WATCHMEN TRAILER review
by Psychopathic Sin
First, I have to say 'Watchmen', the graphic novel is the best novel I have ever read. For those of you who don’t know the book, it was written by England’s own Alan Moore with art by Dave Gibbons. The book made it on Time Magazine’s top 100 list and it also won the Hugo award.
Alan Moore is best known for 'Swamp Thing', 'From Hell' and 'V for Vendetta'. Most of his comics are not for kids. He is known for attacking adult themes and problems. Moore is also a novelist who wrote "Voice of the fire". He pretty much shaped comics in the 1980's.
The book is deep with political undertones of the 1980's (in an alternate America) and the characters seem so real when you read it that you don’t want to put the book down. So human and life-like you forget you’re reading a comic.
You see their humanity behind the mask.
I think this will be the most monumental acheivement ever made from comic to movie... Alan Moore wrote the script so layered it was supposed to be impossible to be made into a movie... well I guess we'll find out when it comes to theaters in 2009... But just seeing the trailer and by making the comparison to the comic, the movie is going to be great...
But we're talking about the trailer only.. so lets get right into it here... first watch the trailer:
...oh I forgot I do not give out spoilers!! Most of these scenes they show are KEY moments in the book..so I can only briefly comment on them.
Now lets compare some of the scenes with pictures right out of the graphic novel:
