I don’t really have a whole lot to say about Watchmen, actually. It was extremely impressive, and it’s still sitting with me. I’m still forming impressions, coming back to certain events, thinking about how everything tied together. The politics are so relevant, and I never thought about superheroes in the context of what liberals and conservatives would think of them. Or what their impact on society would be. The story is so nuanced, I’m still trying to decide what I understood and what I missed. I’m also still thinking about some of the morality issues–what I think of the Comedian/Silk Spectre plotline, for example. So I don’t know what I can add to 20+ years of discussion about this masterpiece that hasn’t already been said.
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I’ll be honest and say that I’m avoiding The Dark Knight until the crowds die down a little and the creepy-morbid fascination with Heath Ledger is older news. I think the attention paid to his acting is warranted; I thought (and still think) that Ledger was a phenomenal actor getting better by the day. He should be mourned, absolutely. By family, friends, fans, an entire industry, Brooklyn. But I don’t like gawkers. I can’t get behind the kind of post-tragedy, upside down version of fairweather fandom that leads to his action figures from TDK selling like hotcakes on eBay or theaters flooding with newly declared fans itching to get in on his final performance. I fully believe the movie is amazing, I believe most people who went to see it were genuine, and I fully intend to see it myself. But hopefully without the feeling that I’m swept up in a crowd rubbernecking at a bad accident.