If you haven't seen the stunning and critically acclaimed "Watchmen," then you are missing out on not only a visual treat, but also a movie that shakes your concept of a superhero to it's very. Not your ordinary, run of the mill superhero movie, "Watchmen," will raise questions that you may not be ready to hear the answers to. All in all, this movie successfully combines fantastic action sequences with powerful moral dilemmas. If you haven't seen this movie yet, you should.
Our narrative follows a analogous world, presumably close to our own. Some things are logically dissimilar, we see Nixon captivating three terms as a president, and we see the United States undoubtedly winning the Vietnam Struggle, instead of slinking away in defeat. Our legend follows the trail of this posse of heroes since the late fifties, in what started out as a vigilante organization. The story jumps around through time, and has a striking legend to tell.
Somewhere along the line, our mob of marvelous heroes was deemed dishonest, and one by one they have either been arrested, or killed. A while has past without any motion from them, until one by one they start ending up being murdered. One of their member decides to take it upon himself to uncover the purpose behind the killings. And in doing so he must finger the other members of the now redundant posse of protectors of civilization.
Throughout these flashbacks, we discover that these heroes are far from the spotless image we are used to in our caped crusaders. Some of them are out-and-out ferocious, and they even question the force that they hold over others. We discover that these so called fabulous heroes have participated in homicide, rape, and conspiracy to perform countless crimes. But do they have a satisfactory goal for all of this?
As a background to this saga is the mounting danger of nuclear warfare. That much is just as wounding to the movie world as it is in real life. And the surprising stunt behind the murders is something we don't realize until the very closing stages of the picture. Something that makes us question the old axiom of the ends mitigating the means. Is it OK to slay one person to shelter a thousand? Is it ok to kill a thousand to protect one million?
These are some of the real life but necessary questions our heroes must face. You may not agree with the decisions they make, but the path they take along the way proves to be a masterwork of fighting filled legend telling. If you haven't seen "Watchmen," we exceedingly recommend it, as once you do, you will never think of a superhero in the same way. - 40731
Our narrative follows a analogous world, presumably close to our own. Some things are logically dissimilar, we see Nixon captivating three terms as a president, and we see the United States undoubtedly winning the Vietnam Struggle, instead of slinking away in defeat. Our legend follows the trail of this posse of heroes since the late fifties, in what started out as a vigilante organization. The story jumps around through time, and has a striking legend to tell.
Somewhere along the line, our mob of marvelous heroes was deemed dishonest, and one by one they have either been arrested, or killed. A while has past without any motion from them, until one by one they start ending up being murdered. One of their member decides to take it upon himself to uncover the purpose behind the killings. And in doing so he must finger the other members of the now redundant posse of protectors of civilization.
Throughout these flashbacks, we discover that these heroes are far from the spotless image we are used to in our caped crusaders. Some of them are out-and-out ferocious, and they even question the force that they hold over others. We discover that these so called fabulous heroes have participated in homicide, rape, and conspiracy to perform countless crimes. But do they have a satisfactory goal for all of this?
As a background to this saga is the mounting danger of nuclear warfare. That much is just as wounding to the movie world as it is in real life. And the surprising stunt behind the murders is something we don't realize until the very closing stages of the picture. Something that makes us question the old axiom of the ends mitigating the means. Is it OK to slay one person to shelter a thousand? Is it ok to kill a thousand to protect one million?
These are some of the real life but necessary questions our heroes must face. You may not agree with the decisions they make, but the path they take along the way proves to be a masterwork of fighting filled legend telling. If you haven't seen "Watchmen," we exceedingly recommend it, as once you do, you will never think of a superhero in the same way. - 40731
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