I watched the Watchmen

I'm still feeling very good after seeing that movie. In a caveat though I wish I was able to experience the whole graphic novel before hand. I had read over it in about a total of 45-minutes. And this was skimming too. Anyways that aside, the movie was great. The music although maybe badly mixed at times included a well arranged soundtrack. As far as I know, none of the tracks were original. But this does not hamper the film in anyway. We are talking about a movie that was supposed to occur back in that same year that Marty Mcfly made that trip back 30 years into the past remember. We are talking about a universe where Richard Nixon uses these superhumans to win the Vietnam war, and therefore succeed in allowing him and his cabinet a 3rd term.

This is a fantasy universe of our past, a past where the world will end. Nuclear arms tensions between Russia and the US are at an all time high. 4 Minutes to midnight being it's peak. I knew these things when I entered the theater. I could of saved a dollar waiting in line for 20 seconds but Fandango insured I get in ahead of the other 20 people. So here it goes...

I'm getting the feeling I'm tired of superhero movies. Maybe Spiderman 3 just left that bad of a taste in my mouth. I really liked the Spiderman movies til that point, as I felt like Peter Parker but this about the Watchmen. This movie may have reinvigorated that thought of being powerful against tyranny, against the sins of man for the light of justice. This film is more than just superhero movie.
It is a movie, of people placed in a situation where some are powerless, some are both powerful and all-knowing. Super villains though mentioned are missing, although this is arguable. That's where this movie and the book makes its stake. It places the viewer or for the novel, the reader, on a journey of emotions and sacrifice. Not against a specific enemy but the whole journey of moral questioning that would occur to those responsible for justice. Being a superhero is harder than it looks. They are still human, although some may have forgotten how to be human. Is it worth holding a secret of why many lives were lost to prevent complete destruction of the Earth. Is the Earth worth keeping. As many scenes from the film will show you, we are bloody, we are sexy, we are viscious, we are compasionate, and we can be emotionless.
Most of the graphic intensity te be witnessed later in the film can be some upped by a very well crafted opening credits sequence to the tune of "Times they are a changing". From WWII to the present of 1985, news items and notable events, are remixed to include the pasts first heroes. The JFK assanination shown in gruesome detail, the burning monk shown for too long. This is what happens in real life, this is what already did happen. If these things make you queasy then see this film at your own discretion, remember it's from an adult comic book. If these feelings leave you fairly quickly then, maybe you should spend less than ten bucks to see this film. But make sure you have a 3 hour gap in your schedule.