Watchmen Review!

Ok. Firstly, are you two years old. Sexual revolution is over. If you feel uncomfortable seeing a part of the human anatomy then that is no CON to the film, it is a problem with your mental and emotional capacity.

I agree though that it obviously was an issue. When I was sitting in the theaters watching the film, people were laughing and giggling at Dr. Manhattans penis. I found myself frustrated, not at the fact that they had the balls to show the genitalia, but at the fact that people still find this subject to humor and embarrassment. Get over it. All males have a penis, and when they're naked.. it shows.

The issues I had with the film were things like the absence of the iconic cigarettes, the alien at the end, the black freighter and the news vendor, the dumbed down Dr. Manhattan speech about time and quantum physics, the lack of development with (seemingly) insignificant characters such as the psychiatrist and his wife, the two lesbians, the knot-head gang; and other things like Rorschach's sugar cubes, the police detectives etc etc.

If you're going to change the human-made-monster at the end of the novel, then you might as well change all the costumes, and the rest of the plot entirely. Dr. Manhattan was not the enemy. That is a big change made in the name of artistic license or commercialism. The Watchmen is defined as the watchmen because of its content. If you change it, it is no longer The Watchmen.

What I thought was awesome: The casting, simply put. The casting was amazing... they absolutely nailed every single character. In fact the only character I thought was not a good match was the "Small World, Tall Order" crime boss in prison. Other than that.. everything was perfect; visually.

bottom line for me is if you cant make the movie according to the book.. dont make it. I liked the movie in some regards, but you cant mess with the plot and expect no backlash. I was disappointed.