Last Saturday I headed out with a friend to see Watchmen, I love superhero films so I was really looking forward to this one.  Without saying too much, a lesbian superhero is killed in the opening montage, and to be honest the film never recovered in my eyes

The tale is of a group of former heroes, well vigilantes really, who had to disband when a federal law was enacted outlawing masks.  However, now it seems that someone is making it their business to murder the watchmen one by one.  The film stars Patrick Wilson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Malin Akerman as well as an unrecognisable Billy Crudup.

It’s not that the acting is poor or that the film is made badly it just didn’t grab me.  I think I’m getting old, I found it hard to follow and gratuitously violent – there – I said it.

Also, the make-up was terrible. Robert Wisden as Richard Nixon has the most ridiculous make-up I’ve ever seen.  It’s 2009 for god’s sake, surely they could have done a better job.

I have to say I didn’t really care what happened as the story was unfolding and as one character made a speech about how some things never end I found myself wondering if the film would ever end.  Jackie Earle Haley’s performance as Rorschach was the highlight of this film for me, he was compelling in every scene.

It’s just my opinion but I wouldn’t recommend this one at all.  There are plenty of other good films out there to go see, I for one am looking forward to the new Wolverine film, let’s hope that doesn’t disappoint as this one has.

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