Watchmen (2009)

Watchmen is a 2009 superhero film based on the 1986–1987 DC Comics series Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Directed by Zack Snyder, it stars an ensemble cast featuring Malin Åkerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson.

Plot
Rorschach, a vigilante, sets out to investigate the mysterious circumstances under which one of his colleagues died. In the process of doing so, he discovers some disturbing secrets.

Why It's Great

 * 1) It's a very faithful adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel along with his comic adapted as a movie, V for Vendetta, except for the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
 * 2) Dr. Manhattan is an incredibly solid character with a deep personality and a design ripped straight out of the original comic.
 * 3) The film's backgrounds are gorgeous.
 * 4) Its intellectual complexity seems well-earned, not gratuitous but visually-stunning.
 * 5) The film isn't your typical caper flick filled with kickass effects and gunfire and no premise.
 * 6) Great narration with Rorschach writing his journal.
 * 7) Awesome intro sequence, set to the tune of "The Times They Are A-Changing" by Bob Dylan.
 * 8) The 2019 HBO series of the same name, which takes place several years after this film, is just as good if not better.
 * 9) The director's cut is a huge improvement and more closer to the source material despite the changes from the film.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Its complex narrative structure may make it difficult for it to appeal to viewers not already familiar with the source material.
 * 2) The giant squid from the comic doesn't appear and was replaced with a destruction of New York.
 * 3) Unlikeable characters like Walter Kovacs' mother and his two bullies, along with fellow prisoner named Big Figure, who doesn't look anything like comic counterpart, who is a white-hair elderly.
 * 4) Some of the sex scenes can be extremely strange.
 * 5) Alan Moore is not credited in the film.
 * 6) As of the critics, they wrote about the film for its Cold War-period setting as a subject of criticism along with the use of 1980's fears that never came to pass felt dated.

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, Watchmen has a 65% approval rating based on 312 reviews and an average rating of 6.40/10.

Box Office
Watchmen grossed $55 million on its opening weekend and over $185 million at the worldwide box office.