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ZombiePelican
04/08/17 12:16:18 PM
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It's just DC comics don't fit his style of directing

If you're upset he ruined your favorite superhero movie, I understand your pain but that doesn't make him the worst thing ever like I hear alot of DC fans say about him.
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Mernardi
04/08/17 12:16:58 PM
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Nah, he's a pretty bad director with some ok films.
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ZombiePelican
04/08/17 12:18:48 PM
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Mernardi posted...
Nah, he's a pretty bad director with some ok films.

300 and Watchmen are more than just ok.
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ChromaticAngel
04/08/17 12:20:01 PM
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I thought he was a perfect fit for Watchmen. I don't really know who would have done a better job.

I also loved Sucker Punch.

300 was pretty good but had some issues.

I loved the story of Batman vs Superman but thought there were some cinematographic issues forcing characters into scenes they didn't really fit in. I blame the editors for that one mostly, cutting the important shit and not cutting the bullshit that didn't fucking need to be in the movie.
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lilORANG
04/08/17 12:20:24 PM
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Watchmen was good, but he made such monumentally stupid decisions in BvS that I have to assume Watchmen was a fluke and he's a joke.
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DarkChozoGhost
04/08/17 12:20:30 PM
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ZombiePelican posted...
Mernardi posted...
Nah, he's a pretty bad director with some ok films.

300 and Watchmen are more than just ok.

not much
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ChromaticAngel
04/08/17 12:21:53 PM
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DarkChozoGhost posted...
ZombiePelican posted...
Mernardi posted...
Nah, he's a pretty bad director with some ok films.

300 and Watchmen are more than just ok.

not much

Watchmen is pretty much the most perfect rendition of (superhero) comic to movie I can think of.
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CommonStar
04/08/17 12:21:58 PM
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I actually like Zack Snyder and his take on DC Superheroes. I like his Superman because it's the version of Superman I was drawn to when reading the comics, and I can see the influences from each comic book that he used for this iteration of Superman. I like that he focuses on the side that doesn't really get much exposure in TV and films of Superman.

I'm not saying it's perfect, but I do like his vision.
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ZombiePelican
04/08/17 1:23:35 PM
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lilORANG posted...
Watchmen was good, but he made such monumentally stupid decisions in BvS that I have to assume Watchmen was a fluke and he's a joke.

I don't know about that. Certain parts of BvS didn't feel very Snyderish I really think alot of executive meddling happened
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WhiteAngel50
04/08/17 1:25:42 PM
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Watchmen was terrible. 300 is his best movie. Sucker punch sucked as well. BvS was ok but it could've been better.
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DevsBro
04/08/17 1:27:23 PM
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Agree. Watchmen was beautiful, though in fairness that was mostly because he pretty much copied the book frame-for-frame and added motion, but in double fairness that's precisely how you should make a comic book movie anyway.

But whoever decided his grimdark ass needed to direct a Superman movie should have been fired.
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prettyprincess
04/08/17 1:28:43 PM
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he's an actively atrocious director
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Fart_Tzar
04/08/17 1:29:18 PM
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Sucker Punch was the shit.
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ChromaticAngel
04/08/17 9:09:23 PM
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DevsBro posted...
Agree. Watchmen was beautiful, though in fairness that was mostly because he pretty much copied the book frame-for-frame and added motion, but in double fairness that's precisely how you should make a comic book movie anyway.

But whoever decided his grimdark ass needed to direct a Superman movie should have been fired.

Snyder hates certain types of comics, namely the silver age Superman that Superman is most famous for. His favorites are Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns, and he's always been pretty up front about that. For Snyder, things aren't good unless they suck, because things being good is unrealistic. So instead of trying to work with the overall positive source material, he decided every comic book movie has to be Watchmen. It worked great for Watchmen, didn't work out so well for Man of Steel, and worked out for BvS pretty well, but only the non Superman parts--and that's predominantly because The Dark Knight Returns has a lot in common in terms of tone / atmosphere with Watchmen.

I think if you made a movie depicting Superman as this politician's lackey that he is in DK Returns, most people would be furious.

