Patrick Kolan of IGN Australia awarded it a perfect 10/10 and said, "It's the "Watchmen" film you always wanted to see, but never expected to get." Also praising the film along with another perfect score (4/4) was Kyle Smith of the "New York Post", comparing it to some of Stanley Kubrick's films: "Director Zack Snyder's cerebral, scintillating follow-up to "300" seems, to even a weary filmgoer's eye, as fresh and magnificent in sound and vision as ""." Roger Ebert gave it four out of four stars and wrote: "It's a compelling visceral film—sound, images and characters combined into a decidedly odd visual experience that evokes the feel of a graphic novel." Richard Corliss of "Time" concluded "this ambitious picture is a thing of bits and pieces," yet "the bits are glorious, the pieces magnificent." Jonathan Crocker of "Total Film" awarded it 4/5 stars, with the verdict: "It's hard to imagine anyone watching the "Watchmen" as faithfully as Zack Snyder's heartfelt, stylised adap. Uncompromising, uncommercial, and unique." When comparing the film to the original source material, Ian Nathan of "Empire" felt that while "it isn't the graphic novel... Zack Snyder clearly gives a toss, creating a smart, stylish, decent adaptation." Nick Dent of "Time Out Sydney" gave the film 4 out of 5 in his review of February 25, praising the film's inventiveness but concluding, "While "Watchmen" is still as rich, daring, and intelligent an action film as there's ever been, it also proves Moore absolutely right Watchmen is inherently un-filmable. As a comic book, "Watchmen" is an extraordinary thing. As a movie, it's just another movie, awash with sound and fury."