Watchmen-Melissa Faller

The film Watchmen is based on the idea that people can make a change. The films gives the appearance that normal people can effect situations that are normally out of our control. Some situations in particular that the characters in Watchmen change are the Vietnam War and Richard Nixon. My favorite superhero not from Watchmen, is Batman. The reason that I enjoy Batman is because he does not actually have any super powers but rather he is a regular man who wants to help the world. The difference between Batman and characters from Watchmen was that they were not so more concerned with being superheroes than they were with helping people. Although the superheroes were involved in saving others, their main goal was to save the plot against themselves. I was surprised to see that throughout most of the movie all of the superheroes actions were mostly self motivated. It never failed whether it was about getting the girl or controlling the world. The only superhero that tried to help was Rorschach but he was portrayed as the creepy superhero—which no child would want to admire. Also, in the end Rorschach is killed by Dr. Manhattan for wanting to tell the truth. Although Rorschach might not have been doing the best thing for mankind I feel that it was a little unruly to kill him.

Also in Watchmen I was a little confused about Dr. Manhattan’s character. Dr. Manhattan was the only “superhero” with superhero powers. He seemed to be the supreme ruler over the other superheroes. He was able to control all of their actions and even their deaths. Was Dr. Manhattan supposed to represent an all powerful God? I feel that if he was that it is interesting that he had all of the powers of a God, but was still self-centered like a man. He had a hard time relating to the humans, and there was no evidence of any love, grace, or salvation you would expect out of a God.