I think he did the best he could but he should be making movies like Knightfall and Injustice and maybe leave the main story up to someone else that doesn't have a raging hate boner for comics where things don't suck.
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Maeiv
04/08/17 9:13:17 PM
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His style got pretty tiring and is probably why the general public dislike his films.
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Zack_Attackv1
04/08/17 9:13:24 PM
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Returning_CEmen
04/08/17 9:13:56 PM
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He would be the perfect director for Flashpoint Paradox.
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Syncronous
04/08/17 9:29:46 PM
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Fart_Tzar posted...
Sucker Punch was shit.

Also, he did a great job with BvS. It's the writers and editors that are to blame for it not being as great as it could have been.
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3khc
04/09/17 12:18:02 PM
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300 > Dawn of the Dead > The Watchmen
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lilORANG
04/09/17 12:18:59 PM
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ZombiePelican posted...
lilORANG posted...
Watchmen was good, but he made such monumentally stupid decisions in BvS that I have to assume Watchmen was a fluke and he's a joke.

I don't know about that. Certain parts of BvS didn't feel very Snyderish I really think alot of executive meddling happened

BvS felt way too Snydery. Lots of pretty images. Absolutely nothing else going on.
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hotwheeler89
04/09/17 12:31:07 PM
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Watchmen is amazing. If you disagree then you can kiss my ass.
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spudger
04/09/17 12:32:28 PM
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you're right.

he's terrible.
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3khc
04/09/17 12:34:11 PM
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Sucker Punch had cool action sequences. Give him that.
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ChromaticAngel
04/09/17 2:44:12 PM
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jeffhardyb0yz posted...
3khc posted...
Sucker Punch had cool action sequences. Give him that.

thats what snyder is. Cool action sequences, little substance.

wrong.

He is cool action sequences and Jesus scenes.
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ManSpread
04/09/17 2:49:26 PM
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watchmen is a god tier cbm
sucker punch has badass action scenes

thats it
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Fart_Tzar
04/09/17 3:07:36 PM
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Syncronous posted...
Fart_Tzar posted...
Sucker Punch was the shit.

I have sex with my neighbor's car.

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Delirious_Beard
04/09/17 3:25:10 PM
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wow what a predictably terrible opinion from a poster of TC's caliber
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ZombiePelican
04/09/17 6:29:21 PM
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Delirious_Beard posted...
wow what a predictably terrible opinion from a poster of TC's caliber

Why do you say that? When he has a property in his hands that fits his style of directing, he does a good job
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ChromaticAngel
04/09/17 6:32:10 PM
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ZombiePelican posted...
Delirious_Beard posted...
wow what a predictably terrible opinion from a poster of TC's caliber

Why do you say that? When he has a property in his hands that fits his style of directing, he does a good job

Yeah. Snyder's movies really shine best when he's allowed to do whatever he wants. It's just that what he wants isn't always realistic for the corporate side of things. He got to have a 4 hour Watchmen movie and it was fantastic. Suicide Squad was murdered by having shit cut out to get it under the time limit. If things felt forced in Suicide Squad, it's because they were forced in order to make the movie run under a certain time limit.
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Darmik
04/09/17 6:34:54 PM
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He's fine adapting specific graphic novels and stories.

But giving him control of a cinematic universe was a bad idea. He's way too cynical for it.
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ChromaticAngel
04/09/17 6:37:44 PM
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Darmik posted...
He's fine adapting specific graphic novels and stories.

But giving him control of a cinematic universe was a bad idea. He's way too cynical for it.


Giving him control of the whole universe was a bad idea, but I hope he comes back for Injustice. That's one movie I'd love to see his take on.

Fortunately, Geoff is now in charge of the whole universe, and Zack is no longer directing literally every single movie.
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GOATSLAYER
04/09/17 6:39:16 PM
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Mernardi posted...
Nah, he's a pretty bad director with some ok films.

