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Watchmen Review

   Solely, I remember this movie came out when it was my birthday, and it had one of the sweetest trailers I had ever seen.  Did it disappoint?  Let's see!    Now be warned, I HAVE NOT READ THE GRAPHIC NOVEL, so my opinions expressed heresay may not gel with yours in the least.  If so, educate me on the graphic novel because I have heard it is a landmark achievement.    The story in extreme briefness is about the cold war in the 1980s and how we are on the verge of war.  A group of old superheroes overcome the law and their past to unite and find the person who is trying to kill them all.  Interesting?  Very.   That being said, this movie is correlative to that of a Cloud Atlas.  There are so many different storylines going on,  yet they start at end with all the characters coming together.   Let me give credit where credit is due.  Visually as in every Zack Snyder film, the visuals are crisp and pristine, and the always high octane levels of slow motion.  Also, a slow motion s