I can’t stress highly enough — this movie is *NOT* for kids. It’s probably not good for most teenagers, and it’s not good even for some adults. I agree completely.

But, as you said in the rest of your comments, this lady’s off her rocker.

My uncle was going to take my Niece(14) and Nephew(12) to it, and I immediately told him DON’T THIS IS NOT FOR KIDS! However he is a responsible parent and read reviews for it before hand and deiced not too (before I even talked to him). Now was it his fault for thinking he could take his kids to a rated R movie, No there are countless movies that have no real reason for the R rating. Then clearly this movie was not for kids…well no once again. He doesn’t watch much TV and works alot, so he isn’t up on the newest movies, and from most the trailers this seems like a movie kids might enjoy. To the averaged parent this seems like a ok movie to take your kids too (if you know nothing about the source material). So she does have a point there that kids should not go to this movie, and she really sends the point home. I think no kids should be there, when I saw it there was a little girl (8ish) behind us, and she actually started crying. Also my date who is a full grown women was a bit disturbed. Anyway…

Is this lady right NO!!!!!

Why is the review written from the P.O.V. of a parent who has taken their kid to a rated R movie. I don’t follow her but does she write all her reviews like she brought her kid?

Why does it matter WHO watches the movie? That has no merit on the movie itself, or does she rate movie biased on who she sat by all the time?

Lastly, for someone preaching the purity of our youth, that is one of the most hateful, offensive, and just plain mean spirited reviews I ever read.

Lets recap some hightlights….
“If you see it yourself, you’re also probably a moron and a vapid, indecent human being.”
“mindless celluloid claptrap”
“n fact, the movie kind of has a peacenik-themed ending and “message” regarding nuclear weapons. If this move is “conservative,” who the heck needs liberal?”
“Wow, isn’t that cool that they got it wrong on purpose? I’m so amazed at this “high-brow art” of deliberately getting dates and timelines wrong, you know, just to be “artistic,” and get the drooling of the critics. That is sooooo genius. Like way totally cool.”
“But just because shameless whores and crack dealers of Hollywood deal this stuff out, doesn’t mean you have to buy it and poison your kids’ minds with it.”

She saw the movie, right?

I’m just sayin’…

Watchmen is rated R for “strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language.” If she had actually bothered to look at the marketing she insists on complaining about, this fact might have actually influenced a coherent thought.

Is there violence? Yes. And it’s quite gory at times. But it’s definitely not the most violent/gory film I’ve ever seen. I will probably see more violent movie this year. It’s rated R, and I know of no “children” would be even remotely interested in the film. If they were, they would probably fall asleep within the first hour.

Is there a sex scene? Yes. Is there nudity? Briefly. But honestly, I found the sex scene to be annoyingly tame, given the context. Oh yeah, and did I mention this movie is freakin’ rated R?!

The irony of this is that people like Debbie Schlussel are the Rorschach’s of the world. To her, there is no such thing as compromise, or moral grays. “Context” is not a concept she is capable of understanding. Alan Moore clearly doesn’t like her kind, and clearly she would hate Alan Moore. Watchmen is, in the end, an indictment of the same conservative hypocrisy she spouts – she’ll cry “atrocity” at anything she disagrees with, yet respond in kind. Apparently she’s been accused of hate speech against Muslims and has even called some groups “Nazi collaborators.” Somehow, I’m not surprised. But then what do I know? She would probably lump me in with the “liberals” she and Rorschach hate so much.

Maybe that’s why she really hates Watchmen so much. Because deep down, she realizes it’s really about her.

Oh wait. I think I’m giving her too much credit…