So I have been a little slack with my reading of late but last weekend I decided that I really need to catch up. I had been following the anticipated release to the new Watchmen movie and noted a review that stated that the ending had been changed from the original and decided that I needed to read the original so I could compare when I did get around to watching the movie.

Well, it wasn’t something that I would normally pick up (graphic novel), but I was quite surprised to find I actually enjoyed it. The artwork is very good and the story line given when the book was actually written is interesting as it really does show the paranoia of the time (cold war).

The book follows a group of human vigilantes that have advanced skills and knowledge be it through training, natural gifts, or workplace accidents that dedicate themselves to ridding the world [Well mainly the US] of the growing criminal element only to find themselves outlawed by the government and disbanded.

I won’t ruin the story line but somebody decides that they are in the way and resolves to remove them totally from the scene and the story follows this through to, what I think at least, is an ending that is needed in more of todays books and movies.

The underlying politics of the era and the general social issues of the time are evident and add to the general tension of the story line.

The movies reviews haven’t been great but I think I will wait until it is available on DVD, or better still from iTunes and will watch it just to see how true to the original book it is.