Watchmen Review
Watched it Where?
Senayan City XXI
Any snag(s) while watching?
Besides the giggling brats on my left, none 
First off, let me remind people that even if the poster shows stereotypical super hero movie let me warn you that you you will be in for a shock. Please do not bring your kids because this movie is absolutely NOT for kids.
Ok with that out of they way, you might be wonder how ‘un’stereotypical is this movie?
Well this movie is (I believe) basically a satire for the human race. If V for Vendetta is Alan Moore’s comic of showing his dissidence with the established government, this movie shows his misanthropic side very well. Oh don’t get me wrong, there are super heroes here. But they are all plagued with real life dilemmas and problems and such. Forget Batman’s wrestle with fear or Spiderman’s story of finding his true self. This movie breath real life in a super hero world. Like what happens if there are super heroes in this world? In this movie America won the Vietnam war and the cold war has reached a peak that has never before seen in real history. Alan Moore has created a spectacular and dark world in his comic and Zack Snyder manage to recreate this world on celluloid. Superb.
So to start off, the story is very heavy with the cold war as its background. If you do not understand the socio-political and the dooms day fear of the 80′s you might have a problem grasping the whole story in this movie. The most incredible thing is the director manage to cram the 400+ page comic book in a 2,5 hour movie. Sure it doesn’t show every nooks and crannies of the comic (that’s just impossible) but it shows the whole plot and the director even manage to recreate some scenes and make it more riveting in motion.
And the ending, oh what an ending. Of course I won’t spoil you how it’ll end. Like I said, this is not a stereotypical hero movie and I’m very sure it will jar you. (Rorschach is absolutely my favorite character)
Now if you think this is a boring movie I can assure you there are a lot of action scene in this movie. If you like 300, you won’t be disappointed with this movie. It has stylish visual with stylish action scenes and awesome cinematography. I had the most astounding 2.5 hour of my life when I was watching this movie. Zack Snyder now is one of my favorite contemporary director. I will certainly look forward to his next movie.
Rating:
9.0
