Clint Wolf

[A blast from the past which I originally posted back in 2009 on my old site, preserved here for the benefit of at least one pingback that links to it.] What do I mean by Meta-Review? Not sure I know myself. Probably because I'm less discussing the movie itself here, and instead discussing the experience of it. Almost a week ago, I watched the Watchmen. I did not love it without reservation, and there were portions I had an almost visceral disagreement with. Then there were other moments that almost moved me to tears, including one I was pre-warned about and prepared to hate; or if not hate, ambivalize (Ambivalize: to make "meh"). Looking back at the previous paragraph, I see nothing but qualifiers and near-miss adjectives; like I can't trust my own experience, or at least am incapable of expressing it in coherent, distilled form. That has been my fate since I left the theater. I cannot stop thinking about this movie....