My wife watches WATCHMEN for the FIRST time || Movie Reaction 

Easily my favorite Zack Snyder movie

The song in Stranger Things and the Dr. Manhattan monologue aren't the same song but they do come from the same album :) Koyaanisqatsi

I would absolutely LOVE to see you guys watch the show when you are able to! It’s so so good.

How hasn’t this been reacted to already lol.

23:56 this is why Jen would love The Punisher tv show.

LETS GOO Thank you for reacting to such a trailblazing movie !

It's really is a great movie, one of Zack Snyder's best and most iconic. Also... Dr. Manhatten: "Jen, my eyes are up here." 😂

"I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me" is one of my favorite lines from any movie ever

Never understood why this movie didn't do better at the box office. Easily one of my favorite superhero movies of all time, and the best literal translation from page to screen of any movie ever. It literally feels like a comic come to life onscreen. One additional touch I loved is how Zack Snyder went out of his way to give each of the characters a unique fighting style of their own, from Owlman's sweeping attacks and Silk Specter's straight ahead lunges to Rorschach's almost berserker like wild melee, he made each style fit their character.

The biggest thing that I think is lacking from the film adaptation is the limited presence of Rorschach’s psychiatrist. The emotional and intellectual journey he takes during the graphic novel grounds the story in a realistic feeling of helplessness of the everyday person during large scale global conflicts like the Cold War (with or without superheroes). He may be the only truly sane character in the whole story. Without his presence, something thematically is definitely lost.

That "it always has been " meme edit was fucking perfection

Dr. Manhattan is the most intriguing and fascinating character I think I've ever seen in comics. The idea of some"thing" so beyond us and his humanity is just... WOW.

The thing is... there is no "greater good" here. All Veidt did was kick the can down the road.

*FINALLY* Thank you guys! This is one of my all-time favorites and it shows how good something can be if the people making it actually care about the story, the characters and the overall themes and perspectives. A wonderful weekend to you all. God bless!

I actually like the tv show more... I wish it would've lasted - super interesting universe

The Ultimate Director's Cut has more extended scenes and one hell of an animated sequences pulled directly from the graphic novel. Love the theatrical version, but anytime I watch this film, I always go the UDC version.

lol ur wife is funny as hell

Interesting thing about the password is that it's an easter egg. Ozymandias is the greek-a-fied shorthand of "Ramses". And the poem Ozymandias is a poem about Ramses II.

The characters in the Watchman movie and Book are based on the 70s Charlton comics characters, which were acquired by DC comics in the early 80s. Writer Allen Moore wanted to tell the story with the Charlton characters, but DC management told him no, so he made copycat Characters based on them. Rorschach is based on The Question, The Comedian is based on Peacemaker (who was played by John Cena in the Suicide Squad and had his own HBO show.) Nite Owl 1 is based on Blue Beatle 1 Dan Garrett, who was just a guy in a costume punching people. Nite Owl 2 is based on the 2nd Blue Beatle Ted Kord, along with all his gadgets and his ship. Both the 1st two Blue Beatles are referenced in the trailer for the newest Blue Beatle, Jaime Reyes's movie. In the shot where you see them saying the older gadgets at Kord industries are like Batman, you can see The Blue Beatle 1 and 2 costumes in the background. And last, Dr. Manhattan is based on Captain Atom.

The Director's Cut is the best version of this movie.

The historical montage introduction was a brilliant way to cram a lot of the history of the world of Watchmen into just a few minutes (set to a great Dylan song).

I love how much invested Jen got into the movie during and after it

While I'm sure the "looks silly" issue was part of the decision to remove the squid, one important point is that the squid requires a lot of screentime to explain; with the mystery of the kidnapped artists and scientists, and it also requires the existence of actual psychics in the human population, rather than Manhattan himself being the only "magic" element in the world.

"It could be teddy bears and rainbows!" All I can think of is that Rorschach scene...... Any of them, really.

Please watch the TV series.. I'm sure jen would love it, as would you!

Would love to see you do the Watchmen HBO series after this. Though it is a follow up to the comic not the movie.

