The Watchmen

SloFloPro does, but his opinion doesn't matter. I thought it did not live up to the books' potential, but could it have? I don't know. Wrong director, good cast, too many porno scenes.

I thought it was alright, but if they would have cut about 25-35 min from it, it could have been good.

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It looks like I am in the minority, but I loved it.

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+1. I read the book so the movie was better for me then it was for people who didn't read the book. I admit the movie is full of flaws but I enjoyed the cool visuals and the story. I enjoyed it (3 times already), but I can still see why others don't like it so much.

ah the blue dick!

I didn't even notice it till halfway through the movie then it was there!!!

If they would have cut 45min out of the movie it probably would be okay.

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it had good cinematography and music, but was too fanboyish for me...

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All of my friends said the exact same thing. I see where you're coming from... whether or not someone read the book determines everything IMO (like most adaptations).

Regardless, the cinematography was great.

I liked it a lot. Saw it in an IMAX, so the audio/visuals were further heightened.

I saw it and it was alright. I have read the graphic so when I was driving home from the theatre I felt like the last 2 and 1/2 hours were pretty pointless. I have already seen the story in graphic representation from the graphic novel. It was just those same shots but in movie form. It felt like I was just rehashing what I had already done but in an inferior way. It wasn't bad but if I had to do it again I would have skipped it. I also found it weird that the first 2:30 stays so true to the book only to be dramatically changed. I know all the arguments on why the ending had to be changed but still it just was weird to me. The movie to me really shows what Alan Moore was talking about when he says alot of Hollywood and movies are just spoonfeeding us. It seemed to be the watchman being spoonfeed to us. Just read the graphic novel.

i can't think of a movie i have seen recently that was better.

I thought it was good, but not great. It was definitely worth the money and time. I have not read the graphic novel, and the story was not compelling enough to make me do so, but at least I was entertained for a few hours.

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I thought is sucked.

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I thought is great.


seriously, I really liked it. I actually haven't met anyone yet who didn't like it, and I'm the only one I know who's read the book.