In defense of Zack Snyder's Watchmen I have heard it said that the director was attempting to deconstruct the narrative and visual tropes of the traditional superhero movie, presumably in a manner similar to how Alan Moore's Watchmen deconstructed the superhero comic books of the time (if not comic books in general). I believe Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds operates on a similar premise, a war movie that is also about how war movies affect we the audience on both a cultural and psychological... read more
