Watchmen details
| Formats: | 18 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Carla Gugino, Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, Patrick Wilson, Jack Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Matt Frewer, Stephen McHattie, Laura Mennell, Rob La Belle, Robert Wisden |
| Director: | Zack Snyder |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure - Comedy, Espionage & Spies, Thriller |
| Studio: | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Collections: | 100 Most Wanted, Comic Book Heroes on DVD, Most Watched Trailers, Top 400 All-Time Rentals |
| Name | Discs | |
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Watchmen |
18 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 43 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 27 Jul 2009 |
| Main languages: | English, English Audio Description |
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By Tom Charity from LOVEFiLMAlan Moore's bestselling graphic novel finally gets a big screen adaptation.
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Zack Snyder doing his usual stuff
By DeeDeeG (14 reviews) from Brighton , 08 Mar 2009[Highly rated reviewer]
Zack Snyder is not an intelligent man.
This statement may seem controversial , but if you were to form an opinion of the man from his films only, it would be hard to come to any other conclusion.
I'd heard that Watchmen the movie was complex. Indeed it is; it's bad on so many levels.
The ideas (Moore's obviously) within Watchmen are rich, dark and fascinating.
The film of Watchmen made me embarrassed for all those involved. Snyder has no idea how to create tension or drama or humanity, things that are kind of important if you want human beings to get involved in your film.
The acting is laughably bad throughout, none of the actors managing to create anything close to a solid character (be it empathetic or antagonistic)....except for the character of Rorshchach, who is actually pretty compelling.
There is approximately 20 minutes of story in this piece, meaning that it is essentially 2 hours and 20minutes too long. Also not smart. Nothing against long films, with involved (even convoluted in the right circumstances) storylines, but something has to be happening (no matter how subtle or mood-based). For most of this movie, that is not the case. And Snyder is not subtle. Because the movie is not actually dark in the least, Snyder simply amps up the gore, thinking that violence can be a substitute for (or a path to) dread and depth.
There is nothing going on in this film essentially. It is about nothing other than itself. It has some grand issues being bandied about, but none of them are dealt with with any style or grace.
Additionally, the film looks dreadful, Snyder using that already hackneyed 'suddenly-slo-mo effect when there's really nothing else to fill his frame, and it fails to really create a world we can believe in. The music cues are also embarrassing (although they do help add to the several unintentional laughs, making the 4-year running time slightly more amusing). The music does nothing to add anything. IT is music that is already attached to other films, other stories, other events in your life as an audience member, and the film hopes to cadge on to the fact that you care about something else in the world and associate itself with it.
In essence, if you've seen the trailer, you shouldn't expect to gain anything more from the film itself. This has as much substance as watching 55 music videos back to back. Which is really all Snyder is capable of. He is not a filmmaker. He is a music video director.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(707)Dont Watch it Men or Women
By Alvino (6 reviews) from Brixton , 18 May 2013About 2 hours and 45 mins into the film, my TV flashed a warning 'Your TV has been idle for 2 hours and will power down soon' It was not just my TV that was idle, but my brain from watching this pointless attempt at a dark comic book adaptation. I'll be honest and confess that I have no knowledge of the comic series, but I know a good film when I see one and this was as far from a good film as Batman is best mates with the Joker. The drawn out plot is pointless, acting deplorable and character empathy non existent. There were moments when I thought the film may take a Sin City-esque like turn, but alas......it fumbled its way to a non sensical and unsatisfying conclusion. Its strange how I only tend to write a review when I'm excited about watching a film only to be bitterly disappointed.....- Was this review helpful to you?
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SUPER HEROES ROCK!
By CaptainScott (8 reviews) from Shrewsbury , 13 Oct 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
This movie was on my low priority list but when it arrived I thought oh well got to give it ago now. The first 15 minutes left me thinking I was right to put it on the back list but then it all starts to come together. If you like science fiction and special effects you will enjoy this movie. There is a touch of the film noir about it and a real retro feel. It helps if you used to read some of the old DC comics.
Quite a long film but really enjoyable and will definitely watch it again.- Was this review helpful to you?
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One of the worst films ever made!
By a customer , 11 Aug 2012Epically long and epically bad - if I could give it nothing I would. It's an endurance test in bad film viewing if feels like it will never end.- Was this review helpful to you?
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I DO NOT NEED A TITLE.
By a customer , 10 Jul 2012The young silk spectre's glossed over details means she's portrayed as a rather shallow sex-driven bi. tch with mad fighting skills. Apart from that, perfect.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Don't bother, even if your tempted.
By a customer , 22 Jun 2012Absolute rubbish and has too meany story lines in one film which makes in hard to follow Its boring and very very slow from begining to end- Was this review helpful to you?
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