Long preview for Watchmen; a movie that probably won’t be that good

 

 

What do you think of when you think of Sin City? Was it good? Was it bad? Was it as good as the comic? I’m not really sure because I never read it or saw the film, but Watchmen (comic also by acclaimed writer Alan Moore), is the next highly produced film to donate millions of dollars to the ‘make this questionably great writer rich’ foundation. Also ranking up there in film history was the extremely preachy V for Vendetta which apparently a lot of people liked, but I found completely predictable and filled with annoying prose from the protagonist that had me angry every time I heard a British accent for months.
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TAINted Love : In which The Decemberists trade their image for silhouettes and win!

I know what you’re thinking and I don’t want to hear it. At least not right now. I am fully aware of how pompous and routine you think The Decemberists are and though I will easily admit that I don’t listen to them much myself as I used to, and I realize they aren’t as awesome as The Tiger Lillies, I still haven’t given up on them for possible greatness to come.

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