As is often the case when a movie is all hyped up to buggery I tend to enter into the cinema going experience with a sense of slightly optimistic trepidation. You always know that going to see the latest big "it" movie the film will either totally justify all the hype or let you down hideously and be absolutely unremarkable. Based on your (very expensively purchased) expectations there’s not normally a lot of middle ground here. Lately if feels that the greater the hype a movie (or more correctly their PR mob) generates – the more the need to be prudent and manage your own expectations by decreasing your optimism accordingly. (God I speak some shit sometimes!)
We went to see the Watchmen… and my expectations weren’t high. I’m not into comics (you can call it a graphic novel until the cows come home – it’s still a comic book) and as such I’m not usually overly impressed by books or movies centred around superheroes of any sort. I fell asleep during one of those movies … Sin City? Dark City? something like so I went into the cinema expecting something that’s ‘just not my bag’. Which is exactly what happened. It wasn’t the worst 3 hours* of my life and I’m not standing around spewing indignant vitriole demanding them back… but it wasn’t in any way exceptional in my book, I’m not in a hurry to see it again and I doubt I’ll be rushing out to buy it on DVD or anything.
But it was allright….
after sitting still so long in crappy cinema seats, because
then yes it definitely does qualify as some of the worst three
hours of my life. Additionally It is entirely possible that my opinion
of the film is slightly tainted (okay painted bright neon blue in
this case) for having been viewed through a haze of extreme
back pain and a headache I’ve had for four days together.