Review of Watchmen

Watchmen has a contrived story. It criticizes human nature but it can't depict it. In the beginning it gives off a satire vibe (the comedian that thinks society is a joke and the intro scenes about the north-American "history"), but in the long run the movie loses its thread and ends up pouring some social critic there and some bad ass superhero cliché here. The result isn't bad for the laical audience, but it gets boring for those who enjoy something profound and philosophical. What I did appreciate in Watchmen was the darker theme of it even though they lightened the mood through the hours. And talking about hours, I have read that the movie stayed true to the comics, even too much, turning the almost 3 hours of duration a bit excruciating in the last 60 minutes or so. The first scene got me much excited for the movie, because the directing and special effects used on it were absolutely fantastic, but no other scene in the movie had the same quality, it's like the director shied away from the idea, afraid of creating too big of an impact on the audience, but that's when he got lost and simultaneously lost the movie. Some of the remarks of the characters, even if a bit out of place and very emotionally dry, are still smart and real. For example, in the scene where the Comedian shoots the pregnant woman, Dr. Manhattan asks him how could he do that and he immediately shifts the blame to the blue superhuman, questioning the same why did he not do anything to stop him. That scene got me thinking for a second, about how disconnected we as human beings can be to one another, ready to criticize others acts while we do nothing to stop them from doing it, and the scene also made me go "WTF" as to the Comedians instantaneous response to Dr. Manhattan, like he was a third person in the events, because he acknowledged his crime as something wrong but yet wasn't emotionally connected to that fact. The comedian was the flaw in society that he alone saw. Yet he did not change himself. This would be acceptable behavior if not for his breakdown later shown in the movie. So who is he after all? That question is valid for every character, and being able to question yourself that is very bothersome in the process of appreciating a movie. In the end what I can say is that if you are someone like me that appreciates satires, human behaviorism critic, psychological and thought inducing films, don't even bother watching the Watchmen.