A book Review - Watchmen

This is a book review for the graphic novel called Watchmen by Alan Moore. I can understand why this is considered a holy tome in the field of graphic novels. The plot is complex, it’s unique, and it’s well drawn. Also, it’s got the Holy Grail of every geeky comic book fan's wet dreams – lots of cool gadgets and stuff.

It's 1985.America won the Vietnam War. Nixon continues to be president. Someone is killing off costumed superheroes, and the world is around the brink of nuclear war. I wasn't expecting to like this guide. What, I wondered, did a comic from your late eighties need to provide me, a hip and happening lady within the ought? You can practically see the dots in the colour! I'd checked it out from your library on the guidance of friends, and I'd attempted to study it once before, but gave up prior to I obtained even 5 pages in. I still had it, although, so I gave it another chance simply because it's meant to have revolutionized the superhero genre and the cover promised me it was each brilliant and peerless. Nicely, it fairly a lot is.

What to say. I read this Following I saw the movie, which was sacrilege in accordance to some fellow geeks on Twitter, but my definition of "Geek" is someone who does not do what individuals Pressure them to do. They love what they adore. So anyhow I read this and I can summarize this way: The Film did an excellent summary with the plot although formulating a story that missed the subtext with the graphic novel entirely.

Since the movie arrived out, I've discovered myself getting to explain to people why Watchmen is important and interesting. Despite becoming probably the most revered comic book of all time, it never truly entered the mainstream till the movie. Now, people are rushing to it in droves, but coming to watchmen without an understanding of its background and influences means lacking the majority of what makes it truly special.

I loved both, but after reading the graphic novel, it's almost sad how the impression you get away from the film is nothing of what Alan Moore was attempting to say about the world, society or these characters. So interesting.

I've heard nothing but unflinching hyperbolic praise for this guide. I wonder if it is even possible for something to reside up to the type of hype this has suffered. It is the only graphic novel/comic book to become incorporated on Time Magazine's checklist of one hundred greatest novels since the beginning of Time's publication. That is a lot of stress - to be the sole symbol and representation and of a whole artwork form for a well-liked and broad audience. I imply, this thing needs to be devastatingly good.