Watchmen - The comic book movie to look out for in 2009

Watchmen is a graphic novel created by artist Dave Gibbons and written by Alan Moore who also wrote other greats like V for Vendetta and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Watchmen is rated the best graphic novel ever written and is the winner of the Hugo and the Nebula award for science fiction books.

Based in an alternative universe where the USA is in the brink of a nuclear war with the soviet union, Watchmen explores the realistic lives of super heroes who were quite common and legal once upon a time. Tough times have fallen and old time super heroes are being killed. Roarscharch, a masked vigilante who never gave up fighting for justice decides to investigate the deaths and consequently we dive into the world of super heroes, their weakness and character flaws. The book is quite intense and has many layers to its story line.

Director Zack Snyder of 300 fame is to direct the movie version of Watchmen due to release in 2009. Check out the amazing trailer.

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