Maggie's Farm

Of the plethora of super-hero movies that have spilled out of Hollywood over the past few years, I've thought most of them went from 'pretty bad' to 'barely okay'.  Green Lantern was a slight cut above, and Thor was terrific.  It was so good it got its own review.

Add Watchmen to the A List.  This engaging little number is intriguing from beginning to end.  It deals with a banned group of (mostly) masked crimefighters and the story that unravels after one of them is killed.  The ending poses the classic philosophical question; isn't it better that nine million people die, rather than nine billion?

As usual, click on the little symbol on the player bar to expand it to full-screen mode.

Here's a small snippet from the opening.  Dig the 'real-time slo-mo' effect.  I believe that's Donovan singing in the background.

Hot chicks, bullets, kissing, hot chicks kissing — this movie's got it all!

And then there's Rorschach, the narrator of the story and winner of the coveted 'Mr. Congenial' award in high school.  This badass has such a good line at the end that I put it on my Great One-Liners page.

Check out the spy drone at the beginning listening in on your every word.

Likable old cuss, isn't he?

It's hard to put into words, but there's just something about this movie that's...

different.

I'll review the quite-intriguing Bunraku below the fold.