Comments on: ‘Watchmen’ earns $25.1 mil at the box office on Friday

By: mary

mary — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:36:11 +0000

what’s with using the word retard. if you don’t like a movie or a person that doesn’t mean you need to call them retarded. It’s just wrong.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:35:45 +0000

Beyond visually, Watchmen was a fantastic deconstruction of the superhero genre. poetic at times, through various character dialogue ,and high-octane action along with stunning visuals at others, this film was and is an overall achievment. Honestly, i expected it to be from the start, what with Zach Snyder’s previous film 300. In addition, the ending may have made some (me included) feel that no actual ‘retribution’ occured, but nevertheless, leaves us with a completely different, and orignial ending. highly suggested viewing material!

By: alleycat

alleycat — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:35:13 +0000

Watchmen was the worst movie I have ever seen!! No attempt at a decent story. I was still waiting for the movie to start after an hour. I found the violence toward women completely unacceptable. The shooting of a pregnant woman??? Really??? Just totally unacceptable to be shown on a movie screen. A woman almost raped? Just disgusting. The sex scene in the middle? Completely childish. This movie was NOT entertaining. This movie lacked any of the art and meaning that 300 had. Boring, self indulgent nonsense. If you aren’t a 20-24 year old male that is into comics, this movie is not for you.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:45:03 +0000

This movie can be summed up in a single word…wow! I left the theater upset that Watchmen took 3 hours of my life that I won’t get back. It was arguably the worst movie I have seen in years. I know all of the pretentious nerds who own Watchmen sheets and dolls will continue to delude themselves by saying that the film is “mature”,”edgy” or, my favorite, “genius.” I suppose it could be that I have a life outside of a comic collection and don’t live with my parents. Anyhow, enough about the sad grown up children who try to say that any dissenter is uneducated and uninformed…Let’s get to the movie. It was PAINFULLY slow. I found that the characters were poorly developed. I left knowing the same amount about them as I did when I went in…nothing. In typical Snyder fashion, every action sequence was in slo-mo…mix it up a bit, guy. The dialogue was laughable. It seemed like a sad attempt at film noir, but the Maltese Falcon, it weren’t. Nerds unite! and quit hyping this awful movie. D-

By: XSE Drake

XSE Drake — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:13:28 +0000

Very well-put, R.

By: R

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:20:40 +0000

It is obvious that a lot of the people who dislike this movie were expecting another Rah-Rah superhero movie like “X-Men”, instead of a deconstruction of the genre. Watchmen is to comic book movies what Unforgiven was to the western. There are no pure good and evil characters, only grey ones.

By: XSE Drake

XSE Drake — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:58:02 +0000

“Disappointed”, I find it interesting that you accuse me of over-hyping when I basically state people looking for mindless entertainment should stay home. If I were blindly hyping it, I’d say it’s a perfect film for everyone. It’s not, and I clearly said it’s not for everyone.
It’s also amusing that I must be a fanboy because I enjoyed it, especially considering many fans of the original material have been disappointed with this adaptation. Perhaps you’re the fanboy?

By: Don

Don — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:31:03 +0000

I thought the movie was awesome. One of the best comic book movies I have ever seen.You probably will not enjoy this film if you did not read the comic book. So if you are complaining about how confusing and stupid the movie is, I suggest you crack a book. The movie was great.

By: Erica

Erica — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:29:58 +0000

I thought it was very good. I think the time limit was reasonable, it wasn’t rushed and shitty like twilight. Zack stayed true to the comic and it was very good. I loved it and so far it’s the best movie I’ve seen for the new year. I just hope there isn’t a sequel. They’re not promised to be as successful as the first.

By: victim

victim — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:55:18 +0000

Sorry everybody, this is the worst film of the year hands down. Possibly one of the worst films ever made. At least Freddy got Fingered was entertaining. Boring story, boring plot. No action. Plus a lot of gratuitous violence and unecessary details that do not support the film. The movie was unmotivated so anything anyone did just didn’t make sense. God this movie sucked. Zack Snyder should be shot and never allowed to make movies again. Your fervor for aesthetics is awesome, but you’re forgetting to make a story, an actual story. The comic had a story. How you you f*** that up, retard? I hope you all save your money and don’t see it. It’s so disappointing too, I was really looking forward to seeing this film. I’ve never reviewed a film before today, but I had to warn everyone how awful this garbage was. Please Hollywood, start being good again! Try harder. You’re going to make me never want to watch a movie again it you continue release unreleasable material!