Once and awhile, a movie comes along which I hate, but it has moments of brilliance. Zac Snyder’s WATCHMEN, released in 2009, is one of those odd ones.
It’s way too long and for the most part, it’s a bore to watch, especially since it contains way too much exposition. In fact WATCHMEN has become a case study on how to NOT to write a screenplay.
Despite all this, it has one of the best openings of all time thanks to Bob Dylan’s THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’ and super duper slow mo.