Before Marvel and the craze of superhero movies, there was Watchmen

Rating: 9/10 (25 December 2019)

Before Marvel and the craze of superhero movies, there was Watchmen.
A lot of people who think before 2008 there were not great superhero movies made should look at Watchmen for once and then see whether or not is it actually Marvel who exploded the concept of making superhero movies as they are as of now.
Basically Watchmen is your not your typical comic book movie or the one you would expect to be in case of a film if you havent read the comics on which it is based or in simple words, are unaware of other properties of DC COMICS apart from Batman and Superman.
I am myself is watching this movie and other versions (ultimate cut, theatrical cut and director's cut) together after 10 years completely because I am not much of a fan and also when it came out I didnt watched it and chose to later where 10 years later, it is still strong, viable and more realistic than ever looking at how our world is becoming more of the world the comic and film showed to us.
Zack Snyder might have not got that kind of success and fandom through his DC works as others have with Marvel movies and shows but still we all tweet and promote #releasethesnydercut because we know he is a phenomenal director and hasnt made comic movies out of the paycheck. Just consider of Watchmen releasing today and the 1billion mark it would have crossed and thus would have become the best movie of all time. I still value what Christopher Nolan said about Watchmen Zack Snyder because it is damned truth.
Coming back to the movie, if you are thinking to watch it with kids, or as a kid you are going then stop right now as it is strong potent to the harsh realities of this human world and also it has scenes that might not get into right kind of mind of kids.
The film is gold and can never be repeated or remade as it is once done so great that it remains best and untouchable. Every department is well studied and handled whether it is color esthetics, realism to the real world, visuals, tone, design, casting and performances and above the rightful adaptation of the comics by Alan Moore and his team. The film never goes into the typical, cliched and run of the mill superhero genre and instead keeps it around to a detective story where being a superhero is a curse and perfection is a distant dream like peace and goodness. The film also touches on topics that we all chose to ignore yet suffer from because if we dont talk, somebody should and here film does exceptionally well. The film has made itself so great that I think the new HBO series will never stand close to this version of the comics ever.
Overall, if you want to watch the film and then go on ranting by comparing it to the Marvel and recent and new DC iterations, then dont watch because this film predates everything even Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and also Joker (2019). And, instead watch this movie with fresh eyes and love it like your heart is fallen in love for the first time.