Uh oh.
February 26th, 2009 at 08:59am Will Pfeifer
The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER has weighed in on WATCHMEN, and it’s not a pretty sight…
There is something a little lackadaisical here. The set pieces are surprisingly flat and the characters have little resonance. Fight scenes don’t hold a candle to Asian action. Even the digital effects are ho-hum. Armageddon never looked so cheesy.
Well, what about the acting, or the use of an alternate history?
 … the stories are too absurd and acting too uneven to convince anyone. The appearances of a waxworks Nixon, Kissinger and other 1980s personalities will only bring hoots from less charitable audiences.
And here’s the last line…
Looks like we have the first real flop of 2009.
Read the whole thing here.
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2 Comments Add your own
1. jason | February 26th, 2009 at 11:08 am
It’s obvious the reviewer is not at all familiar with the material for Watchmen. It’s also obvious he barely watched the movie, if at all. He has several plot points completely wrong, and obviously confused this with your standard superhero movie. Watchmen not about superhero’s and their antics. It’s about deconstructing what it means to be a superhero. Terrible review.
2. Brian M | February 26th, 2009 at 11:46 am
….and this confirms my earlier prediction: Those who loved the source material will love it, while the much of the rest of the world will be unimpressed.
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