IMAX time

I've never been to an IMAX theater.  That alone made me extremely excited yesterday when my friends and I went to go see Watchmen, the highly anticipated movie based off a popular graphic novel.  I had seen the trailer, which was mind blowing itself, and I desperately wanted to know what everyone was going on about.

Without the IMAX screen, it would have been amazing.  But with the IMAX screen, I was quite literally blown away.  I walked in, after waiting on the longest line ever and sat in the front row.  When the screen first appeared, my heart raced in my chest (it was a lot louder than I thought it would be).  The previews blared on, which I've got to admit are one of my favorite parts of the w

hole cinematic experience, and even though I've seen them all, such as the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and Transformers.  When it finally got to the movie, I was mesmerized.  I don't know what I would have felt if it had been on one of those normal screens, but all I know is, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have been the same.

Since we're on the topic of things I've never done, one of those is that I've never read a graphic novel.  My high school Spanish teacher had been an avid fan of the genre, always recommending titles to her students.  When she told us about them, I wasn't fully convinced they'd be my cup of tea.  They were full of dark violence, grotesque humor, and a twisted sense of morality I wasn't read

y to experience.  The works we had to read in class had always carried subtle hints of those three elements and that was enough for me.

However, as I grew older, I began to accept them, which lead me to actually like them.  For example, as weak of an example as it is, Sweeney Todd became one of my favorite musicals of the year last year.  300, which was also based off a graphic novel, had me on the edge of my seat for the entire film even though, when it first appeared on the screen, I was skeptic, due to the grey hues of the sky and the intimidating war that was bound to happen.  

I always write about the movies that I see, about how amazing they are, and how you, as a reader, should also go watch it.  Watchmen is definitely one of them.  It's been a day later and it's still having a huge impact on me.  Just don't bring your children with you.  It was a 10:30 showing, which was the earliest that wasn't sold out.  In the middle of the movie, whic

h was full of blood and depressing themes, a small  child, who couldn't have been over the age of 8, started crying.  I just don't understand parents who bring their kids to an R rated movie.  So, if you're in the mood for a dark comic, full of romance, gore, justice, and villainy (this is a word, I just looked it up), go see it.  It will not disappoint.