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| Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Rating:  504 reviews
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Format: Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 186 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 1000089594
UPC: 883929057795
EAN: 0883929057795
ASIN: B001QTXM5Y
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: July 21, 2009
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 Compelling and Styllish October 28, 2009
Michael J. Foy (Boston)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie surprised me. I was expecting B movie treatment of heretofore unknown superheroes. Far from it. This was one of the most stylish movies I've seen in a while. I cared and identified with the characters. I understand they came from a popular comic book but it was all new to me. And that made it all the more impressive that I was drawn into their world, a very serious world with a history that was different and compelling. I can't imagine a sequel. I hope one isn't made since it would surely diminish the accomplishment that was this movie. The Kennedy Effect
Watchmen, and Adult Comic October 27, 2009
K. Pring (Middletown, IN USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
When this movie came out the attitude around it was it was another superhero movie, but those who had read the graphic novel knew better (I was not one of these people). After seeing the movie and then reading the book afterward I realized why this was such a groundbreaking show that surprisingly moves with the book. Overall it's a movie that should not be presented to young children without the much tamer version of book form being seen first. Even at that parents should decide if their children can handle some of the more graphic scenes in this cinematic and cultural ride.
 Hi Fi Nut October 26, 2009
Edward O. Holmer (Hood River OR)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This film took a couple of screenings for me to really warm up- fantastic cinemetography and special effects. On the '"dark side" of the light spectrum, wich ads to the dark overtones in the plot. The final hour or so (from when Rorscach is busted out of the slammer, and the Mars scenes with Dr. Manhattan) is real eye candy. I've used it several times as a demo for friends that have not seen Blu Ray yet, and get the dropped jaw response every time! Fun stuff, and a great soundtrack (All Along the Watchtower by Hendrix- too much!!) make for a very entertaining film.
 Director's Cut and Blu-ray does not help movie. October 25, 2009
E. Charles
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
While the movie has well-written costumed vigilantes performed by above-average actors, the movie ran like a re-telling of the graphic novel verbatim. The movie itself is so long, the additions provided by the director's cut are forgettable. The last forty-five minutes are still the best part of the movie.
Blu-ray helps with the visuals; but does not accentuate the storytelling. Unless you are an avid Blu-ray fan like myself, Watchmen can be viewed in regular DVD Video format.
 A missed opportunity October 23, 2009
Brian A. Schar (Menlo Park, CA United States)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
"Watchmen" was, for many years, the project considered impossible to film. This movie proves that "Watchmen" was, indeed, possible to film, but that doing so may have been a bad idea.
The major problem with this movie is not its length. It's way, way too long - but that's a symptom of the problem, which is lack of focus. Act 1 takes a long time to develop, and when it's over an hour or so into the movie, there's an unsettling feeling you get as the audience that comes from the fact that you don't know what the plot is even after 60 minutes. Then, when the movie finally gets some focus, it's on - Nite Owl and Silk Spectre? Huh? The least interesting characters? Rorschach is a jerk, but has a kind of purity as a character that makes him interesting. Veidt, who is almost an afterthought in this movie, has a kind of purity about his character as well, but in a different way; he has chosen to follow ideals that may vary from Rorschach's, or that may be the same but implemented differently. The ultimate confrontation in "Watchmen" is really between Veidt and Rorschach, so it's a shame Veidt is given such short shrift in most of the movie. Veidt, rather than a central protagonist (antagonist?), is the Oliver Twist of the movie, the cipher whose motives and character just happen to be there because they're in the script. Instead of developing Veidt, we get some unconvincing romance between Nite Owl and Silk Spectre, some overly long scenes on Mars, and a variety of other bits not important to the plot. Not great from a storytelling perspective.
Several shots and musical choices in this long, long movie were so hamhanded as to stand out from the remainder in an unfavorable way. Why a minute-long crane shot prior to the Comedian's funeral? That thing must have taken an entire day to shoot on its own, for no good end. "99 Luftballons" as Silk Spectre meets Nite Owl for dinner? At high volume? For a long time? There are many points in Watchmen where I wished the director would just get on with it. Deliberate pacing is one thing, and can be very effective. But there's a difference between deliberate pacing, and lingering over nothing.
And speaking of hamhandedness, I agree with the main review that "Watchmen" seems like a transcription of the graphic novel at times. Nowhere is that more obvious than the Rorschach origin scene. A single frame of something horrific on the printed page has tremendous visceral impact. Playing that out in an actual segment of movie is too much, and is over the top. In addition, the 70s style depiction of New York as a cesspool of horrors each worse than the last is likely to be incomprehensible to younger viewers who did not live through the era of the bankruptcy of NYC. The similar depiction of the constant threat of nuclear annihilation brought back some memories, but will be equally unfamiliar to younger viewers. These underlying moods of the film lead to some jarring tonal shifts, and render "Watchmen" ultimately a serious downer.
Geeks of a certain age, like myself, were going to watch this no matter what. I can't recommend doing so, but if you're like me, you're going to do it anyway. Save a few bucks and just rent this one.
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