Very well made but somehow much darker than the comic

Rating: 8/10 (9 January 2014)

This film is extremely well done considering the difficulty in getting the beloved source material right. However, the violence and depravity of the comic was somehow manageable in print - it didn't sting as much because it was just pen and paper and words on a page. But the film brings this world fully to life and it is a disturbing universe that shocks and startles. This film overwhelms the viewer a bit as the characters confront the age-old question of ends versus means head on - is it right to save the world if you must wreak havoc to do it? Is it villainy or heroism? The Watchmen wrestle with this question - there is no answer - only a choice of which side to take or to even take sides at all.