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Summary: Good work, too much fan cries
Review: Moore is a good writer but not a genius. Of course, a common comic reader (from DC or Marvel) has got reasons for being surprised. However, who reads Pratt's, Moebius or Oestergeld's works knows better plots and the finest drawings in the history of comic genre. Bad modern habit: to ignore the past art and to overvalue recent.
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Summary: Classic of our time!
Review: Watchmen is a definate classic in the graphic genre. Even if you don't normally read 'comics', this is a very good read as a novel with character depth and real life issues explored. Go for it.
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Summary: Who Reads The Watchmen?
Review: The watchmen, by Alan Moore, is a study of our society, history, and culture (Pop, and otherwise). For the avid comic book fan, this book is a must read! It covers the golden, silver, and modern ages of story lines, and characters. It has mutants, as well as "Technical" superheroes (Ones without superpowers), and the villains seem to be us, the common people, with our flaws, and human frailties.From an artistic standpoint, this graphic novel seems to be a how-to for story-boards, reading more like a movie script/storyboard than a comic. If you have never read a comic book before, but want to understand what the hub-bub is all about, include this book in the list of comics to read. If you don't own it, you are truly lacking in the library area of your home. This is a well-respected book, and should be bought, read, shared, and given as a gift.
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Summary: One of the greatest comics I have ever read
Review: Alan Moore's Watchmen is an original, brutally realistic, mature, and entertaining comic book. Although it deals with superheroes, the story takes an indepth look at the emotional and psychological reasons for their dressing up as costumed crime-fighters. In Watchmen, Nixon is still president and America has won the Vietnam war with the help of an atomic american superhero. The underlying story is profoundly shocking and provocative, and the reader will not find out what it is until the very end. A great read.
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Summary: A matchless work of art
Review: Way back in 1991 I read an article on a brazillian newspaper about the desire of some people to shoot a picture based on Watchmen.The article even showed the possible choices of actors to the movie cast.For the role of Doctor Manhattan they even thinked of Arnold Scharzenegger and David Bowie.The choices to the others I don't remember,but I think I still have this old,dusty clipping in a file somewhere. Back then I thought:"I wonder if this movie can be made.If they shoot a picture with 2,3 hours long that will be too condensed,too brief". The story is too rich,there are so many subplots,so many themes and issues discussed:the Vietnan War,the Manhattan Project,the making of the atomic bomb,the Cold War,Einsten's ideas and even the conquests of Alexander the Great,to name a few.When I read the graphic novel I was amazed with this brilliant portrait of the twentieth century made by Alan Moore.(Ooo,Man,what a trip!)I wonder if a motion picture could acommodate all the graphic references,symbolisms and tips Dave Gibbons put in the story.Every image has a meaning,is a reference,a reminiscence inside the book.Just like the best of the cinema.This is truly literature on his highest level.It's also great art,born from the perfect interaction of words and drawings.It's the finest example of what Will Eisner has called Sequential Art. I think Moore and Gibbons thinked: "Let's create the best comic around,showing how wild comics can be and how far they can go!" I think that Alan Moore is a true artist,portraying and shapping reality like a magician,like the hindu god Brahma.Mithologist Joseph Campbell would love to read Watchmen. After reading about Kabbalah for six years,I sort of made some associations and parallels between the jewish tradition and the book.To see things in different perspectives and to interpret symbols are both kabbalistical exercises.
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Summary: The best. That simple
Review: Reading Watchmen changed my perspective on comics, on fiction, on life, everything. There's very few stories written as brilliantly as this in any medium in any genre. I recommend Watchmen to anyone who likes to read. It doesn't matter what.
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Summary: Wonderful and disturbing. Second to none.
Review: This is one of those things that stick in your head. After you finish it, you just keep on thinking about what you've read. I wonder what people would have thought about this if it were in an established art. Unfortunately, (pretentious) people look down there noses at this. Their huge loss. There's some amazing stuff here done with the art form. Something to check out: in Chapter 5, go to the very middle of the issue. The two pages are symmetrical, flip both pages, and notice they mirror the opposite pages, and so on. This would be extremely difficult to do, and yet it works so smoothly that you don't even notice. But that's one of the great things about this. You notice new things every time you read it. New nuances to characters, more recurring images (liked the tainted smiley faces, erotic silhouettes, the Veidt logos, and symmetrical pictures). This has some of the best use of foreshadowing ever. You don't realize that this story fits together like a puzzle until the ending. The ending which will shock, haunt, and amaze you. Moore is something of a god to me. Watchmen is a big reason why. Comic fans (and even people familiar with comics) will enjoy this more than anyone; there are various bits that will intrigue and humor the comic fan, but will go unnoticed. What this story is about, Moore says, is how superheroes are simple answers to complex problems. Watchmen's superheroes are complex problems themselves. A masterpiece and a true piece of art, Watchmen just rocks. Oh, and I digged the art. The coloring fit the story perfectly, and Dave Gibbon's pencils (which Moore always contributes to) are dynamic, offbeat.
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Summary: True Artistry, true storytelling.
Review: I concur with all the raves of all the other reviewers. Consider, however, the excitement generated when the limited run series came out issue by issue and chapter by chapter. Alan Moore was already riding on high because of his great "Swamp Thing" stories (somebody at DC oughtta put those in trade format) and another press was putting out his infamous "Miracleman" series, so the anticipation of each installment of this great work was made to be way, way, way high....that somehow added to the overall storytelling. Can you say "Intense", children? And when we got to the 11th and 12th issue, our minds were truly blown...
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Summary: The most important modern comic work
Review: "Postmodern superhero" almost cheapens this masterpiece, but it's still accurate--this is a sweeping, grand tale of alarming depth, about outdated superheroes existing in a cynical, violent, very real world. Yes, it set the tone for "grim and gritty" comics along with Dark Knight Returns, but it's also one of the most entertaining, deep literary experiences you'll ever see printed in four colors.
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Summary: An important theme..or two
Review: If we cannot rule ourselves, others will do it for us. Flense away the intricate plot and the marvelous characters, and this, I think, is the most important idea to take away from this book. Oh, and one more thing: nothing ends...nothing ever ends.
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