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Movie Review: Watchmen

Well I wasn’t so sure what the Watchmen movie was all about. All I knew was there were superheroes in it, and being a sucker for superheroes I was keen to see it.

I was expecting something like X-Men – same, same, but different.

He has super eyebrows too

Unfortunately there wasn’t as much superheroes stuff in it as I expected. Yes, there is Dr Manhattan, but apart from him, it may as well be a bunch of martial artists at a costume party. The other characters were just extra strong hand-to-hand combat types.

The main story line is this:
The United States is facing an apparently imminent nuclear war with Russia. Dr Manhattan is one of a group of masked vigilantes of the last decade, trying to come up with a solution that would prevent the nuclear holocaust. When a fellow hero is murdered, it forces more out of retirement and they soon find themselves tangled in an ugly conspiracy.

There are some good special effects and dark comic-book brutality, but if you’re expecting an epic battle between good and evil, there isn’t one. Dr Manhattan is the only one with real powers (and a blue penis that gets a little more show time than necessary), though Rorschach is quite a compelling character (who also makes a good snow angel but you’ll have to watch the movie to know why).

The moral twist in the story was something to think about. Our world unfortunately revolves around power, money and outweighing big losses against even bigger ones.

On a lighter note, I was reminded about the reference to Watchmen in The Simpsons that also pokes fun at V for Vendetta. I will always love The Simpsons.

From the Husbands and Knives episode of The Simpsons

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