The reviews have progressed from a trickle to a deluge (look for ours tomorrow), so what do you say we conduct our final pre-release roundup of all things Watchmania?

At Hollywood and Fine, Marshall Fine ponders the big questions. “What is Watchmen but yet another distraction – a bit of apocalyptic storytelling meant to take our minds off the apocalypse now? That’s what I hate about this moment in time: There’s no such thing as simply seeing a movie like this and enjoying it on its merits. The hype machine has been pumping since before Snyder rolled the first camera. It’s been building to a deafening roar since the first of the year. You can’t escape it – it’s impossible not to get burned out on it, whether you’re interested in the subject or not.”

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