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Originally Posted by KCUnited
That's my problem. Watchmen wasn't like other popular comic book/superhero/action stories and the soundtrack didn't showcase that. I haven't seen an exact track list, but in the end it reminded me of the Forrest Gump soundtrack which had all these classics on it. Just wouldn't have been my choice.
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Watchmen, in either form, indeed was not like other comics/comic movies. BUT, aesthetically and stylistically, it HAD to share characteristics with other works in the medium in order to be able to comment on them. The graphic novel
looks like other comics, and that's partly why it is successful in flipping the entire medium on its head.
I wouldn't have picked every song that they did, either, but I understand (and support) the thinking behind the artistic choice.