If you caught the beginning of my belated Watchmen movie review, yesterday, I outlined what I loved about the Watchmen film adaptation.  Today, I will detail what I hated about it.  Hang on to your hats…

Malin Akerman’s Acting – Wow, just wow.  It’s a good thing she looked hot in that latex costume, because that’s the only positive thing I’m taking from her performance.  Her “You’re such an asshole!” line prior to shooting at Veidt should go in the Overacting Hall of Fame.  And what about the crying scene on Mars?  Dr. Manhattan tells us FIVE MINUTES PRIOR that Laurie is going to be crying.  We get to the finish of the scene and guess what?  NO TEARS!  She does a horrific sniffling job, but that’s it.  The worst part about the scene?  They shoot it from underneath!  So we’re looking at Laurie from the ground up, WHERE WE’RE SUPPOSED TO SEE HER CRYING.  Next time, yell CUT! and bring in the intern with a freaking saline bottle.  Sheesh.

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While one of my fellow Comicbook.com writers weighed in with his Watchmen movie review on opening weekend, I was one of those rare souls who didn’t rush to see the movie immediately.  Ok, I had a travel conflict, but I finally got the chance to see the Watchmen movie over its second weekend of release.  My reaction: when it was good, it was REALLY good.  When it was bad, boy did it stink.  I’ll break my thoughts into two columns.  Today, the good:

Jeffrey Dean Morgan/The Comedian – Time will tell on his performance, but if I had to rate it today, I’d say that Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Comedian performance is one for the ages.  Right now, it’s in the top five of all time comic book role adaptations.  Some of you may think I’m crazy, but I’d put it right up there with Heath Ledger.  Why?  Because, like Ledger, Morgan got into the heart and mind of the character.  Hell, as I was watching it, I could have sworn that Morgan must have channeled Alan Moore, because that character was the EXACT one from the page.  Amazing.  The range of emotions was there. You felt the Comedian’s violence, his lack of tolerance, his sadness.  The Comedian is the microcosm of Watchmen, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan brought every bit of that world to the screen.

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