Watchmen review Article by aviewaskewed, 12:51 AM 01st Mar Forum regular FoAngel had a chance to catch an early screening of Watchman late last week and passed along this review to us: Who Watches the Watchmen? – I did! One of the perks about working for a book store franchise is when the little perks like this come up. Just to let you know how much I wanted to see this movie, I literally bowled over three people just to be first in line to get a double pass! But enough about my tyrannical ways, on with the real reason you’re here. Now for those that have lived under a rock during the mid-80s or just simply didn’t enjoy quality reading (my bias opinion of those that don’t read comics), The Watchmen was limited release of a 12 monthly issues, which was set during the midst of the cold war between the Soviets and the USA, during which time Nixon was still in power, the story gave an alternate take on what actually happened, or what would be happening during the cold war if superheroes were involved. If you’re looking for the original storyline of good guys beat bad guys and everyone goes home and has dinner, this may not be the movie for you, these guys are like superheroes with lives and issues as best as the next person. You can tell that Zack Synder (producer of 300), wanted this movie to come from a dark place, the last movie to leave me disenfranchised with the world and the human race was The Dark Knight, Watchmen makes the dark knight look like fifi and the flowertots! The introduction of the movie which is EPIC in length takes you through the history of the watchmen, how they went from true heroes idolized by the city in the mid 1930’s and their untimely decline up until the present day; 1985, I found that the imaginary throughout the intro was very intense (that may just be based on the fact that I am precious), as well as being heroes they were celebrities and thus every aspect of their life was recorded, so a story could and was made out of the demise of some of the heroes. The Story itself starts with the death of “The Comedian” Edward Blake (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, TV Grey’s Anatomy, Supernatural and also has an uncanny resemblance to Robert Downey Jr.), his murder starts the events rolling. I was totally impressed with the way that screenwriters kept to the original story produced from Moore and Gibbons, this suits the fans right down to a tee even the majority of the scenes are set in the same way as in the comics, and if you were anything like me you’ll sit in the theatre reciting lines from Rorschach. A little bit of a spoiler for those that wish to know, if you are a true fan of the novels the ending may upset you a little but coming from a theatrical stand point it fits so don’t hold anything against it, and even though I seen this movie free of charge this will definitely be a movie I will see again after the release date which is early March. I give it 4.5 stars! Back to The Endless Crew