Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Watchmen (2009)

Ok. It's one of the comic books that the 80's kid (including me) grew up with that turned to a movie. The watchmen is a story about masked heroes that were forced to retire because they were outlawed. But because one of them was brutally murdered, they were forced to don their masks and find out who was behind it and at the same time prevent World War III from breaking out.

They did a great job (for me) in recreating the 80's vibe. The tv shows were there, clothes, how people interacted, how people looked, and everything else in between. Their interpreation of the story and how they squeezed most of the info within 2 and a half hours is impressive since this was a graphic novel and this was a very long story. The fight scenes were pretty good without the help of too much CGI and looks like some were wire work while some looked liked they were done by very good stunt doubles.

I'd watch the film a few more times just because I enjoyed it and mostly it was a well put movie. Not to mention that it was a super hero flick.

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