Watchmen (2009)

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Title: Watchmen (2009)

Tagline: Justice is coming to all of us. No matter what we do.

Genre: Mystery, Action, Science Fiction

Director: Zack Snyder

Cast: Malin Åkerman, Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Carla Gugino, Laura Mennell, Matt Frewer, Stephen McHattie, Rob LaBelle, Gary Houston, James M. Connor, Mary Ann Burger, John Shaw, Robert Wisden, Jerry Wasserman, Don Thompson, Frank Novak, Sean Allan, Garry Chalk, Stephanie Belding, Michael Kopsa, William S. Taylor, Chris Burns, Malcolm Scott, Danny Wattley, Nhi Do, Walter Addison, David MacKay, Keith Martin Gordey, Fulvio Cecere, Ted Cole, Mark Acheson, John Destry, Chris Gauthier, L. Harvey Gold, Jay Brazeau, Jesse Reid, Manoj Sood, Dan Payne, Niall Matter, Apollonia Vanova, Glenn Ennis, Darryl Scheelar, Clint Carleton, Brett Stimely, Carrie Genzel, Greg Travis, Greg Armstrong-Morris, Andrew Colthart, Bruce Crawford, Sal Sortino, Eli Snyder, Lori Watt, Tony Bardach, John Kobylka, Carmen Lavigne, J.R. Killigrew, Steven Stojkovic, Martin Reiss, Frank Cassini, John R. Taylor, Tara Frederick, Daryl Shuttleworth, Jaryd Heydrick, Ron Chartier, Carly Bentall, Matt Drake, Haley Guiel, Sonya Salomaa, Tyler McClendon, Salli Saffioti, Neil Schell, Michael Eklund, Deborah Finkel, Louis Chirillo, Marsha Regis, Patrick Sabongui, John Tench, Santo Lombardo, Jason Schombing, Darren Shahlavi, Marshall Virtue, Colin Lawrence, Chris Weber, Alessandro Juliani, Alison Araya, Sahar Biniaz, Matthew Harrison, Bernadeta Wrobel, Youri Obryvtchenko, Heidi Iro, Kit Noon, Parm Soor, Cristina Menz, Lynn Colliar, Tony Ali, Katie Bennison, Ian Farthing, Calvin Lee, Alexander Mandra, Isabelle Champeau, Ashley O'Connell, Mark Gash, Suzanne E. Smith, Agam Darshi, Tom McBeath, Kevin McNulty, Mark Docherty, Clay St. Thomas, Dale Wolfe, Ken Tremblett, Dawn Chubai, Manuelita Kinsey, Tamara Stanners, Sahara Davis, Dave Hospes, Greig Hospes, Ali Dunn, Jeffrey Frieler, Kurt Evans, Sylvesta Stuart, Terence Kelly, Mi-Jung Lee, Ted Friend, Tiffany Burns, Michael Adamthwaite, Danny Woodburn, Zack Snyder, Clay Enos

Release: 2009-03-04

Runtime: 163

Plot: In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.

 
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I remember watching this on theaters back when it came out. It was a great "dark" superhero movie, and I remembered reading the comics years prior, and even though I liked it in theaters, I haven't watched it since. Also, my memory of the past seems to be fucking with me. I could have sworn this came out before Iron Man, but nope. It's actually a year later.

Anyway, I picked up a steelbook of this and also the "complete story" box set, which was in 4k. It's nice seeing this again after way less years than I thought it was.

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Oh yeah, side note. The complete story isn't the same as the theater. It's a combination of the directors cut + some animated sequences mixed in to tell the entire story. Also had a run time of 3.5 hours.
 
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Cannot talk about this movie and not mention how great the original trailer was back in the day and choice of song.



The hype was high, had that trailer and the song on loop.

Muse - Take a Bow is used alright here but loses to nostalgia.
 
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I really like this film, I saw it on Blu-Ray first with the original / alt ending with Jon Hamm.

