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 tale follows a similar world, apparently close to our own. Some things are logically singular, we see Nixon captivating three terms as a president, and we see the United States effortlessly winning the Vietnam Resistance, instead of slinking away in defeat. Our chronicle follows the course of this crew of heroes since the late fifties, in what started out as a vigilante organization. The story jumps around through time, and has a striking chronicle to tell.
Somewhere along the line, our crew of marvelous heroes was deemed against the law, 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 affiliate decides to take it upon himself to uncover the rationale behind the killings. And in doing so he must finger the other members of the now obsolete band of protectors of humanity.
During these flashbacks, we learn that these heroes are far from the spotless image we are used to in our caped crusaders. Some of them are out-and-out vicious, and they even question the potency that they hold over others. We discover that these so called fantastic heroes have participated in slaughter, rape, and conspiracy to commit untold crimes. But do they have a adequate reason for all of this?
As a background to this legend is the rising menace of nuclear conflict. That much is just as damaging to the film world as it is in real life. And the amazing caper behind the murders is something we don't appreciate until the actual end of the picture. Something that makes us question the old axiom of the ends justifying the means. Is it OK to execute one person to protect a thousand? Is it reasonable to slaughter a thousand to safeguard one million?
These are some of the real life but needed questions our heroes must face. You may not agree with the decisions they craft, but the way they take along the way proves to be a work of art of battle filled saga telling. If you haven't seen "Watchmen," we highly advocate it, as once you do, you will never think of a superhero in the same way. - 40726
Our tale follows a similar world, apparently close to our own. Some things are logically singular, we see Nixon captivating three terms as a president, and we see the United States effortlessly winning the Vietnam Resistance, instead of slinking away in defeat. Our chronicle follows the course of this crew of heroes since the late fifties, in what started out as a vigilante organization. The story jumps around through time, and has a striking chronicle to tell.
Somewhere along the line, our crew of marvelous heroes was deemed against the law, 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 affiliate decides to take it upon himself to uncover the rationale behind the killings. And in doing so he must finger the other members of the now obsolete band of protectors of humanity.
During these flashbacks, we learn that these heroes are far from the spotless image we are used to in our caped crusaders. Some of them are out-and-out vicious, and they even question the potency that they hold over others. We discover that these so called fantastic heroes have participated in slaughter, rape, and conspiracy to commit untold crimes. But do they have a adequate reason for all of this?
As a background to this legend is the rising menace of nuclear conflict. That much is just as damaging to the film world as it is in real life. And the amazing caper behind the murders is something we don't appreciate until the actual end of the picture. Something that makes us question the old axiom of the ends justifying the means. Is it OK to execute one person to protect a thousand? Is it reasonable to slaughter a thousand to safeguard one million?
These are some of the real life but needed questions our heroes must face. You may not agree with the decisions they craft, but the way they take along the way proves to be a work of art of battle filled saga telling. If you haven't seen "Watchmen," we highly advocate it, as once you do, you will never think of a superhero in the same way. - 40726
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