Watchmen (2009)
Figures
Form & technique
- The opening credits montage, showing historical events altered by the presence of superheroes. → The Pastiche Playbook
- The film's narrative structure, particularly its reliance on flashbacks to convey backstory.
- The use of licensed popular music, such as Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence" during The Comedian's funeral. → Anempathetic Sound
Tropes
- The film's highly stylized violent scenes, which directly mimic the graphic novel's panels.
- Snyder's pervasive use of "speed ramping" (alternating slow-motion and normal-speed footage) during action sequences. → The Piercing Detail
- The physical body of Doctor Manhattan, which is simultaneously god-like, nude, and digitally constructed.
- The film's fight sequences, particularly their aestheticization of vigilante violence.
- The film's revised ending, where Dr. Manhattan, not a psychic squid, is framed for the destruction of major cities.
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