10 Great Movie Characters Who Die At The Beginning
3. The Comedian - Watchmen
The Comedian's death is the first thing to happen in Zack Snyder's 2009 film adaptation of Alam Moore and Dave Gibbons' comic book Watchmen. The film sees the Comedian, aka Eddie Blake, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
The story opens with Rorschach investigating The Comedian's murder. As we learn more about the Comedian, aka Eddie Blake, the bigger question than who killed him becomes how did it take so long for this man to get murdered?
The Comedian has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. He does not hesitate to murder innocent people, and has the audacity to blame Dr. Manhattan for not stopping him. He commits sexual assault against the Silk Spectre, only to receive a satisfying beating from Hooded Justice after the fact, and it is implied that he murdered John F. Kennedy. The man deserved what was coming.
Despite knowing his ultimate fate, it is impossible for audiences to sympathize with the Comedian. He is well written in that he is impossible to like in any way, and if audiences knew him before the film began, they might have a different reaction to his fall from that window.