Leave the popcorn, bring a notebook.

Rating: 9/10 (9 July 2009)

I rarely bother to leave feedback on IMDb, but Watchmen more than warrants it. Like most other people, I never heard of the comic book and I feared it would turn out to be another blank in the current whirlwind of super-hero themed movies.
I was wrong.
Great art direction and surprisingly well-rounded characters make for a terrific movie that demands your attention from beginning to end. Like most movies featuring a large group of main characters, the diverse story lines mixed together make it hard to 'get involved'. This movie doesn't pamper its audience with snappy one-liners and stale clichÃ©s: You really have to work to keep up. And don't count on many comic reliefs to ease the ever-building gritty tension either.
This is not a popcorn movie to watch with your kids or your talkative better half. But bring your imagination and your full attention and you will be rewarded with a very rich and refreshing movie-experience that makes all other caped crusaders out there look like superficial cardboard cut-outs.