So I managed to get free passes to see Watchmen for last night in Grand Rapids, MI. Yes I was excited, yes I knew what to expect, yes I knew that in no god damned way on earth could this movie be anywhere close to the comic, and yes I knew that I had to take it as it was because everyone knows that it couldn’t even come close to the comic. I sat in anticipation for the movie to start and when it did, I smiled. I watched this movie trying so hard to take it in as something new, something objective, something blah blah blah. I warn you, this gets vulgar.

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