The Watchmen: A Screening

"Be prepared to see a lot of bright blue penises." M warned as we headed into the theater to watch 'The Watchmen.'   M and I are big fans of Alan Moore revolutionary graphic novel, and a long with a few other like-minded friends, caught the screening of the movie version over the weeked.

The bright blue penis remark had to do with one of the characters, Dr. Manhattan, who is a blue-skinned, god-like being that spends the majority of the film (and the comic) naked. 

I was surprised to find out how true M's words were, despite the R-13 rating given to movie.

I will withold my criticism of the movie, because I am sure this has been thoroughly discussed by fanboys and girls all over the world.  What I do have is a humorous anecdote regarding the screening I attended.  All in all the movie deviated very, very little from the comic. Imagine the shock I endured when this happened during one of the major scenes in the end:

Character One: "Is that one of your secret weapons again?"

Character Two:  "Yes." (Clicks on a weird-looking remote)

Poof. The screen turns blank and the lights turn up all around the moviehouse.  Everyone gasps and starts thinking, 'Is this how it ends?!'

Our group was shocked. That's not how the story ends. It was so fateful and now this? It doesn't make sense!

A minute later a disembodied female voice creaks out from the movie theater.

"We apologize for the inconvenience.  There has been a problem with the film and we are currently fixing it right now."

For a minute we all thought this was part of the movie too.

Five minutes later, the screen lights up, the lights turn down, and the last five, ciritical minutes of the film plays on.