Dialogue and Narration

Recently I watched the film Watchmen and I looked closely at the dialogue used in the specific scene above. In this scene, a former member of "The Watchmen" has been brutally murdered in his apartment and another member of the group has heard of this news and is trying to figure out who has done it and why. The dialogue that is used in this clip is not spoken directly from the character but is played over the actions he is taking in the scene.

The dialogue is more mysterious than original dialogue as it gives us more of an insight into the character and the story behind him. It also gives us an insight into how he sees the situation that he has been placed in. The dialogue is very opinionated and the main character speaks in such a way that his opinion is the only one which counts which makes us as an audience learn more about him.

The narration in this scene does not really reflect the situation he is in as it is more focused on the background story of the film as a whole. The narrative talks about the downfall of the Watchmen and how they had been looked over by people who did not know what difficulties they had been facing and how they had to deal with them. This gives the audience inside knowledge as to how the situation has come about and how the decline of the Watchmen has reflected the behaviour of the main character and his former compatriots.