Nivenus at the Desk X: Doctor Who (Season 1), Gears of War 2, and Watchmen

[nivenus]

All right, well, again I am here to review. Initially, I was only going do two reviews as usual, but after seeing Watchmen last night I feel obliged to write a review for it as well. So for the tenth installment of my At the Desk reviews I’ll be looking at Gears of War 2, (new) Doctor Who Season 1, and Watchmen for a total of three

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[nivenus]

I don't disagree with you as much as you might think. I find, for instance, that the movie can be a little bit too preachy at time, but I think they must have toned it down for its cinematic release since it doesn't seem any more pretentious or self-righteous than is somewhat normal for films these days. However, it certainly isn't as open to interpretation as, say, The Dark Knight, which was neither wholly toward condemning humanity as a race of monsters nor towards depicting them as flawed angels. Watchmen certainly leans towards the former, which is definitely not how I view humanity.

But I was able to look past this. And yeah, the characters are, overall, pretty wimpy with the exception of Rorschach. I kind of think that was the point, though and, though they're spineless, I feel for them to some extent. However, the most interesting characters are definitely the ones we're not supposed to like - Rorschach, the Comedian, and Doctor Manhattan. So you've got a point.

But yes, the preachiness was the one thing that really bothered me (and which I neglected to bring up in the review). I don't like overtly teaching in my fiction, thank you very much. But other than that, I really, really liked it. But I can understand why you wouldn't :).