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Watchmen (2-Disc) [Blu-ray] [2009]

Carla Gugino (Actor), Billy Crudup (Actor), Zack Snyder (Director) | Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over | Format: Blu-ray
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  • Actors: Carla Gugino, Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley
  • Directors: Zack Snyder
  • Format: Anamorphic, Colour, Limited Edition, PAL, Widescreen
  • Subtitles: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 27 July 2009
  • Run Time: 162 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0027VSSMW
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 11,989 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)

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Everybody's favourite graphic novel comes to the screen (after years of rumours 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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Carla Gugino, Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, Patrick Wilson, Jack Earle HaleyDirectors: Zack Snyder
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117 of 122 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Directors cut review, 8 July 2009
This review is from: Watchmen (2-Disc) [Blu-ray] [2009] (Blu-ray)
I know a number of people are trying to decide whether to order the Directors cut from the states, or to make do with the British theatrical cut. It's a little hard to do when you've no idea which is better. Well thankfully ive been able to see the Directors cut version and here's what I think.

Essentially, most of the extra running time is made up of 5 seconds here and 10 seconds there. The most prominent additions are, a battle scene with the original Nightowl when thugs go to his home. This is superbly merged with flashbacks of fights from his heyday. As a result of this the bar scene with Nightowl and Rorschach is extended. I did enjoy this violent scene but I can see why it was cut, it didnt really fit in with Nightowls character at all, neither did Rorschach's reaction come to think of it.

There are extended/extra scenes of Rorschach without his mask as he watches his fellow Watchmen. He's much more prominent at the funeral and we see him taking his "face" out of a dumpster after watching Daniel. I imagine these scenes were removed as it takes away any mystique of who Rorschach is under the mask.

Laury has a few extra/extended scenes, and almost a subplot where the FBI are always keeping tabs on here to ensure Dr Manhatten is kept happy.

Also, there are a few moments of extra gore, which is always nice. We see more footage of the newspaper stand where a young man is reading the Tales of the Black Freighter comic. Overall though, the rest is mainly an extra line here and there. A few are superb, others not so worthy. Rorschach is certainly the main beneficiary of these added scenes, and seeing as he was most peoples favourite, thats not a bad thing.

Is it worth importing though? If your a Watchmen fan then yes, go buy it and im sure you'll love it, theres enough added there to make you happy. If your a film fan though? I wouldnt say the extra scenes made the movie any better to be honest, but I couldnt say they made it any worse either. While some of the extra moments were good, just as many felt out of place or unneccessary, not to mention the movie now runs over 3 hours long. I enjoyed it, but I could easily live with the Directors cut and the deleted scenes on a bonus disc.

Ive tried not to spoil the new scenes for everyone, but hopefully theres enough info here for you to make up your own mind on which version to go for.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Having never heard of..., 3 Sep 2009
By R. Way "atomheartbrother" (Deal,UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Watchmen (2-Disc) [Blu-ray] [2009] (Blu-ray)
Never been a comic book follower the contents of this film, storyline, etc was all new to me. In saying that this film gave my home cinema system a real work out with superb visuals and sound that must have upset my neighbours. As to the storyline, I did not expect much from a graphic novel, just the idea and thinking by the writer on which to hang my own thoughts. By doing so the film lacked depth and is an average film with average acting, however the set pieces and sound added that extra star for me. The historical montage at the beginning of the film accompanied by Dylan's 'Times are a changin' was inspired, apropriate and poignant.The themes are adult as you would expect, many of which are not fully developed and seem to have been wedged in as an afterthought. With that in mind not for children, though for older teens they have seen a lot worse on the news.
Will I watch it again, yes I will, but perhaps leave it for a year or so. As to the blue man, I don't know what was the most disturbing the support pants he was wearing or leaving it to blow in the wind, it certainly seemed to have a mind of its own.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Persevere - you'll be glad you did, 29 Dec 2009
By Lorraine Sears "Redlorry" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Watchmen (2-Disc) [Blu-ray] [2009] (Blu-ray)
We got this movie as blue-ray, the first to be watched on out new blue-ray payer because we thought from the clips we had seen it would be a good film to see in the ultimate HD.

I will completely honest neither me or my husband knew much about the movie or knew the comic books. And we spent about the first 20 minutes of what is a 162 minute movie completely lost, even though we were concentrating hard to keep up with where the story was going. On reflection this was because the the history of the characters was being compressed at the same time as the events that shape the rest of the story are being laid down for us.

But once the film starts to settle down and develop the plot at a more understandable speed, you realy start to pick up on the action and get a feel for the characters and what drives them.

As I said my husband and I really had no notion of what this film was about at all. And to be honest it wasn't long in to it before we were talking about not watching it through to the end. However, something kept us watching and we did see it all and I am so pleased because it was a really enjoyable film that kept our attention and made us want to know what happened next.

It is quite gorey in places, but this no more so than the likes of Saw and certainly not as much of it. And it is all done in a kind or dark humour that made it easier to witness.

Not sure when I'll watch the film again - as I don't often have 162 minutes to spare in one go. But I'm glad we bought it and I will make the time to watch it again in the future.
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