Watchmen 2009 Exclusive «2026 Update»

Yes, the Dylan montage is perfect. But other choices are baffling. A sex scene set to Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” (the slowed-down, somber cover) feels unintentionally comedic. Hearing “99 Luftballons” during a Vietnam War sequence is jarring, not clever. The soundtrack often undercuts the drama.

: Rorschach represents absolute, rigid morality. He famously refuses to bend his principles, even when facing "Armageddon," believing that the truth must be served regardless of the cost. watchmen 2009

The story is set in an alternate history where the existence of superheroes has significantly altered the course of world events, most notably ensuring a U.S. victory in the Vietnam War and leading to Richard Nixon’s tenure as a five-term President. In 1985, the world stands on the brink of nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. Yes, the Dylan montage is perfect

Morgan chews scenery like bubblegum. He plays Edward Blake as a nihilistic bully who, in a moment of clarity, weeps about the futility of it all. The opening credits, set to Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are a-Changin’,” show the Comedian’s violent history, retroactively turning the film’s murder mystery into a eulogy for the American Century. Hearing “99 Luftballons” during a Vietnam War sequence

I’ll say it—the montage set to Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’” is one of the greatest openings in comic book movie history. In under three minutes, Snyder establishes an entire alternate history of masked vigilantism, from the Minutemen’s golden age to the tragic fates of heroes like the original Silk Spectre and the assault on Hollis Mason. It’s visual storytelling at its finest.