"The Times They Are a-Changin'' in Watchmen's opening sequence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-T5Yv2Xb4E

This link leads to a video of the opening credits of Zack Snyder's 2009 motion picture Watchmen, in which occurs a sort of downfall of superheroes, the last of whom are living among civilians in an alternate history, set in 1985. The intro depicts a summary of the past decades and back-story leading up to the alternate history's present time, aided by a recording of Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are a-Changin'." Relevant events include, in the intro, coverage of the Vietnam War and hints of tension concerning Russia. But most notably, Dylan's song, very appropriately chosen, beautifully accentuates the narrative of the opening sequence and sets a tone to lead into the rest of the film.

The intro interprets "The Times They Are a-Changin'" in a fairly straightforward way. It follows the song's titular theme and takes the audience through the history of the characters and heavily acknowledges that America, along with the world, is changing in many ways: socially, culturally, politically, and so forth. With the song's flowing lyrical verses and minimal instrumental accompaniment, though, I feel like it could be arguable that Dylan's main messages are indeed relayed predominately through the lyrics themselves. At any rate, Watchmen's opening sequence is wonderfully made and masterfully incorporates Dylan's song, and, in my personal opinion, could very well be the highlight of the entire film.