Review from both sides of the viewer

Rating: 10/10 (24 March 2009)

Fanboys beware... You won't like this review... OK, so here's what happened, I've been a comic book fan for a long time, but I never got my hands on 'Watchmen' I did know how important it was, I did know who Alan Moore was and I did know some college professors even made a textbook out of this graphic novel but I never got a chance to read it.
So I went to see it knowing what I knew and couldn't got out of the theater more happy, confused and depressed... I know, weird.
Just like the graphic novel set out to do, the movie took everything I knew about superheroes and threw it out the window, with heroes breaking bones, killing, raping, maiming, etc. and not just criminals!
The human side of it all, so to speak. Then I came back home, thought about it and finally got my hands on the graphic novel and then I watched the movie again and wow... they really made a home run with that movie... the adaptation was incredibly loyal and the ending was better! (I felt the squid in the graphic novel was anti-climatic and didn't made sense for Dr. Manhattan to leave earth, fanboys, begin to bash...) Truth be told I hated 300, but Zack Snyder really got it right with this one, the acting, the photography, the costumes, all of it!
I was more intrigued by the Nite Owl character than any other (even Rorschach) and loved the costume! how come it took a non-batman movie to finally make a decent-cool looking-realistic Batman costume!? the hood came off easily (just like batman's comic book suit does) non of that magic marker around the eyes, it didn't looked like his agility was compromised by the suit and it looked sweeter than any costume in any batman movie ever! (fanboys, continue bashing...) So all in all this is a good movie, if you didn't read the graphic novel you may have to watch this movie two or three times, the second time around you will enjoy it more since you know what it is about and the 3rd time you will notice things you didn't notice before (very few movies do that) Also so few comic book movies deserve an Oscar for best adaptation...
Watchmen is a theatrical experience that if it's not recognized it will regain immediate cult status, either way this movie will remain deep in the hearts of this and many generations to come.
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