Watchmen

2009

In 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it.

(Source: IMDB)

"None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with *ME*!"

The Watchmen

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Team

Villain's plot:

The idea is essentially that you can get the world to unite and end all war, if you present them with a larger threat they can collectively rally against. In this case, a giant, psychic squi… no wait.

Rankings:

Superhero Moment
2/5

The Rorshach jailbreak.

Casting
3/5

Excellent Dr. Manhattan, Comedian, and Rorshach. The rest are quite forgettable.

Costume
3/5

The costumes were incredibly comic accurate. The Dr. Manhattan effects were great, and I especially liked the retro costumes from the flashbacks.

Theme Song
1/5

Soundtrack was great, but no specific theme song.

Notes

I think I liked it more at the time because of the stylistic choices, but it hasn’t aged well for me. It adapted the story well enough, but Snyder’s biases tainted the end product.

Not to mention the HBO series is superior in literally every way.

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