This Is Not A WatchMen Review

Of course I went to see it, on Imax, the only way big budget action or Sci-Fi movies should be seen. I really enjoyed it. Since I didn’t read the graphic novel, I am mostly in the dark on how well it translated to film.

Let me say that it worked on it’s very own as a film. I want to say first that what I took away from the movie primarily was the fantastic performance of Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach. He blew my doors off. Worth the price of admission all by himself.

Watching the world of Sci-Fi culture as I do, I’d like to note that it seems to me that the Sci-Fi community was very deeply invested in having this film be respected and understood. I think many in the community feel that Watchmen is literature and that the medium it was presented in initially is disrespected by critics of more mainstream fiction and art. We wanted the graphic novel to be translated well to screen so we could demonstrate the depth that Science Fiction could reach.

I just don’t believe for a second that any of us needs to apologize or feel the need to rationalize what we understand and believe is art. I don’t care if the wider world gets it or not. Science Fiction occupies a wide range of material. Some of it is art and some of it is not. Please have pride in what you love. Science Fiction helped me be the person I am. I am better for having it in my life.