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The first of the many to come, Watchmen explodes into our local theatres to usher everyone into the beginning of the blockbuster season! However, even though this is a superhero film adaptation of a DC Comic, do not expect the likes of Ironman or The Dark Knight. Instead, think V for Vendetta meets Sin City.
Having said that, you'd probably expect me to mention by now, that this film is definitely not a mass crowd pleaser. It's definitely not your typical popcorn fare of Marvel superhero flicks, so do be mentally prepared prior buying yourself a ticket to this film for I've noticed many who left the cinema feeling unsatisfied with their expectations violated.
This film explores deeply into society issues and features a rather dark theme amidst visually stunning action scenes deployed by Zack Snyder, whose style has been glorified by his previous film 300. Proved to be a tad bit too long where characters such as Dr. Manhattan spent a lot of screen time engaging in sophisticated dialogue, which is one of the main source of plot depth in the film.
If a superhero movie that doesn't entertain but instead attempts seriously to explain the world by discussing society issues doesn't appeal to you, you might want to give this a miss like most locals would. In my opinion, there's still a deficient percentage of the locals who can really appreciate film. So that's why I'm doing my part for those who are not film connoisseurs by providing a cautionary advice: Watchmen is not an expectation genre film.
Having said that, you'd probably expect me to mention by now, that this film is definitely not a mass crowd pleaser. It's definitely not your typical popcorn fare of Marvel superhero flicks, so do be mentally prepared prior buying yourself a ticket to this film for I've noticed many who left the cinema feeling unsatisfied with their expectations violated.
This film explores deeply into society issues and features a rather dark theme amidst visually stunning action scenes deployed by Zack Snyder, whose style has been glorified by his previous film 300. Proved to be a tad bit too long where characters such as Dr. Manhattan spent a lot of screen time engaging in sophisticated dialogue, which is one of the main source of plot depth in the film.
If a superhero movie that doesn't entertain but instead attempts seriously to explain the world by discussing society issues doesn't appeal to you, you might want to give this a miss like most locals would. In my opinion, there's still a deficient percentage of the locals who can really appreciate film. So that's why I'm doing my part for those who are not film connoisseurs by providing a cautionary advice: Watchmen is not an expectation genre film.
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