THINK! One WATCHMAN worth watching

WATCHMEN, reportedly, cost $130 million to make. It is easy to see how those dollars were spent on screen. The movie's abundant effects are impressive, whether they be Dr. Manhattan's perpetual-motion Martian timepiece or Big Blue's vanishing codpiece and consequently-revealed, telescoping tube-steak. Rorschach's mask is a particularly well-realized visual. However, I wish Zack Snyder would have sunk just a few more bucks into the cast. Having seen Robert Downey Jr.'s alchemic performance last year, transforming IRON MAN into box office gold, I thought the evidence was substantive: hire great actors for the silliest roles. Instead, Snyder, the slo-mo yo-yo, has populated WATCHMEN with C-list stars hard-pressed to carry a Sharpee let alone a studio tent-pole. (In both cases, because no fan would ever want or need them to.) Patrick Wilson? Malin Akerman? Jeffrey Dean Morgan? Really? Granted, Billy Crudup is a fine stage actor, but here he's a monotone monolith in a mo-cap suit that allows for range as dynamic as Stephen Hawking playing shortstop for the Yanks. All that said, one of the WATCHMEN does deserve applause. Take a look at today's THINK piece, a video blog celebrating the contributions of the unlikeliest superhero. Then, draw your own conclusions and share them on this post.

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• WARREN ETHEREDGE
• THE WARREN REPORT
• watchmen
• zack snyder
• dr. manhattan
• billy crudup
• jackie earle haley
• rorschach
• bad news bears
• patrick wilson
• malin akerman