Watchmen (Blu-ray) R
Justice is coming to all of us. No matter what we do.
Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: R
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: October 6, 2015
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Malin Akerman, Matthew Goode, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson & Billy Crudup | |
Performer: | Stephen McHattie & Carla Gugino | |
Directed by | Zack Snyder | |
Edited by | William Hoy | |
Screenwriting by | David Hayter & Alex Tse | |
Composition by | Tyler Bates | |
Produced by | Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin & Deborah Snyder | |
Director of Photography: | Larry Fong | |
Executive Production by | Thomas Tull & Herbert W. Gains |
Entertainment Reviews:
[There are] flashes of visual brilliance and performances, especially from Haley and Crudup, that drill deep into the novel's haunted soul.
Rolling Stone
Whether it's Dreiberg's flying owl ship or the staggering glass palace Dr. Manhattan conjures up on Mars, the filmmakers have spared no expense in their mission to visualize every frame.
Variety
Rating: 3/5 --
Even with [its] failings, Watchmen is still atmospheric and entertaining.
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The List
Rating: C --
If you haven't read the source material I think you're going to dislike it even more than I did. So yeah, it's sort of bad news around here.
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Film.com
4 stars out of 4 -- The film really does the graphic novel justice....The music is perfect....Snyder did a great job creating a film that's loyal to both the source material and his own style.
Premiere
[T]he production as a whole is impressive. So is the eclectic soundtrack, which ranges from Philip Glass and Leonard Cohen to Bob Dylan and Paul Simon.
Wall Street Journal
Watchmen the movie provides ample evidence that more is more, but less might have been closer to Moore in spirit (that is, anarchic, witty and compelling).
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CNN.com
Product Description:
For those obsessed with the critically acclaimed graphic novel (which would be almost anyone who has read it), or for audiences looking for a stylish action film, WATCHMEN is worth--well--watching. But those who thought THE DARK KNIGHT was too gloomy should stay far away from Zack Snyder’s film. As far as superhero movies go, this graphic adaptation of the comic book series from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons makes even Christopher Nolan’s Batman films look like Saturday morning fare. Director Snyder and the screenwriters certainly deserve credit for crafting an adaptation of a work that has been deemed unfilmable since its 1986 release. Mammoth and mazelike, WATCHMEN follows a group of retired costumed heroes living in an alternate 1985 where Nixon is still president and fear of nuclear doomsday permeates the air. When a hero named the Comedian (an excellent Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is murdered, his former colleague--the unhinged, masked Rorschach (a perfectly creepy Jackie Earle Hayley)--begins investigating who is behind the death. The other masked crimefighters--Silk Spectre 2 (Malin Ackerman), Ozymandias (Matthew Goode), Nite Owl 2 (Patrick Wilson), and Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), a godlike being who is the only one with actual superpowers--soon learn that there may be a plot to rid the world of their kind.
Snyder’s previous work in action (300) and horror (DAWN OF THE DEAD) proves to be preparation for this visually stunning film. The fight sequences are fantastically shot by director of photography Larry Fong, and the action can alternately make viewers hold their breaths at its composition or gasp at the shocking violence. Most will agree that WATCHMEN is not a comic book movie for kids: there’s sex and violence aplenty, but it truly makes itself a film for adults with its smart, complex storytelling.
Snyder’s previous work in action (300) and horror (DAWN OF THE DEAD) proves to be preparation for this visually stunning film. The fight sequences are fantastically shot by director of photography Larry Fong, and the action can alternately make viewers hold their breaths at its composition or gasp at the shocking violence. Most will agree that WATCHMEN is not a comic book movie for kids: there’s sex and violence aplenty, but it truly makes itself a film for adults with its smart, complex storytelling.