This movie isn’t a perfect adaptation but considering the challenge of adapting the novel I think this did about as good of a job as anyone could do and I actually like the film ending slightly more

the end of the movie makes no sense, the manhattan doctor is "American property", so the USSR would see it as an opportunity to attack, and in the comic it is smarter to show that a threat coming from outside the earth, made the countries rivals team up against a common enemy

I highly recommend the HBO show! It is one of the most smartly written screenplays/story ever. Also, the cinematography and soundtrack are amazing! Even if you don't plan on reacting to it, I hope that you will give it a chance one day. If you loved the comic, I'm sure you're going to love the show!

There is an extended cut of the movie where when he yells at everyone in the studio to “LEAVE HIM ALONE” he killed everyone (edit. He didn’t kill them he teleported them to the parking lot. My bad)in there turning them to dust then he leaves to Mars. This cut also has the story between the comic guys at the end that Holden talked about

The scene where Rohrschach kills the man who murdered the little girl was changed because the movie "SAW" came out before the movie Watchmen and was a success. SAW has the original scene from the Watchmen comic. People who watched SAW without knowing anything about Watchmen could have been thinking that Watchmen literally copied an exact scene from SAW because it got adapted later

I really enjoyed the Watchmen series, which was made as a follow-up to the original comic, not the movie. It's premised on the inter-dimensional squid attack, and shows how Ozymandius perpetuated the charade. Watchmen was originally published in the 80s, amid the zeitgeist of the Cold War. In a similar way, the TV series focuses on the current zeitgeist, touching on racism, disinformation, domestic terrorism and police brutality. On how easy it was for them to guess the password--that was the whole point. Everything in the movie happens according to Ozymandius' plan, on his schedule. He wants them to find the video, so he deliberately made the password easy to guess.

Jen is NOT ready for Watchmen! My friend called Dr. Manhatten, Mr. Blue Dingle.😂

I haven't watched this movie before but I for sure want to now. I have only seen the tv-show and the giant squid part that Holden mentions is part of the TV shows backstory.

The HBO series is actually a great watch in my opinion. I'd love for you guys to watch it

Do the HBO series too! Great follow-up, even if it is closer to the comics.

I don't know if someone has already said this, but my take on the easy password was that Adrian had done that on purpose. He needed someone to know and acknowledge how smart he was, but only after it was too late to stop it.

I would love to see your reactions to the Watchmen show. One season and done. I absolutely loved it.

The HBO Watchmen show is incredible and a worthy follow up to the comic. I love this movie, but I’d rather watch the entire sequel miniseries over it any day of the week. Would be into seeing you folks react to it. Only 9 episodes.

I only just watched this movie for the first time earlier this year. It's definitely something I feel like I need to rewatch because I feel like for maybe the first half of the movie I was very confused to what the story was and what was going on, similar to what Jen had mentioned at the end. I enjoyed it and it surprised me but I definitely need to watch it again.

In the comic the story of Rorschach’s mask is that there was a fashion designer who made a new fabric ghat can change and alter it’s self like a Rorschach. She was gunned down in the streets and no one helped her. He took her fabric and made it his mask to remind society that they did not save someone

Love this film, love the series!! You two should definitely watch the series, it's a sequel to the book though not the film

I think that Snyder did an excellent job, given the space that he had to work in (condensing 12 issues into a single movie); I'd recommend the HBO series (any series that begins with the Tulsa Massacre is okay by me)...

"It's Dr. Manhattan, I didn't spend six years in Manhattan Medical School to be called "mister," thank you very much."

I hope you guys watch the HBO show Watchmen as well. I argue that it adapts the cannon even more by not changing the lore of the og ending as well as progressing the events post watchmen comic that makes sense of the original.

"-that's Sam & Dean's dad". A man of culture, I see.

Wished you ask Jen at the end, what she thought about the twist with the Comedian being Silver Spectre's dad.

Mixed things about the HBO series? All reactors I've seen have loved it, as did I. Episode 8 is one of my favourite episodes of any TV show. Highly recommended, but make sure you know how the graphic novel ends slightly differently.

Loved this! Really hope y'all watch the HBO adaptation.

Alan Moore wrote an amazing story

I'd say the most accurate comic to screen translation is still Sin City

Finally we know who watches the watchmen

I saw that you put Optimus Primal's face on Gary Chalk's character! 😅also lol@ Jen's reaction to Doctor Manhattan's thing 🤣 Veidt's plan failed whixh he confirmed himself in doomsday clock which continues after this story while Manhattan was off toying around with the DC multiverse this is explained. The show is a separate entity all together, not nearly as good as the movie or the book.

