I decided to wait to post this review of “Watchmen” because I am a moviegoer in favor of more realistic, gritty and less-campy superhero films.  With that, you can probably already guess that this review is not 100% positive.

Here is how the movie-business works (keeping in mind that it’s a business): If people do not go to see a film, less films of that particular type will be given a greenlight, not to mention a budget. I’m hoping studios are realizing that PG-13 superhero films are fine, so long as they push the limits to the very edge of PG-13, a la “The Dark Knight,” but that more R-rated superhero films are necessary, based on the caliber of material currently out there. Campy superhero stories were the norm 30-40 years ago, but nowadays, writers of comics and graphic novels are pushing the envelope, so why not the films based on them?

Ok, now here we go. … Continue Reading