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Zack Snyder Proved In 2008 That He Didn't Understand Comic Book Movie Fans

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As Snyder himself said, Watchmen fed off other established comic books and heroes and consciously sought to satirise them. That was fundamentally a destructive transaction, done with cynicism and by a creative lead who literally revelled in tearing a strip off the genre.

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NotEvenMyFinalForm2913d ago (Edited 2913d ago )

Zack Snyder was a mistake. His only good movie to this date was Watchmen and only because he made it by following the comic like you'd built a Lego with an instruction manual. But all his other movies that required actual scripting and direction have failed. The guy is not a good director.

MilkMan2913d ago

Zack is an excellent choice. He has more street cred than half the stable of Marvel Universe.
Its just hate on DC Universe cause you know, thats how we roll.
Its human behavior, Marvel was here first therefore they get all the love. DC came second and they get the shaft.

When I watch Dc movies I see epic action on a grand scale. Maybe my eyes are seeing something others are not.
When I hear the soundtrack my body starts trembling, I dont even know what the music sounds like in any Marvel movie.
When I look at the DC stories on film Im in awe, They just make a better product. Not just cool fisticuffs fighting.

I like both universes, but hands down DC has the best set pieces. It just feel out of this world as it should be.
Marvels is very pedestrian compared.

Zack gets much respect for whats hes put on screen. You've given us great films.

thekhurg2913d ago

Mindless action and visual overload of awesome? Yep, very fun movie.

Not everything needs to be done fucking boring Oscar winning snooze fest. Pull the stick out of your ass and enjoy life more.

RufustheKing2913d ago

I loved man of steel and liked BvS too many people herewant to bitch. Plain and simple

jb2272913d ago

"Its human behavior, Marvel was here first therefore they get all the love. DC came second and they get the shaft."

You do realize that DC was successful in cinema for decades before Marvel even put a single movie in theaters right?

What you seem to be overlooking is the fact that Snyder can't manage characters & can't tell a story. You can use the comics as a blueprint to translate whatever visual you want, but if you miss the entire point of the book itself, you have failed. Snyder is all style, no substance. Beyond that his set pieces in BvS weren't that great, they were all overwhelmingly dark & you couldn't make out what was actually happening in most of them. Nolan was able to make a dark pallet easily readable, Snyder was not. Snyder is doing a poor man's version of Nolan crossed with meathead mentality (that weightlifting scene in the batcave only needed a butt rock metal song to complete it's full 80s training scene montage feel with none of the humor those movies pulled off)

gangsta_red2913d ago

Zac Snyder's only good movies were movies based on something already well established...Dawn of the Dead, 300, Watchmen!

But Sucker Punch, Legend of the Guardians? Garbage! All garbage movies (imo). Man of Steel I liked though even though I had some issues with that movie. But Zac is trying to bring the dark nature type narrative of Watchmen to the Cinematic DC Universe and it's just not working. They need to give another director a shot.

jb2272913d ago

Yup. You absolutely nailed it. The dude is decent at translating story boards that already exist, but he can't direct actors to save his life & he couldn't tell a proper story if you held a gun to his head. Ironically Guardians director James Gunn wrote the Dawn adaptation that would be Snyder's first foray into film, and that one was hands down my favorite film of his.

I was absolutely shocked that they let Snyder push on with Justice League after they watched what he did to BvS. If Warner's are keen on just burning money & the dreams of the DC fanbase, they should just let me have a crack at it. Not sure I could do anyone can do a worse hatchet job than Snyder is capable of. What bums me out the most is Snyder greedily ruined not 1, not 2, but 3 seminal comic storylines for at least the next couple decades in film. He ruined Dark Knight Returns, he ruined DoS, & he ruined the introduction of the Justice League. If he had focused on any 3 of these stories, maybe he could've pulled something out...instead he opted to destroy all of this great material so no future talented filmmakers could have a proper shot at it. Snyder is a hack. Really would have loved to see the DC cinematic U do something amazing & really give Marvel a run for its money...instead it'll flounder for the next few flicks until it gets rebooted all over again, sans all of the best stories than Snyder ruined.

blacktiger2912d ago

Zack Snyder is a superior director, problem is his execution sometimes drags on. Regardless BvsS was great but not great enough simply because it is two best hero and most recognizable character in the world and it's only GREAT?
300 and Watchmen were superior only because he wasn't pressured!

He needs to calm down and go slow again or at least get high and start all over lol!

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