Watchmen (Film Review)

Unspoilery verdict: a faithful adaption, and one which I think works as a film (not always the same thing). I have a few nitpicks and complaints, but nothing that outweighs my overall approval. It has a Quentin Tarantino level of violence; if, say, something like Kill Bill was too much for you, you'd want to avoid this. Also, having read the comic book dozens of times, I have no way of imagining how someone utterly unfamiliar with the source would see this film, especially someone who would have watched or read comics that followed into Moore's footsteps first. I remember a friend of mine watching The Godfather and saying it was full of quotes and clichés; well, not when Coppola made it, but decades and dozens of imitations, adaptions and variations later, it might strike you that way. Watchmen the book was revolutionary in the 80s but of course is not anymore today; what it still is, though, is a well-deserved classic. Will the film become one? No idea. Here are some impressions.

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