GRADING :
Visual: A+
Content: B/A
Acting: A
SYNOPSIS : Set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” – which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion – a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers – Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity…but who is watching the watchmen?
REVIEW : Great film. It is for 3 types of audiences (and I might be excluding some)
- Graphic Novel/Comics Readers
- Action/Special Effects Moviegoes
- Complicated Films Moviegoes
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Every character has its own story but it does not take away from the main story.
This film was everything you would want in a movie.
It has:
- Comedy: Some jokes here and there. Subtle but it's there
- Action: Are you kidding me? From beginning to end
- Blood: Just the right amount, for the bitting they get
- Romance: For the ladies and some men as well
- Politics: How doesn't love to see the government being blamed for stuff
Long story short, Watchmen is for people that want to have some fun and/or like a movie with a message to mankind.
PROBLEMS: It does not continue, the story ends there.
WARNING: This film is not your typical superhero movie. IT IS NOT FOR KIDS.
So, if you don't want your kids to see blood, sex or a ENORMOUS Naked Blue Man, do not take them.
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V FOR VENDETTA
EQUILLIBRIUM
SIN CITY
New Generation. Welcome to Elm Street
This name might not mean a lot to the little ones, but it means countless sleepless nights for people like me.
For horror fans like myself, New Line Cinema is bringing back our favorite dream monster with a new actor and all. Sadly Robert Englund is not in this movie, but it is about time he passes the "glove" to a new actor, and this actor is Jackie Earl Haley.
When I hear that this movie was going to be remade, I was SCREAMING LIKE A MANIAC. How could they do this??? Doesn't Hollywood have new ideas?? But after reading a early draft of the movie, I started to realize that this could be good. The script was written by Wesley Strick and in my opinion he did justice to Freddy.
The story maintains the essence of Freddy giving it a modern look.
Wesley Strick focus in the little details that work in the original one and enhanced it to a different level. I believe that this movie has the potential to be a GREAT film, if they don't change the script too much and the director does a good job.
Long story short, go see it when it comes out April 30, 2010
WARNING IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ PARTS OF THE SCRIPT, Stop HERE
His eyes snap open and he stares right at Kris, halfwhispering
a warning as his last words:DEAN
He’s back --
He falls backward off the ledge --
QUENTIN
‘At the seventy-hour mark, an
insomniac will begin to experience
‘micro-naps’ every eight to ten
minutes...
...Clinically, the subject
is asleep for those brief
moments.’