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Parappa09
04/09/17 6:41:37 PM
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I liked sucker punch on first watch when it was released

but it really wouldn't surprise me if I watched it again and end up hating it
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GOATSLAYER
04/09/17 6:42:24 PM
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Parappa09 posted...
I liked sucker punch on first watch when it was released

but it really wouldn't surprise me if I watched it again and end up hating it

It's one of the top 5 worst movies I've ever seen.
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Parappa09
04/09/17 6:43:59 PM
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GOATSLAYER posted...
Parappa09 posted...
I liked sucker punch on first watch when it was released

but it really wouldn't surprise me if I watched it again and end up hating it

It's one of the top 5 worst movies I've ever seen.

I can say that suicide squad is in my top 5 and would put it above sucker punch
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Darmik
04/09/17 6:45:15 PM
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I thought Suicide Squad was David Ayer?
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ChromaticAngel
04/09/17 6:46:10 PM
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Darmik posted...
I thought Suicide Squad was David Ayer?

Zack was the producer on that movie, IIRC, and you can definitely see his influence in it, but you can also see it's clearly not his work.
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Parappa09
04/09/17 6:46:51 PM
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ChromaticAngel posted...
Darmik posted...
I thought Suicide Squad was David Ayer?

Zack was the producer on that movie, IIRC, and you can definitely see his influence in it, but you can also see it's clearly not his work.

yeah I just meant top 5 worst films generally, rather than ZS since goat brought it up
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TheoryzC
04/09/17 6:48:38 PM
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ChromaticAngel posted...
Darmik posted...
I thought Suicide Squad was David Ayer?

Zack was the producer on that movie, IIRC, and you can definitely see his influence in it, but you can also see it's clearly not his work.

What do you think was Snyder's influence on the movie?
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Delirious_Beard
04/09/17 6:49:33 PM
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TheoryzC posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...
Darmik posted...
I thought Suicide Squad was David Ayer?

Zack was the producer on that movie, IIRC, and you can definitely see his influence in it, but you can also see it's clearly not his work.

What do you think was Snyder's influence on the movie?


it was horrible
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ChromaticAngel
04/09/17 6:51:10 PM
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TheoryzC posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...
Darmik posted...
I thought Suicide Squad was David Ayer?

Zack was the producer on that movie, IIRC, and you can definitely see his influence in it, but you can also see it's clearly not his work.

What do you think was Snyder's influence on the movie?

Flashbacks. Particularly the scene in the strip club and Harley getting dunked in chemicals, and also El Diablo's family.
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Darmik
04/09/17 7:01:55 PM
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ChromaticAngel posted...
TheoryzC posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...
Darmik posted...
I thought Suicide Squad was David Ayer?

Zack was the producer on that movie, IIRC, and you can definitely see his influence in it, but you can also see it's clearly not his work.

What do you think was Snyder's influence on the movie?

Flashbacks. Particularly the scene in the strip club and Harley getting dunked in chemicals, and also El Diablo's family.


Yeah only Snyder could somehow make the Harley Quinn origin completely unremarkable.
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TheoryzC
04/09/17 7:08:20 PM
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The only part of the movie he had any input in was Cap Boomerang and Flash scene. And that only cause he directed it

Everything else in the movie was all Ayer and none of Snyder
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Darmik
04/09/17 7:13:34 PM
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TheoryzC posted...
The only part of the movie he had any input in was Cap Boomerang and Flash scene. And that only cause he directed it

Everything else in the movie was all Ayer and none of Snyder


Oh fair enough. That makes sense actually.

I apologize to Snyder lol. Ayer should cop the blame with the turds he added to the DCEU.
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ZombiePelican
04/09/17 10:12:13 PM
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GOATSLAYER posted...
Parappa09 posted...
I liked sucker punch on first watch when it was released

but it really wouldn't surprise me if I watched it again and end up hating it

It's one of the top 5 worst movies I've ever seen.

Go to bed Adam
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GOATSLAYER
04/09/17 10:44:56 PM
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ZombiePelican posted...
GOATSLAYER posted...
Parappa09 posted...
I liked sucker punch on first watch when it was released

but it really wouldn't surprise me if I watched it again and end up hating it

It's one of the top 5 worst movies I've ever seen.

Go to bed Adam

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