A masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (17 March 2009)

I have loved the Watchmen since the first time I read the comic, back in the 80s. For many years, I have prayed for a good director to adapt this story to the big screen. Terry Gilliam almost did it... And I was sure that nobody could ever do justice to this extraordinary epic. I was wrong. Snyder has done the impossible: to give life to the Watchmen and - most importantly - to the message behind the story. A message of peace and mistrust which would have prevented W. to do much harm if it had been spread before. As you can guess, I simply love this movie. Every single scene, every single shot is a splendor to my eyes. And, even if Alan Moore wrote that more than 20 years ago, the plot is still relevant today. This sad, violent, wonderful and crazy story has a lot to teach to all the world citizens. Our civilization is in danger, and peace is under a permanent threat. And BTW, I can't understand the people obsessed by Doc Manathan blue penis. It is not ugly, nor gross. It is just na-tu-ral. And I did not find the love scene shocking at all. The music - Allelujah by Leonard Cohen - tells all. It is a LOVE story, not a sex show! Is it so extraordinary? Couples can sometimes love each other spiritually AND physically. Only porn addicts could think otherwise! That people can be tilted by that kind of detail tells a lot about the world we live in. We can stand the murder of thousand Iraqi kids by bombs dropped from the skies in the name of democracy. But a "blue penis"??? How disgusting!!! ;-)