Watchmen

Watchmen, 2009. Retired superheros are mysteriously attacked.

Directed by Zack Snyder. Written by David Hayter, & Alex Tse, based on a book by Dave Gibbons, & Alan Moore. Starring Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, & Patrick Wilson.

Concept: A
Story: B
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: C
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: Great design, and some terrible effects. B
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: Snyder's slow-motion is annoying, and the action scenes are boring (luckily there aren't many of them), but for the most part he did surprisingly well by just taking what was on the page and putting it on screen. It should have been a miniseries, though. The book is episodic, and they follow the book's structure, so it feels like the movie was edited from a miniseries. A

GPA: 3.0/4

[update of a previous post - original is here]