Watcmen review

This is Ragnarok's review of Watchmen, This is Zack Snyder's vision of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons celebrated graphic novel of the same name, and trust me there is not mistaking it, Snyder of 300 and the dawn of the dead fame,has placed his stamp in this movie there is no doubt about that,

like 300 watchmen is a visual masterpiece with amazing colors and grand scale theres no doubt about how great the visuals are, but the narrative I'm afraid did not translate as well, along with the great look, snyder brings his gore filled over the top fight sequences with him, with punches that sound like shotgun blasts and blatantly choreographed fight scenes that resembles the work of a john woo inspired film student.

Don't get me wrong the movie has great moments one of them being the history of Doc Manhattan, In which i think everyone in the audience got lost in and emotionally attached to, but was then ruined by another pop song that was thrown in afterward, the movie was filled with moments that were just lost with a soundtrack that was added in because of specific lyrics that may reflect what was going on at the time, it was a lot like watching an AMV on youtube.

As far as characters go there was great depth in Rorschach, doc Manhattan, and the comedian sadly not as much detailed was given to silk specter and Ozzy, in both writing and the performances given by the actors.

Overall I liked this movie for what it was, the next step for comic based movies, but it saddens me that it could have been a real piece of art if all the gimmicks like slow mo and pop music were taken out. I give watchmen 3 1/2 dog heads out of 5.