Waiting To Watch The Watchmen
fandom has long known – superhero films are a huge business. Accomplishments of films such as the X-Men trilogy, the Spider-Man trilogy, the Batman films, and sleeper hits such as Iron Man and Sky High confirm this fact. The race for comic book assets has frenzied.
2009 is no exclusion, and the year’s major flick may very well be based on the most commended comic book maxi-series of all time.
Allan Moore’s Watchmen is the name that is often mentioned as a reply to the query “what is the best comic book in history?” Watchmen is a masterpiece in storytelling, penetrating new grounds in the avenue with tactics that were revolutionary during those times.
Watchmen tells of a period when superheroes have been outlawed and super troops have separated. One particular group, the Watchmen, were forced to come together when one of their previous members was killed, with all clues referring to one more affiliate of the team as the culprit.
What follows next is an exposition nothing like any other – the moral challenges of being a supernatural being, the fair consideration of means and outcomes, the price of supreme intelligence, the dangers of an all-powerful management, the misfortunes of being a superhero, the success and travesty of being human, a research on the callings of the flesh, and so much more.
Many film outfits and numerous makers have attempted to present Watchmen to the silver screen n the past, but just with the rise of one Zack Snyder has there been overflowing confidence for a realistic translation of the effort to another medium. Zack Snyder, certainly, is the same visionary director who brought us an almost-perfect movie rendition of comic masterpiece, 300, by Frank Miller.
Early still takes and teaser trailers of the flick has reassured the usually obsessive comic patrons that the most wanted franchise is in good hands. The group of actors is appropriate, and Dr. Manhattan, the heavenly character in the series, is suitably portrayed by computer generated graphics.
Watchmen is prepared to carry on the trend of superhero flicks gathering in the big bucks.
However, Watchmen is no everyday superhero flick. It is an oeuvre camouflaged as a comic book. It is a study of civilization, affairs of state and ethos using spandex-donning personas as characters. And it will be one of the most excellent movies of the decade despite its seemingly flamboyant setup.