If you guys rewatch the movie you should try the director's cut. It had several very nostalgic scenes that I think made it deeper and more interesting.

We need a RU-vid Shorts of the different faces Jen makes watching this movie👍 The HBO show is worth the time and I don’t say that a lot🎉. Btw the Battlestar Galactica (2004) remake is getting a lot of attention lately, might be worth putting on a poll🍾

This film could have turned out so much worse Everyone involved In front and behind the camera did such a fantastic job I know the ending is a big change but it kinda works for the movie One of my favourites

29:02 You could have waited for the movie to explain that part, come on. It's part of the surprise once Ozy turns the TV on X) Also, have you seen the Director's Cut or the Ultimate version? You could have seen those, specially the Director's Cut one for a first time viewer. It is reaaally good.

Love the movie but gotta say the HBO show is even better, so well done!

You guys should definitely watch the HBO miniseries! I actually like it better. In regards to the movie... I get not making it a squid, specifically, for the sake of not wanting to take general audiences out of the flick. I can see making Doc Manhattan the source of the attack for the sake of brevity. But the whole point of making John go away is so that when this "common enemy" shows up, the US, and the rest of the planet, doesn't think Doc Manhattan is going to save them. 'Cause Doc Manhattan's gone, baby. He ain't savin' anybody. That's sort of the problem with being a "slave to the page" in regards to adaptation, then changing something at the eleventh hour. That change sticks out like a sore thumb, and the contradiction can take you completely out of the movie or show. It's a house of cards, in a way. 'Thor Love and Thunder' had a similar problem in adapting the rules of Jane Foster's transformation into Thor and back being the thing that killed her, but not the circumstances in which she becomes Thor in the first place. In the comic she becomes Thor because no one else can, and the world needs Thor. She's worthy. In Love and Thunder, Thor tells Mjolnir to protect Jane and when she's dying, the hammer makes her Thor, but the hammer's also killing her, because that's what it did in the comics. So those two things contradict each other, and, coupled with all the other problems that movie had, collapsed the whole experience for me. In the comic Jane's a hero, sacrificing everything for others. In the movie, Thor's hammer is killing Thor's girlfriend for reasons. In the Watchmen comic, peace is absolute, and built on a lie, but its future is uncertain. In the movie, peace is necessary, but flimsy and definitively temporary. It doesn't seem like it'll take long for people to realize that Doc Manhattan didn't orchestrate the attack at all, y'know?

Another vote for the Watchman TV series!

They changed the Rorschach scene because it was a direct copy of a Mad Max scene... right down to some of the lines. They changed the ending squid monster... because.. come on... the original ending was just ridiculous. Even as a kid it was one of my only problems with the comic.

This comic is just incredible. The small story embedded in the comic, you can find it animated on youtube by the name of Tales of the black freighter. I think it features Gerard Butler. Anyway great reaction as always. Edit: Speaking of DC, I don't now what the intension was with this one but, a new comic came out (somewhat recent) featuring a crossover between DC and Watchmen characters, it's called Doomsday Clock.

5:10 ......"It really is a master class in adaptation".... Perhaps, but this kind of adaptation can lead to an empty stylism, to the point that the movie can butcher the themes of the comic. The comic was all about to present this characters as amoral losers, while the movie present them as a bit amoral but cool people (Specially when Night Owl comes down from Archie, Batman style, the hell is that?).....To be fair, I won't say is bad adaptation (clearly, there's a huge respect for the source material on the visuals part), but it is style over substance, and I think that a more competent director would've noticed and corrected that...... That been said, Moore's work ain't easy to adapt, and despite how empty it could seems, this movie still is the best adaptation of Moore's work (although, considering how other movies based on Moore's comics ended up, this isn't exactly a compliment).......

Okay, the editing of Optimus Primal in that one board room scene was amazing.

I don't really think the Comedian was blaming Manhattan for him shooting the pregnant woman. Dr. Manhattan was visibly upset at his actions, and Comedian was just basically questioning why he was upset. He didn't like the sequence of events he just witnessed? if he is all powerful, like the comedian said, he could have turned the bottle into glass, disintegrated the gun or turn the bullets in something else. and yet he didn't. if Dr. Manhattan really was upset, he would have prevented them from happening in the first place.

