The Watchmen - Movie Review

IMDB Link - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409459/

The film was a slight disappointment. What should have been a character study is, at times, stooping to protracted action sequences. Although, Zack Snyder should still be given credit for having attempted to interpret such dense and wide-reaching material. The movie's source is so laden with rich allegory, its hard to replicate, but some of it does remain intact in the film.

Malin's performance should have been a keynote, but she falls short of really filling the role that her character required. Billy Crudup's CG performance doesn't quite have the poignance, as showing the pathos of someone losing touch with humanity at the same time, unable to prevent it.

The film is comparable to its cult graphic novel source in breadth and scope, and does deserve a repeat viewing to really scrutinize it.