Carla Gugino pictured as Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre in this dark tale set during the fifth term of Richard Nixon’s presidency (a fictional event I hasten to add).

I got to the 11pm Saturday night screening of this film at the cineworld on Broad Street in Birmingham after watching Madam Butterfly and Survellance one after the other, so five hours of visual feast preceeding.

The second film of the evening with an 18 rating and this one at 2 hrs and 40 odd minutes quite an event. I have to admit I fell asleep during the final showdown but I might drop in to catch the end of it and besides it wouldn’t be the first time I fell asleep at the movies.

Jackie Earle Haley who I last saw in Little Children was pretty amazing as snarling right wing Walter Kovacs / Rorschach. Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Edward Blake / the Comedian kept reminding me of Robert Downey jr in Tropic Thunder.

I think Zack Snyder says it best:

www.villagevoice.com/2009-03...atchmen/

www.imdb.com/title/tt0409459/