That scene that has her submitting to him ( I might be using the wrong terms here as its been a while ) before the 'bang' ending. Really powerful.
 
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Solid movie, but comic is better. Saw it in the theatre and the bob dylan intro really put me in the state of this is gonna be a good movie
 
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Solid movie, but comic is better. Saw it in the theatre and the bob dylan intro really put me in the state of this is gonna be a good movie
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It really is one of the best intro credits. Very few movies are memorable for that but Watchmen nailed it.
 
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After the show gave us the cannon inter-dimensional squid, I came to like Snyders ending more for the movie that was made. Yes the squid is fantastic but for general audiences they made the right choice.
 
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While the movie is in my top 5 of comic book movies, I thought the TV show was mediocre at best. I don't care about comic books though, so the whole squid cannon did nothing for me and the new characters were meh.
 
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While the movie is in my top 5 of comic book movies, I thought the TV show was mediocre at best. I don't care about comic books though, so the whole squid cannon did nothing for me and the new characters were meh.
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TV show can fuck off. Movie, however, is one of my favorites.
 
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My favorite Comic , this was a great movie as well. I recall telling the ticket taker if the movie was bad I'd be forced to burn the theater down. I did enjoy the TV show but the ending was predictable.
 
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I didn't even realize that Rorschach is also Freddy Kruger. Go figure.
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There is only 1 Freddy (not that I'm a fan of the hokey Horror genre, but he is the one who made the character what it is):
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Robert Englund
 
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This is easily in my top five superhero movies of all time, if not at the top of the list. They altered the ending of the comic, but frankly the movie ending is better. All around great acting and as close to perfect translation of the source material as you would ever see. Schneider's best film by miles. I watch the full cut pretty much yearly. And as mentioned it has one of the best soundtracks for the source material of all time. Great fucking movie.
 
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I loved the movie, which made me read the comics (I fell out of love with comics/graphic novels when I was still a young teenager, so never got into the more cerebral works) and I get why both endings make sense. The comics are awesome, and I think the movie did a great job paying homage while also ripping some scene-for-scene things directly from them. Snyder did good, in my opinion. Alan Moore is just a curmudgeon and likely largely in part due to his rights battles over the IP.

I liked that the movie explored a bit more about how to get rid of Dr. Manhattan because even if you have a massive alien attack (the comics) Dr. Manhattan can literally rewrite matter. He's a god. The movie made it a moral issue with him vs. a delaying tactic (I mean it still was with the cancer stuff, but that's not why manhattan eventually leaves) and I think that is more effective in neutralizing a problem. You simply cannot have peace in a world where one country has what is in effect a god on their side, out of the blue. You will always have mad scientists and shit trying to create another one in a different regime, and there will never really be peace. The movie making it Dr. Manhattan's fault along with his general moral quandary of caring in the first place is really solid and I think elevates it overall.
 
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After the show gave us the cannon inter-dimensional squid, I came to like Snyders ending more for the movie that was made. Yes the squid is fantastic but for general audiences they made the right choice.
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can someone tldr this squid?
 
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can someone tldr this squid?
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In the Watchmen comic book, the climax hinges on a fabricated alien squid—an enormous, genetically-engineered psychic creature teleported into New York City, instantly killing millions and creating the illusion of an external, otherworldly threat. This deception unites global superpowers against a common enemy, thereby averting nuclear war. In contrast, the Watchmen film adaptation replaces the squid with a simulated energy attack attributed to Dr. Manhattan, framing him as the existential threat to humanity. While both versions aim to produce a unifying catastrophe, the comic's approach leans into absurdist sci-fi and critiques media manipulation and Cold War paranoia, whereas the film's version focuses more narrowly on internal character dynamics and the mythologizing of power. The core thematic outcome—peace through mass deception—remains intact, but the narrative mechanics and implications differ significantly in tone and scope.
 
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