I also watched the movie last week at the theatre. I still don't entirely know what to make of it but I have to say that I didn't find it boring. I wasn't familiar with the graphic novel (GN) and so there was a lot I had to digest. I only now have read the first two chapters of the book that I borrowed from a friend (he has the six-part series, and I only have the first part, so currently I can't read more).
I think I had different expectations than you. I knew that Snyder would adapt the GN as faithfully as possible (he wouldn't be allowed to do anything else). So I expected that there will be shots that look like comic panels (which I really liked) and also comic book dialogue. And since the GN consist of characters that are all pretty much unlikable I don't think you can critisise the movie for that. I mean I have the opinion that if a movie is based on a book, the movie has still to be good on its own right (the reason why I didn't want to read the GN beforehand) but in this case you can't change. We can debate if there should've been better dialogues (or if it had to be based in the 80s) but I didn't expect better. I'm not sure after reading your entry, have you read the GN before you saw the movie?
Now the fact that a very expensive movie got made which consists of at least ambiguous and mostly even bad characters, that, I have to admit, I find pretty interesting. A superhero-movie consisting of anti-superheroes. And a much more complicated one than let's say "Iron Man". And I am wondering how many of those who saw the movie and are enthusiastic about it (and aren't familiar with the book) noticed what it's about. Though I suspect most didn't like it anyway.
Given the bad characters I can very much understand if someone doesn't like the movie. I had a similar problem with "Sin City". While watching the movie I realised that I don't like what I'm seeing. Very interesting visually but it seemed too much bad boys (and girls) for the sake of badness. And of course, the other movie from Snyder "300" was much worse. So I don't know what to make of people who "love" these three movies. I fear there are more people like that idiot screenwriter who wrote that letter.
A problem I had was with Ozymandias. While a lot of the characters had a backstory, I thought they didn't do enough to establish why he's the 'smartest man in the world'. Though I guess you can see the fact that he's very rich as prove he's smart. And given how important he is to the story I felt they should've done more. He also had the worst costume (as super-hero and as a person). But again, it's based in the 80s, so unfortunately we had to deal with a few "ugly" things. ;)
re music: There I entirely share your critisism. I still don't know what the director intended with the use of 'Hallelujah'. Maybe it was meant ironic, but it didn't make sense to me. As a German, Nena's '99 Red Balloons' made me laugh because for me it was also inappropriate but I know why he used it (in the US the song became very popular and automatically gets associated with the TV movie "The Day After" about life after nuclear war).
Again, I didn't love the movie, but I find it very interesting and I'm already looking forward to seeing it again (on TV or DVD). It also made me very curious about the GN.
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I think I had different expectations than you. I knew that Snyder would adapt the GN as faithfully as possible (he wouldn't be allowed to do anything else). So I expected that there will be shots that look like comic panels (which I really liked) and also comic book dialogue. And since the GN consist of characters that are all pretty much unlikable I don't think you can critisise the movie for that. I mean I have the opinion that if a movie is based on a book, the movie has still to be good on its own right (the reason why I didn't want to read the GN beforehand) but in this case you can't change. We can debate if there should've been better dialogues (or if it had to be based in the 80s) but I didn't expect better.
I'm not sure after reading your entry, have you read the GN before you saw the movie?
Now the fact that a very expensive movie got made which consists of at least ambiguous and mostly even bad characters, that, I have to admit, I find pretty interesting. A superhero-movie consisting of anti-superheroes. And a much more complicated one than let's say "Iron Man". And I am wondering how many of those who saw the movie and are enthusiastic about it (and aren't familiar with the book) noticed what it's about. Though I suspect most didn't like it anyway.
Given the bad characters I can very much understand if someone doesn't like the movie. I had a similar problem with "Sin City". While watching the movie I realised that I don't like what I'm seeing. Very interesting visually but it seemed too much bad boys (and girls) for the sake of badness. And of course, the other movie from Snyder "300" was much worse. So I don't know what to make of people who "love" these three movies. I fear there are more people like that idiot screenwriter who wrote that letter.
A problem I had was with Ozymandias. While a lot of the characters had a backstory, I thought they didn't do enough to establish why he's the 'smartest man in the world'. Though I guess you can see the fact that he's very rich as prove he's smart. And given how important he is to the story I felt they should've done more. He also had the worst costume (as super-hero and as a person). But again, it's based in the 80s, so unfortunately we had to deal with a few "ugly" things. ;)
re music: There I entirely share your critisism. I still don't know what the director intended with the use of 'Hallelujah'. Maybe it was meant ironic, but it didn't make sense to me. As a German, Nena's '99 Red Balloons' made me laugh because for me it was also inappropriate but I know why he used it (in the US the song became very popular and automatically gets associated with the TV movie "The Day After" about life after nuclear war).
Again, I didn't love the movie, but I find it very interesting and I'm already looking forward to seeing it again (on TV or DVD). It also made me very curious about the GN.