Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Watchmen Review

I have just finished reading Watchmen. If only there were a way to show a pause in typing in the text. Was it good? Yes. Was it without its flaws? No. No. A slow opening, a somewhat depressing end-of-the-world plot, sometimes confusing, all in eye-strainingly tiny panels-but the ending justifies it all. Spoilers ahed. It ends as a happy ending, despite the deaths by fear, white noise and plain psychological overload of some three million New Yorkers, the disintigration of, well, I won't say for anyone reading this with wandering eyes. (I will never forget the time Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils' ending was revealed due to my wantering eyes on a page before I finished the first page.) I have become somewhat of a Watchmen follower, because the word "fan" is far too enthusastic for such a serious piece of fiction. As for the film, well, if Zack Snyder cues "Its the End of the World as We Know it" I will be ticked.

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