This week on Myopia Movies, we put on the mask, stare into the abyss, and then complain about the lighting. We dust off a paywall episode this week as we watch Watchmen—the most philosophical superhero movie ever made, or at least the one most likely to assign you homework afterward.

Join us as we unpack a world where superheroes are less “save the day” and more “deeply complicate geopolitics.” We wrestle with questions like:

Is Rorschach a moral absolutist… or just the world’s angriest inkblot?
How does Dr. Manhattan make omnipotence feel like a midlife crisis?
And is Ozymandias the smartest man alive—or just really good at PowerPoint presentations with catastrophic consequences?

We dive into Zack Snyder’s ultra-stylized adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ legendary graphic novel, debating whether it captures the spirit of the original—or just lovingly recreates it in slow motion.

Also: we try to determine if any superhero team has ever had worse workplace chemistry, and whether the giant blue nudist is actually the least weird part of this movie.

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How will Watchmen hold up?

Directed by: Zack Snyder

Starring:

Malin Åkerman as Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre II
Patrick Wilson as Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II
Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach
Billy Crudup as Dr. Manhattan
Matthew Goode as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Edward Blake / The Comedian
Carla Gugino as Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre