A transcendent movie

Rating: 10/10 (29 August 2016)

To say Watchmen is a great movie would be an understatement. I have just recently seen this movie's ultimate cut and I must say it is by far my favorite movie. The most short-lived 3.5 hours of my life.
This movie is based on a graphic novel that is not for the simple- minded. It is dark in nature and reaches depths filmmakers avoid sharing with the general audience. And by depths I mean mature themes and revealing truths. It has a unique paradoxical taste to it: beautiful yet cynical, and that is the real reason it stands out.
I have yet to find a movie that captures so masterfully the different shades of life as we know it. It manages to combine the smallest of details with great precision and the biggest of ideas/themes with striking clearness and honesty and delivers the combo into a beautiful end product. To put this into example: we see in the movie the real nature of humans and the atrocities we are truly capable of, yet we are introduced to some of the most idealistic and platonic characters in comics history. Only to realize that we cannot help but relate to both. Another example of how complex this movie is.
And who better to direct such a rich movie than visionary director Zack Snyder himself. Snyder clearly poured his heart out into the movie as he dazzles the world with some of his best scenes yet, which is an impressive achievement considering his acclaimed status as a visionary director. Some scenes are literally breath-taking as they deliver superb visuals backed up by an absorbing score. To explore the intricacies of the comic is a challenge on its own. But to capture them and deliver them with such raw power and purity is a special accomplishment. After all, this is the reason why many have considered this graphic novel to be 'unfilmable'. Exceptional work indeed by Snyder.
To sum it up, if you want a movie that will make you feel and think and everything in between, Watchmen is the movie for you. Just remember that it is dark and deals with themes more appropriate for the heavy-thinkers.