Worth the Wait!

Compliments to director Zack Snyder on his laborious quest to bring one of the most celebrated graphic novels--Dave Gibbons & Alan Moore's Watchmen--to a theatre near you. Visually stunning, melodically nostalgic, and just plain fun to watch, the 162-minute epic updated a story first told back in 1986, and in my humble opinion, was well worth the wait. As one of the darker superhero movies we've seen, the R-rated Watchmen shamelessly delves into the loathsome chambers of humanity and its heroes, and comes out the other end questioning the morality of one's thurst for unity and peace, all wrapped up in a pretty--and expensive--package.

4/5 stars
Emil Tiedemann