Watchmen (Theatrical Cut) (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition) |  | Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  503 reviews
Format: Color, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 162 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1000089592
UPC: 883929057771
EAN: 0883929057771
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: July 21, 2009
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| • | Someone s killing our super heroes. The year is 1985 and super heroeshave banded together to respond to the murder of one of their own. Theysoon uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.The super heroes fight to stop the impending doom only to findthemselves a target for annihilation. But, if our super heroes aregone, who will save us? Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: AC |
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WHEN AN EX-SUPERHERO IS MURDERED, A VIGILANTE NAMED RORSCHACH BE GINS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MURDER WHICH BEGINS TO LEAD TO A MUCH MORE TERRIFYING CONCLUSION
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Everybody's favorite graphic novel comes to the screen (after years of rumors and false starts), less a roaring work of adaptation than a respectful and faithful take on a radical original. Watchmen is set in the mid-1980s, a time of increased nuclear tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, as Richard Nixon is enjoying his fifth term as president and the world's superheroes have been forcibly retired. (As you can probably tell, the mix of authentic history and alternate reality is heady.) Things begin with a bang: the mysterious high-rise murder of the Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a masked hero with a checkered past, puts the rest of the retired superhero community on alert. The credits sequence, a series of tableaux that wittily catches us up on crime-fighting backstory, actually turns out to be the high point of the movie. Thereafter we meet the other caped and hooded avengers: the furious Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley), the inexplicably naked Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup, amidst much blue-skinned, genital-swinging digital work), Silk Spectre II (Malin Akerman), Nite Owl II (Patrick Wilson), and Ozymandias (Matthew Goode). The corkscrewing storytelling, which worked well in the comic book, gives the movie the strange sense of never quite getting in gear, even as some of the episodes are arresting. Director Zack Snyder (300) doesn't try to approximate the electric impact of the original (written by Alan Moore--who declined to be credited on the movie--and illustrated by Dave Gibbons) but retains careful fidelity to his source material. That doesn't feel right, even with the generally enjoyable roll-out of anecdotes. Even less forgivable is the blah acting, excepting Jeffrey Dean Morgan (lusty) and Patrick Wilson (mellow). Watchmen certainly fills the eyes, although less so the ears: the song choices are regrettable, especially during an embarrassing mid-air coupling between Nite Owl II and Silk Spectre II as they unite their--ah--Roman numerals. In the end it feels as though a huge work of transcription has been successfully completed, which isn't the same as making a full-blooded movie experience. --Robert Horton
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 The Watchmen November 21, 2009
J. Hendersin (Dallas Texas)
This movie was a drag. It literally dragged on forever and ever with no real story line, no interesting characters either. I finally just quit watching it, it was so boring.
 alt. reality..... November 19, 2009
Albert Sawyer (nyc ny usa)
nixons 5th term tht sez it all 4 me engrossing luv it disc qual. is exc so far bt yess i had a good time chkn this 1 out.....
Who Watches the Watchmen November 16, 2009
Ioana A. Braga (CA)
"Who watches the watchmen" is one of the most memorable lines smeared across the buildings and lips of citizens in the graphic novel Watchmen. The graphic novel that went far beyond its time thanks to writer Alan Moore, it has since been turned into a popular movie phenomenon by director Zack Snyder, who managed to capture the pure essence of the novel straight to the core, leaving out what some believe are important components in the novel, yet still maintaining the overall message. Watchmen presents the story of a group of masked heroes who live in an era where the world is on the brink of nuclear war. The six masked heroes Dr. Manhattan, Nite Owl, Rorschach,The Comedian, Silk Spectre and Ozymandias each represent the six ways to view the world in the radical time period it is set in. What ties this movie into a cultural phenomenon is the way in which it presents the solution and struggles of the Cold War era. The line "who watches the watchmen" is a sort of an irony that can be seen at the end of the movie. The masked hero, also portrayed as the smartest man in the world, Ozmandias, plans to save the human race, and unite the nations against a common enemy, by faking an alien invasion that ultimately killed half of the population in NY, yet no one knows of this secret conspiracy. Although this ending was cut from the film, and substituted with a giant explosion, it still presented the same message, that chaos that endangers the lives of friend and enemy alike, will result in union against this common enemy.
Although many skeptical fans believed that Snyder would not be able to capture the comic book in all of its glory, the outcome however begged to differ. Watchmen came out as an incredible watching experience, full of violence, drama, love and conspiracy. Each characters development is brought into focus on camera, what they discover about themselves and the world around them makes for an explosive emotional movie that captures young and old audiences alike.
 upon further inspection, disapointing November 16, 2009
Poshu Oshu (Dallas, TX)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
when i first saw this movie i enjoyed it, there were a few things i didn't like. but overall it was fun. the change up of the ending was even understandable as a sign of changing times.
but upon watching it again i realized that while this movie here is not terrible, they changed enough key scenes of this where the spirit of "watchmen" is just not here. by showing the fight where the comedian gets killed they more or less give away the bad guy in the opening scene and thats one of the biggest mysteries of the book. the actor playing ozzymandus wasn't so much poorly chosen as poorly directed. ozzymandus is suposed to be unasuming and tame making the final reveal beyond shocking. but the way this guy plays it he might as well be stroking a curly mustache everytime you see him. it just screams bad guy. it's wrong.
rorchact overall is well done in this movie but they changed some things about his "birth" story that while they made it more visceral and apealing for a movie, changed the tone of the scene in a bad way.
the fight scenes are a little bit crap, part of the genius of watchmen is that no one has super powers, but the fight scenes seem to suggest they have super strength or speed in some way. zack snyder is an excelent director but he's more geared towards action movie style. and watchmen is not an action plot, it's a story epic. infact alot if not all the fight scenes could've been taken out of this movie.
the change to the ending is particularly crappy. i understand the motivation to it and it's not so much a bad ending in itself. but the original ending was designed to band humanity together for survival's sake, america and russia join forces against a bigger threat. but the ending in the movie is more like a religous message. "be nice to each other kids or dr. manhatten will come down and blow you up." which is totally crap. or at the very least not on topic at all.
this movie by itself is entertaining enough, but it's not good, just fun, and for what is one of the best stories ever written, this is a poor representation.
Stunningly good November 13, 2009
T. Johnson (Portland, OR)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had never heard of the Watchmen before seeing the movie, so I have no preconceptions on that front. I did read comic books as a kid.
One warning prospective viewers should be aware of: there is intense graphic violence in this movie, along with some male frontal nudity. This is NOT your standard superhero movie suitable for children, this is a movie for adults.
I loved this movie. For me it is completely unique, I can't even compare it to any other movie I've seen. A unique style, a unique story, I found it confusing but fascinating to watch. It sticks in your head. I'm going to have to watch it again just so I can pick up a more of what I missed the first time around. I guess for a general description of the movie it is a highly stylized, morally ambivalent version of the "what if super heroes were real?" premise, mixed with some retro and detective storytelling. But that doesn't do it justice - this is a fantastic movie experience. It's funny, dramatic, violent, and it has all kinds of intrigue and fascinating characters.
Frankly, the lead (Rorshack) should have been nominated for an oscar. He was great. Best Line Ever comes when he is sent to prison and must deal with all the people he sent there who want their revenge and think they have him right where they want him: "You don't understand... I'm not locked in here with YOU... you're locked in here with ME."
This movie should go down in history as a true classic on the level of Blade Runner.
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