What a great movie !!!

Rating: 10/10 (11 May 2013)

Just picked this up the other day from the cheap offers at the DVD store. I seemed to recall that it had gotten some good reviews when it came out, so i figured it would be good to kill a few hours with on my day off. I must admit i never read the graphic novel. Actually i've never heard of the Watchmen, so i didn't really know what to expect. So having no prejudice as to how the movie was compared to the GN, i can just take it at face value, and in my opinion this is not just the best superhero movie ever made, but a movie masterpiece in its own right. I liked the X-Men movies, and Nolan did a great job with Batman, but this is so completely different that it doesn't compare at all. It's not just a superhero story, but a story about what's right and wrong, and can wrong be right ? Does the end justify the Means ? Food for thought. OK, so the acting may be a Little stiff here and there, but it didn't bother me at all, since the Visuals, the music and the Whole concept worked so well. Add to that some dry humor and comments to the Cold war period and what more can you ask ? What a great movie !!!
PS:
Actually went out and bought the graphic novel, and i can see why some had complaints about the movie making changes to the story. However this always happens when they adapt books or comix into movies, and while they left out some stuff and changed the ending, they still managed to get the message across.
Nothing gets people to stand together as a common foe. So i think that the movie stands very well on its own beside the GN, and my rating stands as well.