WillWatchmenbe the end of superhero movies?

But it sure will kick them in the gut.

The movie is no kid-safe funny-book flick.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Watchmen

Credit: Clay Enos

Its an R-rated, $100 million adaptation of the smartest, most subversive superhero story ever created.

Is it a serial killer at work, or is there a global conspiracy involved?

A twisty plot unfolds, enveloping an array of bizarre, damaged, and bracingly human fantasy people.

We wanted to explore simple questions with not-so-simple answers, Gibbons says.

What if superheroes really existed?

How would they really think?

And how would they really affect the world?

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And some of this stuff is hard to take seriously.

I mean,The Hulk?