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CMV: 10 years after it's release, Watchmen still holds up today and it's one of the most underrated and influential movies of our time

After watching it on Netflix recently then watching it two more times, I've come to this conclusion. Yes there are hiccups through the movie such as the portrayal of Ozy and the sex scene in the owl ship, but scenes such as Rorschach's imprisonment and the opening montage over shadow the slight mishaps

Because of how bold this movie is, with it's hard R rating and it's gritty portrayal of alternate America through it's still beautiful cinematography, and it's relatively unknown cast, Watchmen during its time was revolutionary and we weren't ready for it. Without its release, more intense and serious superhero films, such as Infinity War and Logan, probably would not exist.

We take for granted how Watchmen opened the door for a different kind of super hero movie and I believe it deserves more credit than it gets.
gpt
1. How could the world not be ready for the Watchmen movie? It came out in 2009, which is more than 2 decades after the phenomenally popular book. The book was revolutionary, but the movie was just a continuation of the trend the book started.

2. There were a bunch of popular superhero movies that came out before Watchmen. The "dark" superhero movie trend had already been swung open with The Dark Knight. Watchmen was just a weak Hollywood attempt at cashing in on the trend before it ended. If they actually cared about making something original instead of following the trends, they would have turned it into a movie years earlier.

3. Watchmen was a poorly received movie. It has a 64% on Rotten Tomatoes. That's fine, but it wasn't anywhere near as good at the many Marvel and even DC movies that get above a 90%.

Basically, the people who made Watchmen took one of the most legendary books of all time and blew it. The book helped define the phrase "graphic novel" instead of just "comic book." It completely redefined how superheros could be portrayed. Then Hollywood sat on their hands when it came to making the movie until the superhero trend picked up and it became a safe bet, then half assed the movie. They released it just as the dark superhero movie trend was already starting to be reimagined. As 30 Rock put it:

>  “Maybe things that men like are boring to women … Football, motorcycles, steak restaurants, really dark superhero movies. These are things that suck.”

Ultimately, the original source material did all the heavy lifting in the movie. Hollywood took what could have been a truly revolutionary movie and botched it with poor timing and production. The only reason they movie wasn't worse was because it could fall back on one of the most critically acclaimed graphic novels of all time.