Tales From the Black Freighter DVD Review

DVD RATING: C- (Skip It)
Tales of the Black Freighter is a companion release to correspond with the theatrical release of Watchmen. An animated narrative of the comic within the comic that appeared in the Watchmen graphic novel, Freighter is a skillfully animated short. A cross between Dante’s Inferno and Pirates of the Caribbean, the film is a gruesome account of one mans survival amid isolation. The moral of the tale indirectly mirrors the storylines of Veidt and Manhattan in Watchmen; a man pushed to the limits of exile who is acting with the blind hope of staving off disaster.

Watchmen Review

RATING: A-

Superhero movies have been getting better. With last years Iron Man and The Dark Knight setting new standards in comic-book narratives, it seems we are that much closer to seeing the eventual perfect superhero movie. Watchmen, like Iron Man and Dark Knight, comes very close, but not without a couple of flaws along the way. As a fan of the source material, the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, I went into Watchmen a skeptic, and emerged a satisfied fan. Here, director Zack Snyder has taken one of the most beloved pieces of pop-culture, a graphic novel listed as one of the 100 best novels of all time by Time magazine, and made a universally relevant film that will stand the tests of time.