A Great movie

Rating: 9/10 (25 June 2011)

I watched this film for the first time without any idea of the plot, or expectations. I was blown away.
There has apparently been some controversy about the grittiness of Watchnmen, portraying heroes capable of more cruelty and injustice than the worst antiheroes in cinema.
However, it takes a brave, and more to the point, incredibly capable director to be able to make an uncompromising and refreshingly different film that is nonetheless big-budget and mainstream, and Zack Snyder proves in Watchmen that he is such a director.
This is not a film to put on the TV while flicking through Facebook or doing odd jobs; it's definitely one to sit down, darken the room, put on the surround sound and absorb every detail, every nuance, every plot point. Because it's excellent.