Blu-ray Review: Watchmen Director’s Cut

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Watchmen is one of the most anticipated Blu-ray releases for a while, and it’s good to see that it lives up to expectations. Not just from a picture quality perspective–which you knew would be stunning–but the bonuses and extended length make it worthwhile. And it better be–the director’s cut runs over 3 hours long!!

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The Directors cut offers quite a few scenes cut from the theatrical release. I won’t spoil them for you but I was pleased to see more Rorschach dialogue and, in particular, the scene where Hollis Mason relives his glory days with every punch as he tries to defend himself against the top-knot gang. The 25 minute extended cut didn’t make the film feel longer in my opinion. If anything it gave it a smoother, more continuous feel.

 

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