Your point at the end about how eventually the world will "forget" about Dr. Manhattan's "attack" is something the HBO series actually addresses! (Obviously about the squid/alien rather than Manhattan)

I liked the movie but Zack Snyder wasn’t a good choice for this type of story. It’s accurate from a visual side but no the story and meaning. He made incel Rorschach into heroic man.

this is probably one of the most thought provoking films I've seen. I remember my dad showing me this and he said he needed to watch it 3 times to FULLY understand every detail. Edit: why was there optimus primals face covering one of the military dudes? 😂

While a cartoon series INVINCIBLE would be an interesting review from you all.

If you like this movie I'd recommend the TV show, it's a sequel to the graphic novel so in many ways it's a sequel to this too

I'd put Jackie Earle Haley on par with RDJ, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds as perfect for the character

Love this movie so much, the directors cut especially.

Dr Manhattan's mind is in the future past and present all at the same time (In the comics) in the film he can see the future, the present and the past, but because of something that Manhattan still didn't understand he couldn't see the future , however in the comics he is a Demi-God.

the HBO show is crazy good. follows on from the ending of the graphic novel rather than the movie adaptation, and attempts to address some current day issues, the same way the graphic novel was concerned about addressing contemporary issues of the time. it's great stuff

Ahhh please please PLEASE react to the show (with the understanding that it’s a continuation of the events of the graphic novel, not the movie)

Great selection of movies/tv shows! I always feel entertained a bit more because of the fine quality of programs you and your wife react to.

See the HBO series!!!! It's an excellent continuation of the Watchmen universe.

"The most accurate comic to live action adaptation" only visually.

In the opening montage of events. There’s a scene with a rich couple walking out of a theater as the hero punches a criminal in the face. Behind the hero is a poster of Batman. This is supposed to say that this was the night Bruce’s parents died but the hero stopped the killer

You should watch the series, it was great, it follows the comic more closely and follows up on the groundwork built here.

The older I got the more I liked and appreciated this movie.

God you both should definitely watch the Watchmen series. Its a prequel to the movie and plays in the same universe

I read Watchmen in preparation for the movie when it first came out. Couldn't agree more, one of the most amazing, faithful adaptations with lines and scenes right out of the graphic novel (my favorite is Night Owl sitting in his cave hunched over after Rorschach leaves). Even the way they changed the ending stayed faithful to the message of the original. Great reaction choice!!

Great movie! I feel like it's underrated (Isn't there an extended cut? Not the one with the motion comic spliced in but a longer cut? That's my fav)

No way you said it has nothing to do with dc comics if you haven’t read the doomsday clock it’s a great story and makes a lot of sense and then how the new 52 ended everyone after dr Manhattan powers

I don’t know who said that the Watchman HBO show was okay but never listen to them again. It’s so damn good and puts the movie to shame

The changed ending gives better motivation for Dr Manhattan to leave, and avoids creating the effects for the psychic octopus. The Outer Limits episode being in the movie is directly from the comic, and it is there because fans pointed out that an Outer Limits episode (Architects of Fear) has a similar plot.

Will you do the HBO Watchmen show now? It is such a great next chapter. 😃

The squid is a thing in the HBO series. As a whole, the HBO series is great TV.

If you watch the Watchmen TV series it showed the "intermediate attacks" that Adrian continued to keep the "peace". Watchmen 2019 American TV series

Please watch the Watchmen tv show! I really enjoyed it and it has more comic events that they expand on!

you should also was the HBO miniseries, it’s phenomenal

The Watchmen HBO series is a GREAT follow up. :-)

I love this film, but I'd adore seeing you react to the television series as well. It was truly beautiful!

You should watch the show but keep in mind it follows the comic moreso than the movie.

Great reaction. You all should definitely watch and react to the Watchmen Series together. It's not that many episodes, but it's REALLY good.

To me Rorschach was what would happen if Batman went too far. The Comedian was what would happen if The Joker didn't go as far. Dr. Manhattan was like a very young Watcher from Marvel- prior to taking an oath to not interfere with the course of the universe.

I think you guys would really like the Watchmen television show from HBO as well. It references many of these characters and gives us updates as to where they are now, while telling a new a compelling story.

So now that we've watched this. Can you guys see the HBO sequel series? Because hot damn it's good.

I would love to see you react to the HBO show as well, it's great! It follows the story of the comics though, mainly the ending with the giant squid that was changed in the movie because Zack Snyder thought it was too silly. I think Jen especially will like it