Sure, all superhero movies are violent.
But this one revels in blood, sex, and politics.
It took 23 years to get to the big screen.
Credit: Clay Enos/TM & © DC Comics
Now, we’re going to find out who can handle it.
Are you ready to watch ‘‘Watchmen’’?
They have come to glimpse the miracle.
They have come to witness the revolution.
Many spent the night on the sidewalk.
Behind the stage, indie-movie icon Kevin Smith, a.k.a.
You have to understand, Ive been waiting for this moment for years, says Smith.
This is it, man.
This is the pinnacle.
You have no idea how fing pumped I am.
All this, for a violent, ironic superhero epic that doesnt like superheroes in the first place.
(You see what we mean by irony.)
SaysBilly Crudup, whose blue, nakedDr.
Manhattanis an almighty Superman dangerously detached from his own humanity: Watchmenis a kind of thrilling thought experiment.
What would people who dress up in costumes to fight crime actually be like?
Well, theyd probably be fetishists who lived on the fringes of society.
Theyd all be a bunch of freaking lunatics.
Yet for all its self-awareness and cynicism,Watchmenisnt some cheap-and-sillyScary Movieparody.
I said, Wow, thats a very optimistic view of the future!
The movie, like the comic, says, These superhero stories youve been feasting on?
What if we took them seriously?
What if we thought through the consequences?
Where do they get us?
