"This city is afraid of me. I've seen it's true face"

Rating: 10/10 (19 November 2011)

In an alternate 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it.
In 1986, the greatest graphic novel had arisen. The themes, the premise, and everything in between had me adapted to both the story and the insides. So much, in fact, that I read it twice more and fell in love with how much of a masterpiece it was. After that, a movie was announced. Many became skeptical because we all know movie adaptations become horrible, and with something as huge as Watchmen, no one could release something holding everything in. Zach Snyder signed on and fully researched the novel. His stylized directing might make a few raise an eyebrow but his research and love for the novel held some momentum. In 2009, the film was released. I sat down with huge expectations, people around me; the same. From the beautiful death of the Comedian to the highly-constructed main titles, my expectations grew higher. I thought the cast gave something in and the overall aspects would raise it even higher. The film moved on and finished with a run time of 2 hours and 40 minutes. I was shocked. Basically every one of Alan's ideas were projected onto the big screen. Not only, Zach's understanding and style brought more into the project. Everything was impressive, from the acting to the special effects. Watchmen brought my expectations and threw them out and created a bigger, badder one... The acting was overall great, I thought so no cheesiness and stupidity, so everything was fine and dandy there. The special effects, thanks to Zach, gave more and more to the movie and put it up there with the best. The style was overall dark and gritty. The symbolism and premise gave the movie some sort of flair, bringing in new ideas right around the corner. Everything was satisfactory and I have only few complaints. The main people who bash on it only do so because they aren't fans of the novel. If they only understood the meaning and depth and just Dr. Manhattan's penis, maybe they would come to an understanding that Zach and the crew finally gave us the movie we have all been wanting... Then we have the ending. The novel's ending was strong and powerful, and Zach had the idea to ditch it and give us something new; something in his terms "better." From the news of this change, obviously fans would bash on the idea. I, for one, found the idea intriguing and this did not factorize my watching. The ending worked in my opinion, but for Zach's understanding of the fan's reactions, he shouldn't have done it. But nevertheless, the ending was new and did it's job, but surely couldn't match up to the power of the novel's. Despite the film's minor flaws and despite the films ending change, Zach did a courageous job. If only people could respect his vision and understand what it is, this could've had better reviews overall. This film has become one my favorites, with it's adaption and power: it sets itself well. I was overall impressed on everything done and the score gave the film some mystifying power. This film surely shouldn't be missed, and I recommend it to the fans and walkabouts. Who Watches The Watchmen? We all do. 10/10.