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By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 11 Mar 2009

While Moore may never see the final cut - or any cut, for that matter - Snyder's reverence for his brooding prose and the cynical depths of…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 11 Mar 2009

Manages to maintain much of the book's heady philosophical weight, albeit primarily by changing as little as possible from the source material…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 11 Mar 2009

Snyder hasn't so much made a film of Watchmen as he's performed taxidermy on it…

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By Ron Wilkinson (582) for Monsters and Critics (513) on 10 Mar 2009

Although still just a comic book of a film this is fascinating and riveting action drama that entertains start to finish…

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By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 10 Mar 2009

This movie is way too long, and one more meaningful close-up of Dr. Manhattan and I would have run screaming from the theater…

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By Ross Anthony (612) for Hollywood Report Card (612) on 09 Mar 2009

Wow! Your ticket price will buy you a whole lot of movie. Big smooth action, intense emotive acting, complicated plot, steamy romance…

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By Diana Saenger (322) for ReviewExpress.com (294) on 09 Mar 2009

Adrenaline-seeking young men may be enthralled by Watchmen but the confusing plot made little sense to me…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 09 Mar 2009

Does this film approximate the feeling and meaning of the book? and If the book didn't exist, would this be a good film…

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By Dan Fienberg (310) for HitFix (861) on 09 Mar 2009

As technically talented as he may be, Snyder is at best a gifted mimic…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 09 Mar 2009

Although the film's visuals are a cut above, say, Sin City, another serioso graphic novel-turned-movie, it has the same mood: a film-noir-ish…

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By John P. Mccarthy (315) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 09 Mar 2009

Fans of illustrated literature and anyone seeking sure-handed, blustery moviemaking will appreciate 'Watchmen' most of all…

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By Todd R. Ramlow (39) for PopMatters (2,617) on 08 Mar 2009

For Rorschach, there are clear lines between good and evil, and in this he is the most traditional of the superheroes in Watchmen…

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By Linda Cook (1,442) for Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (1,206) on 08 Mar 2009

I finished the revered graphic novel half an hour before I saw the movie.Thus, the two of them will be intertwined for me forever…

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By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 08 Mar 2009

With a film featuring all this violence and with superheroes the last thing you would expect is a film so dreary and tedious…

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By Danny Minton (313) for Beaumont Journal (131) on 08 Mar 2009

I can understand many of the changes made in the script, and what went in works logically, but that's a massive difference that shifted the…

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By Scott Nash (692) for Three Movie Buffs (692) on 08 Mar 2009

This epic is to superhero movies what The Godfather is to gangster films…

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By Widgett Walls (433) for Needcoffee.com (433) on 07 Mar 2009

In my humble opinion, this is probably the best theatrically released film version of Watchmen you could conceivably pull off…

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By Kevin N. Laforest (610) for Montreal Film Journal (589) on 07 Mar 2009

More interested in mythology, philosophy and genre deconstruction than in cheap thrills…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (604) on 07 Mar 2009

a fascinating film likely to reward repeated viewings, but just as likely to be discovered on DVD than in the theaters…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for NewsBlaze (855) on 07 Mar 2009

A morally-ambiguous parable designed to tap into homoerotic urges while satiating the bloodlust of the sanguine, post-Pavlovian Cyber Generation…

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