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Watchmen Did You Know? Whereas the comic treated everyone in the story as, more or less, monstrous and wrong, the film seems to take the view that everyone is, more or less, monstrous but right. Part of this is simply the difference between film — especially film rife with slo-mo hero poses, expertly staged action sequences increasing the adrenaline, and dramatic music playing on your sympathies — and the still image.

But there are little touches and changes, like Veidt being flanked by the Twin Towers during a talk about the need for worldwide energy independence as conservative businessmen harangue him for potential communist ties. Moments after Veidt rebuffs them, the titans of industry are gunned down in loving slow motion by an assassin who is eventually stopped by Veidt during a moment filmed in slick, Snyderian speed-ramping.

Not even in the face of Armageddon. Such moments cry out for our sympathy, demark lines good and bad. Ozymandias and his friends may have been misguided. How much that shift bothers you will undoubtedly impact how much you like Watchmen. Regardless of these storytelling shenanigans, I appreciate Watchmen for positing an alternate comic book movie universe: one in which directors with vision and style were able to put their own stamp on properties held by major studios and major comic book companies.

It sure beats the cookie cutter vision that has prevailed in other corners of the cinematic universe. Sonny Bunch is the executive editor of, and film critic for, the Washington Free Beacon. Where to stream Watchmen.