Points of View

So lately we have been talking about heroes and villains. How most people like to see heroic movies and never like to see villains win, and how lately the villains have been winning in movies, and they are still best sellers, and that maybe we are changing as a society. I was having a discussion with a fellow movie buff that brought up something that i thought should be brought up. This would be the point of view, The point of view of the person watching of the superhero, villain, determines, who the superheros and villains are. I had never really had a full dosage of this kind movie. Yet, The watchmen, which i was there an hour and half before hand, sold out three theatres two days before it opened for a midnight showing, showed me point of view like ive never seen it before.

So lets get into what the point of view is, its defined as a mental position from which things are viewed, and this basically says that you should look at things from how others would see them. Everyone has their own point of view, the hard thing to do is, open up, and notice the other views, and realize they are there, they are possibility.

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Now how does it work into The Watchmen, Action Films, etc. An example, in the watchmen, One of the "superheroes' has gone bad and is trying to nuke New York City, Everyone is trying to stop him because he is going to kill 3 million or however many live in New York. Well, This man succeeds in destroying New York, but in doing this, he prevents the imminent nuclear war between USA and Russia by blaming the Nuclear attack on the superhero who has radioactive power.

Now the thing is, I see him as a villain, he killed millions, he destroyed a city, he is a villain. My movie buff friend states he is the true superhero of the movie because he saved the world from nuclear war between USA and Russia. I dont believe killing millions to save billions counts as a superhero. Or is classified as one, He is still the villain in my eyes, but there is where we got into an argument about the point of view, and it really depends on the person watching it. The Watchmen is perfect for this, because every single character superhero/villain is either point of view chosen either side, they are only on one side because that person has Chosen to put them there.

Point of View is amazing and I cant believe I haven't noticed it had a huge impact on our decisions on how good or bad a movie is.

So lets Review The Watchmen,

Overall, Great movie, Im not going to throw it up to the amazing section though. It did have amazing costumes, good fight scenes, and graphics. Although, as a guy, and it being rated R, I think they overused Dr. Manhatten's Big Blue Penis a little bit, they could have covered it for at least 1/4 of the show. I mean it is comic book show for kids, they will eventually see it. They did have a sex scene that lasted a little longer than expected, once again, this is probably going to be seen by kids at one time. Other than that, It was a Great Adult film, but I dont believe it was worth Pre-ordering my tickets through movie.tickets.com or the hype of selling out three theatres that Thursday night at midnight. I Will however recommend this movie to anyone over the age of 14 or mature enough to see a penis on screen for 2 hours.