Wow, what a surprise! Loved this film.

Rating: 9/10 (23 November 2009)

Am certainly no scifi nor comic book fan. But this movie was so much fun; smart, ironic, poetic. Loved the just slightly off American historical and pop figures. Kissinger as Dr. Strangelove, that weirdly off JFK and Nixon, to the hilarious McGlaughlin Report scene. The music was so perfect. Especially the Leonard Cohen's Halilujah scene. Dylan and Paul Simon's best in there too.
I could have gone without the graphic violence, but it was so cartoonish (I think), that I am prepared to ignore.
Tempted to compare to Blade Runner and the darker Batman films. Even The Incredible Shrinking Man's existentialism (Dr. Manhattan). But the continual darkness, rain, and finally, Nixon in his 5th term? Man, it don't get darker than that!