Amazing!

Rating: 10/10 (9 March 2009)

When I saw WATCHMEN I had a reaction that I sadly seldom have with films today. My mind raced with a single burning question - "When can I see this again?" I'd been hearing of Alan Moore's graphic novel for years. People would talk about it in reverential tones. When I'd confess that I had never read it they'd give me a piteous look and, with the passion of true believers, urge me to read it as soon as possible.
Three years ago I did. When I finished I thought that, if anything, their praise simply wasn't lofty enough! This is a masterwork.
I held me breath at the prospect of someone trying to catch that lightening in a bottle. The cinematic road is littered with the bones of worthless suitors who've taken on the name of great works but not the heart.
Zack Snyder captured it completely. I have tried to describe it to others who haven't seen it. I'm frustrated at my lack of vocabulary in appraising this film. I keep using the word "amazing" over and over. Across the pages of a thousand thesauruses there must be other more adequate words. None come to mind.
See this movie. It's amazing!