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Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Malin Akerman
Jackie Earle Haley
Carla Gugino
Billy Crudup
Patrick Wilson

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Based on the graphic novel, Watchmen takes place in an alternate 1985, where costumed vigilantes have been outlawed except those working for the government. When a masked veteran is murdered, heroes unite to find the killer, but as the truth is revealed a far more sinister plot is uncovered. -- Chris Kavan

11/02/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

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This is a review written within the larger perspective of the mythos of the Watchmen universe. On the surface, Watchmen is a visually-arresting, thrilling, and strikingly unique super hero film. Until you read the graphic novel source material and realize how vacantly short the film adaptation falls in terms of tone and theme. Watchmen nails a lot of the visuals and Zack Snyder has a kinetic way of choreographing action powerfully. (Though a lot of the film's best stills are ripped directly from the plates of the graphic novel; so a lot of the credit for the film's visuals is due to Alan Moore.) In content, however, the film struggles and doesn't quite know how to portray the novel's complicated and crucial themes of corruption, redemption, and postmodern responsibility in a decaying ...

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2/4 

01/17/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

"Watchmen" by Yojimbo

Based on the Alan Moore graphic novel, Watchmen is set in an alternate reality where costumed "heroes" were created as state-sanctioned vigilantes to fight the mob and who helped the US win the Vietnam war and get tricky Dicky elected for 5 successive terms as president. Another superhero movie with a difference it sticks firmly to the moral grey areas, showing these "heroes" as human and fallible; who is the more heroic, a violent sociopath obsessed with punishment through vengeance or an emotionally detached self-appointed guardian willing to sacrifice millions of lives for "the greater good"...? The core of the film is provided by charismatic anti-hero Rorschach's Noir style investigation into the murder of fascistic black ops hero The Comedian, set to the backdrop of a skewed history ...

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4/4 

11/05/2011 (2 of 2 found this helpful)

Watchmen movie review

DIRECTORS CUT

I give the theatrical version of Watchman 3 and a half stars. The directors cut evens out the pace, makes key dialog changes, and adds some well needed scenes. My review is of the directors cut, this one gets 4 stars.

Let me start off this review by giving major props to director Zack Snyder for bringing Watchmen to the big screen. Everyone thought that Alan Moore's graphic novel could not be made into a movie, it was deemed unfilmable. When I heard Zack Snyder was going to direct Watchmen, I didn't think he would do a good job. I didn't like his most popular movie for one. That being 300. It was good to look at and it had it's moments. But overall it didn't work that well. Directors Terry Gilliam, Paul Greengrass , and Darren Aronofsky were going to direct this movie ...

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4/4