I'm still trying to convince myself that somehow, I enjoyed watching Watchmen. That when I fell asleep inside the cinema, that was because of the exhaustion brought about by the day's (and night's) work congestion or because of its kilometric runtime - 2 hours and 55 minutes! I am still trying to recall the scenes that might have been captured by my then less discerning mind.
...Until I asked: Who were those characters again? ...of the olden times? Well, I could recall The Commedian, who was murdered at home; Dr. Manhattan, whom one review described as a "towering blue radiation mutant who's a lonely ironic humanoid", Nite Owl, whose costume is nice but I'd rather have another actor for the role (hehe! that's me...you would know why should you watch!) and sexy-wholesome Silk Spectre (there's the clue! LoL!). Boring? No, Watchmen isn't boring, but as Owen Gleiberman would correctly put it, it is just a fragmented sci-fi doomsday noir; it remains as detached from the viewer as it is from the zeitgeist. (What?!)
P.S. :
Noir refers to a film genre that offers dark or fatalistic interpretations of reality. The term is applied to U.S. films of the late 1940s and early '50s that often portrayed a seamy or criminal underworld and cynical characters. The films were noted for their use of stark, expressionistic lighting and stylized camera work, often employed in urban settings.
The word zeitgeist (a German word) describes the intellectual, cultural, ethical and political climate, ambience and morals of an era or also a trend.
