So after 2 decades of trying to get The Watchmen on the screen, they finally did it. I read the comics a number of times in the past and grew more fond of it after every read, so I was really anticipating this movie... sort of. Actually as the release date crept closer and closer, I almost decided not to see it at all, in fear that I would end up disappointed in the end. I knew that the source material was just too layered and dense to be transferred properly into a 2.5 hour movie. And so I feared. Well, in the end I can say that I came out of it not gravely disappointed... but nor was I thoroughly impressed. I saw a movie, that's all I can truly say. Director Zack Snyder was given the reins after the success of his efforts on The 300 . It was a testesterone-filled action epic, but one criticized for being too much style over substance (a criticism that would become commonplace to his work). The main story is in essence a murder mystery taking place in the 80's revolving ...