The Film: Watchmen (2009)
Director: Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead, 300)
Synopsis: Deconstruction of traditional superhero stories and thesis on human nature, set in alternate-history 1985.
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
To begin, I should note that I’ve never read Watchmen. Therefore I approach this film as if it were original—because it is, to me—and I won’t be speaking to its strengths or weaknesses as an adaptation of the source material. It’s clear, however, that there is material missing here, given the frantic, often disjointed pacing and announcement (already) of a coming Director’s Cut. Frankly, I can’t wait. The theatrical cut of Watchmen is a treat, the capstone on a decade of resurgent superhero films.
