At best, I could see this movie being the modern equivalent to "Blade Runner." Both movies opened big with people expecting something traditional (BR: Harrison Ford action-fantasy, ala Star Wars or Indiana Jones; WM: Iron Man/DK style film) and who, instead, got ambitious dark sci-fi movies with incredible visuals and a downbeat, ambiguous ending. Just as BR ended up doing poorly at the box office and then became a cult film and then, a classic perhaps that's the best that we can expect from Watchmen.
