Watchmen: Chapter II Review

 

Watchmen: Chapter II is a comic book movie, the sequel to Watchmen: Chapter I, and adapts the second half of the comic maxiseries. It's produced by DC Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, and Warner Bros. Animation, with distribution done by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. J. Michael Straczynski returned to write and Brandon Vietti also returned to direct.

The story is, at first nobody believed Rorschach's theory that somebody is killing heroes because something diabolical is at play. But now after Nite Owl and Silk Spectre have put the pieces together they believe him. The heroes plan to stop whoever is responsible, but they might be too late.

Initial Reaction

Okay I don't think you need to think real hard as to why as I wanted to review this. I saw part one, so it only makes sense to review the second half.

Cons

I've got nothing.

Middle Ground

Let's start off small with the animation. It still captures Dave Gibbon's art fairly well. It does a pretty good job with the smaller moments such as when the characters just talking and such. However the action leaves a lot to be desired. Whenever there's a fight scene the characters just move a little too slow. Then there's the story. There was some additional material put into it, but for the most part they story's the same as the comic. But because of that my issues with the graphic novel are also here in this story. For instance, The Black Freighter story still spells out the villain's decent into madness, only it's made worse here because they intersplice it with the villain doing his evil deed. So if you felt the comic questioned your intelligence with The Black Freighter, get ready to feel it with this movie.

Pros

I'm gonna keep this brief because my praise will be very similar to my review to Chapter I but with one difference. Let's get into the familiarity portion, that being the voice acting. The cast for Nite Owl, Silk Spectre, and Dr. Manhattan still did a tremendous job. I thought their voices still fit their characters. Then there's the pacing. With Chapter I it was a bit slow in some areas. This isn't the case for Chapter II. This one kept the pacing very steady. Not once did things feel slow.

While still not perfect if you liked Chapter I then I think you'll like Chapter II.

My final rating is, Good.

Alright that was probably my quickest review yet. Come back on Saturday, Nov 30th, for part ten of Looking Back at the Films of 2023. For those I'll be reviewing Killers of the Flower Moon, Godzilla Minus One, Leo, and Wish.

Yes I'm doing that segment on Saturday. It would've been today but Watchmen: Chapter II releasing this month threw me for a loop. So it's happening on Saturday. Anyhow, until then enjoy the rest of your day. Oh, and I hope you all have or had a Happy Thanksgiving.