Who Watches those Watchmen?

Well, i did. While anyone who ever read The Watchmen cannot be disuaded from going to see the film, i would strongly recommend against it if you know nothing about the film. It wasn't terrible, but i give it a B- or C+.

While this long graphic novel would have lent itself more readily to a miniseries than a movie, the movie did justice to the content and story and even improved the ending dramatically with few editorial licenses. The opening credit montage did a phenomenal job of paying homage to the 50 year history done in flashbacks in the novel.

However, the opening credits were also the last time music was used well. The movie tanked in the music department immediately following the credits. Pop songs were superimposed in scenes to make them hokie, rather than intense or profound. This included the worst version of Hallelujia i have ever heard. The songs were also too loud. They drowned out everything else. The music in all the previews made it dark and none of it was pop, it was heavy. Utterly confusing.

i'm really sorry i dragged some of my friends to it because it was not nearly as good as the previews. i will later add a top 10 list of movies with phenomenally high preview to movie greatness ratio.

Best previews: Terminator: Salvation and Star Trek. The new Trek preview reveals a lot more and it looks great! The Terminator movie, starring Christian Bale looks like it takes the best of that franchise and adds the coolest tech and CGI from all the lastest action films and Transformers without being as hokie. INTENSE SUMMER!