Visually stunning, smart, thrilling, fun, original, and just plain great

Rating: 10/10 (31 July 2009)

A great all star cast is just the beginning of Watchmen, quite possibly the greatest superhero film ever made. The film starts out with a superhero being thrown through a plate-glass window by a mysterious man. Later, we figure out that man being thrown through the plate-glass window is the old version of The Comedian. Now, there is a new Comedian, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan. He is not in very big touch with his superhero pals. The world is having a lot of trouble. People are dying left and right, and Richard Nixon is still president. The movie has a lot of visually stunning moments, and you can't help but to like all the characters here. They are superheroes in their own way. They do not have any desire to prove that they are efficient superheroes. You admire them for that. I was dying to see this film since I heard about it about a year before it opened. The film not only exceeded expectations, it was more amazing than I thought it would be, and I thought is was gonna be a pretty damn amazing film. The three hour film length is actually good because nothing needs to get cut out, everything is too good. Also, the soundtrack choice is perfect, playing songs in the background you would not expect to be played in the background, but they play perfectly with the movie. Definitely check this amazing film out...it's great.