I am fan of original book and Snyder movie. Read it and watched it a lot of times and advise to do the same to everyone. I am finished to watch the show and tried to be open minded as possible about it. This is my first review and I am watching movies and tv shows of any genre for a 25 years, usualy I stay silent but I have a feeling I should say something this time.
First episode was not interesting at all, I was not hooked but watch it further cause of Watchmen title in it. And after that I've expereinced a lot of mixed emotions. Sometimes its not Watchmen at all. Sometimes you wanna say "Yes, this is it, real sequel". Sometimes its damn smart and interesting. Sometimes its weird in a bad way. It has plenty WTF moments which will never be explained, some of them will.
So why I am so frustated and rate it one? Cause maybe original book was weird and has wtf moments too, but it was never stupid. Last episode of the show is total BS. Stupid actions, stupid decisions, plot holes, story becames predictable and I could say a lot more but there's gonna be spoilers if I will. Truth is new Watchmen only tries to be the true sequel but decieve the audience and plays with all of us but in the end it became typical modern remake where all main characters are strong female and villains are stupid white males and nothing more.
If i step back a little bit and ignore the last episode. Mostly its very very very WHAT IF sequel. Cause all of the old heroes became their opposite. They completly out of character and it is never explained (only Oz maybe). Racist cult based on Rorshasch even in trailers was strange, but I was hoped Its gonna be explained somehow and its not. Rorshasch was never a racist only Oz think that way but he thinks same about Comedian too. Nationalist ? Maybe. But not a racist, there is a huge diffrence. This cult in a show a 100% racists like KKK. And stuff like that all over the show. Looks like showrunner wanted to create most unbelievable turn of events after the book and pursuit it.
So do I recommend it afterl all ? You can try if you fan like me, but I bet you ll be dissapointed. Ofcourse Its not deserve a 1 rating. Good acting, some parts of the story is good, direction is great too. But I just tired that most of the sequels just take a cult classic story and shape it with the modern trends. I expected more after a couple of episodes, but in the end it was just a waste of my time. And time is very precious. Tick-tock.
P. S If you never read a book or atleast watched a movie you not gonna understand a thing, but if somehow you're gonna manage through the story you may even like it, guess it depends of your tastes and life experience.
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