Comicbook-skeptic proofed

Rating: 8/10 (3 March 2009)

Even those who have never had anything to do with comic books will find this two-and-a-half hour, alternate-history, apocalyptic extravaganza enjoyable.
This, of course, as long as they have previously read one or two reliable articles on Watchmen (like this month's Wired magazine on-set story about the film making, or even Wikipedia).
It's absolutely not necessary to check the graphic novel in itself, though comic advanced enthusiasts seemed to enjoy the movie as well.
Director Zack Snyder manages to keep viewers busy for nearly three hours with a masterful balance between non-fiction likeliness and men-in-tights absurdity.