version to come out. 300 was one of those films, and so was The Dark Knight -- and I was right in both cases, these movies ruled. And now came Watchmen, and I had to go watch it with a few classmates. Payed cash I don't usually spend for the ticket, some nachos and a Cola. I was quite excited, and even maybe a bit afraid that the movie wouldn't stand up to my high expectations. From the very first minutes of the film I realized I was going to have a great couple of hours and a half.
The movie was absolutely stunning, every few minutes a "WOW!" escaped from my mouth. It had everything I could ask from a film, great fighting scenes, great soundtrack, really cool special effects, good acting (with one notable exception), a superb story, lots of Easter eggs and to top it all, the directing of Zack Snyder. Dawn of the Dead was a damn good horror, 300 was a work of genius, and Watchmen is poetry in images. So Zack Snyder can very well shoot himself -- he did it, and it's impossible for him to outdo himself. There are no comics as great as Watchmen left unfilmed, nothing can be better than a watchmen movie. Maybe a Rorschach exclusive in which that Silk Specter chick dies in horrible agony... Sorry, I was fantasizing.
Guess I already made you figure out one of the movie's very few shortcomings. That Akerman (or wossername) chick is an actress so bad she shouldn't even had been allowed to carry the coffee for guys like Jackie Earl Haley (is it just me or does he look a lot like Clint Eastwood in this movie?) or Jeffrey Dean Morgan (again, is it just me, or is this guy a Javier Bardem look-a-like?). Well, Zack Snyder is forgiven for casting that whatever-she-may-be-'cause-she's-no-actress woman, for the movie is pure awesomeness. I wish there's a DVD 4 and a half hours Director's Cut, because I want more. Really, that was one movie I really wished never ended.
I could go on and rant about it on and on, but one things certain -- people who criticize it don't know shit about what movies should be. It's great, go watch it now. Really.
PS I heard Alan Moore put a curse on the film. Well, Alan is crazy
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