WATCHMEN

JUSTICE IS COMING TO ALL OF US. NO MATTER WHAT WE DO.

Director: Zack Snyder

Actors: Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino and others

Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Duration: 162 minutes

Plot: a group of heroes, forced into retiriment a decade before, are called together once again to investigate the murder of one of theur own. What they discover is an age-old conpiracy to change the balance of power in a world not different from our own.

Analysis: Watchmen may seem like yet another version of a super-heroic movie. However, this is far from being true. Watchmen is, indeed, a movie with super-heroes but it is not a heroic one. The main star of this film are not the exceptional heroes but the society itself. Director Zack Snyder (a true veteran in this genre of movies, with films like Sucker Punch, 300 and Man of Steel in his resume) describes with an ingenious and emblematic way the deterioration of the american society and the deep changes that carved the face of U.S.A. after the end of World War II. In this intense period, a period defined by Cold War, espionage and nuclear threat, a bunch of super-heroes find themselves being an obsolete and needless remnant of the long forgotten past, thus mirroring the loss of trust between the former allies (U.S.A. and U.S.S.R.) and the increase of hostility throughout the globe.
     Snyder gives us all those symbolisms through beautiful, picturesque scenes and wistful songs. Especially the intro of the movie, which describes the changes that took place during forty year in less than four minutes, is simply unsurpassed. Furthermore, the director does not afraid to depict the violence of the newly formed society with brutal scenes and tart dialogues. The script is flawless and even though the duration of the movie is quite long (almost three hours) it will not tire you one bit, since there is nothing needless or redundant in it. All in all, Watchmen is a film that will excite and amaze even the most demanding audience, being something totally different from the movies we are used to watch. I heartily reccomend it, not only for the action lovers but for the deep thinkers as well.

Things to notice:

• the amazing intro,  
• the colorful direction and
• the unexpected finale.

Oscar awards (2010): -

Personal Evaluation: 8.2/10 

Should be watched tonight if: you still believe in super-heroes.

Trailer