Why does Zack Snyder Keep getting work?
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Effigenius
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I mean.... if Michael Bay can keep getting work....
Gunslinger
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I know he is a capable director. He made Dawn of the dead which had lot of good practical effects and less CGI spam. It was well written and directed. So I know he can still do good movies. I wonder if studios just force him to make movies the way he makes them now. Look at how the directors over at marvel are approaching their movies. They are doing great work over there with comic books (AoU wasn't very good though).
Ninja Scooter
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Not that there's a science behind this stuff, but both Dawn of the Dead and MoS made back more than double their budget. That's 3 fairly nice hits on his resume. That buys you a lot of time in Hollywood as a director. Snyder isn't an outlier. Plenty of big name directors have had massive flops and still get work. This isn't hard to figure out.
It's warranted.
Not content with the mediocrity lent to numerous film adaptations, he shat out the worst film of the year and destroyed two iconic heroes simultaneously.
He may have just destroyed Ben Affleck's career too. I'm not sure.
UltimaPooh
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Hyperbole confirmed.
Seriously? Affleck will be just fine. The instant WB announce that Affleck will star in and direct the next solo Batman film - folks will completely forget he was even in BVS.
The Lamonster
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Watchmen and 300 are both really good and unique.
edit: and Dawn of the Dead
edit: and Dawn of the Dead
Gunslinger
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Nah Affleck's career will be fine.
UltimaPooh
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The universe. Yeah.
I haven't seen BvS yet... So Im not even sure there is a mess.
It's like people forgot that Affleck was in Daredevil and that didn't stop him.
EDIT: You edited it out... But I got ya!
vicissitudes
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Whom else can they get to direct BvS? Most acclaimed directors I can think of probably wouldn't want to work on a comic book movie.
It edited it because I didn't realize he wasn't tied to Snyder. I knew 7 or 8 people would call me on that is all.
He seems to be a perfect fit for a comic book adaptation. His visual style suits the genre (even if you hate everything else about it, and I don't, his adaptation of Watchmen is a gorgeous film that adapts panels shot-for-shot from the book). Plus he'd already signed on for Man of Steel when Sucker Punch bombed.
i could say the same about joss whedon, the avengers movies are terrible, specially the villains, loki sucks and ultron was a waste of a character on that movie, the only good movies marvel has done are iron man 1 and captain america winter soldier, civil war looks great, let's hope it delivers
Because he is on time, on budget, and it looks impressive. He basically is Micheal Bay 2.0. He doesn't need a lot of creative freedom, which makes him fairly easy to work with too.
Think about it like this, he is heading the DC movie verse, on top of directing the films. Fiege just manages MCU and Abrams stepped out after one go with SW. Yet, Synder is still there. Its about quality, but it is also about having someone in that position who can actually get the job done.
Think about it like this, he is heading the DC movie verse, on top of directing the films. Fiege just manages MCU and Abrams stepped out after one go with SW. Yet, Synder is still there. Its about quality, but it is also about having someone in that position who can actually get the job done.
highrider
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Yeah, pretty much this.
Sucker Punch extended cut is easily his best movie.
Worst movie of the year? Give me a break. According to who, you?
That's just such a stupid comment. Hell, Affleck is raved about in this movie.
UnemployedVillain
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I dunno, he seems perfect when taking a very shallow view at comics, and ignoring that the medium has told really good stories about tons of different characters. It's kind of like how people think Pacific Rim is a good giant robot movie because they think it's all just rock em sock em robots and fights, not knowing that there have been mech series that have been way better and tried to tell actual stories
I think the problem might be he has too much creative control.
SonicMegaDrive
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It's definitely in the conversation so far. I wouldn't be surprised to see a few Razzie nominations thrown it's way.
CassidyIzABeast
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Maybe he's easy to work with, his shoots go smooth, and he doesn't go over budget.
This. Gaf is in full on stupid mode lately.
DontBeThatGuy
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I'm no fan, but he's not that bad.
Mediocrity and shallow symbolism that he doesn't even understand is his schtick and it's tiring.
SonicMegaDrive
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It's not a Gaf thing. Go anywhere on the internet where they're talking about Batman v. Superman and there's always tons of shade being tossed at Snyder. People ain't happy.
johnnydrama
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If Daredevil and Gigli couldn't destroy Affleck's career, a $1 billion grossing film sure can't. Nice hyperbole though. Real nice.
AlfredX1990
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Michael Bay acknowledges his movies are shit, but he keeps making movies because he has an audience that loves his movies and they sell like hotcakes
He and Colin Trevorrow fucked all of our moms.
Dreams-Visions
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Because his movies are cool.
get a grip, nerds.
get a grip, nerds.
Deserted Maniac Island
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I had to...
Maybe it's only a thing to people that spend too much time on the internet?
Liquidsnake
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Can't argue that.
Real_Madrid
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They should have given Nolan all the money in the world to make him the supervisor for DC movies and even direct movies like Justice League.
I like Zack Snyder's movies more than most people do, but he isn't someone who should lead an immense task like DC movies. It was a big risk from Warner Brothers and I don't know why they did that. Man of Steel was even commercially not a big hit, hell, most of his movies are commercial flops.
I like Zack Snyder's movies more than most people do, but he isn't someone who should lead an immense task like DC movies. It was a big risk from Warner Brothers and I don't know why they did that. Man of Steel was even commercially not a big hit, hell, most of his movies are commercial flops.
Just because you tried something else doesn't mean you deserve praise for it. I can spray ketchup bottles around me in a circle as I strip down and sing Loreena Mckennitt's Mummer's Dance, and sure it'd be different, but no one should be praising it.
This is more or less it. If nothing else, he makes superheroes look and move like motherfucking superheroes. Unfortunately, he can't make them feel like superheroes.
SonicMegaDrive
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It's a thing to people emotionally invested in comic books and the characters in them, yes.
If nothing else, it proves the fanboys aren't the only ones who have irrational feelings about these movies.
I wish I could muster enough fucks to personally dislike someone for directing a movie I didn't like.
I didn't see BvS yet, but I think Man of Steel was a much better movie than GotG, Avengers 2, AntMan, and many of the Marvel stuff, vastly overrated minus some stuff like Iron Man 1 and Winter Soldier.
And Watchmen was phenomenal, even if flawed in many aspects.
On top of this, if he is easy to work with and his movies are profitable, you bet he will still getting work.
And Watchmen was phenomenal, even if flawed in many aspects.
On top of this, if he is easy to work with and his movies are profitable, you bet he will still getting work.
James Scott
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Yep. Apparently Affleck does well with what he's given, but the changes to the batman character
he kills
Naughty_Doge
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Lol he's a hack but the level of hyperbole in this post is amusing.
He wouldn't have. Let Nolan have the creative freedom to do anything he's passionate about and expand his resume and hopefully bring home an Oscar.
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