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Friday, Mar 6
Watchmen Reviews: 'Maybe It's Better to Grow Up'
So how is this biggest-movie-ever Watchmen superhero flick? Well, not so good if many critics are to be believed. Should have been kept in holy reverence as a comic book (or graphic novel or whatever). Owen Gleiberman at Entertainment Weekly, in a B- review, found the material a bit dated:
Thursday, Feb 26
Is Watchmen Review-Proof?
A]uds unfamiliar with Moore's brilliantly bleak, psychologically subversive fiction may get lost amid all the sinewy exposition and multiple flashbacks. After a victorious opening weekend, the pic's B.O. future looks promising but less certain.
