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[Draugoth]

Commenting on the negative reviews that Rebel Moon - Part 1: The Girl of Fire has received, the filmmaker says he doesn't understand why the film has had such a polarized reception.

In a recent conversation with Empire, Snyder acknowledged the critical reception to Rebel Moon: Part 1 - A Child of Fire, saying he doesn't have a "rebuttal" to the backlash. He said he is unsure why it garnered such a response, but he has now come to expect it as his movies often cause divisions among fans and critics.

"I don't really have a rebuttal to the reviews. For whatever reason, the reaction to my movies is very polarising, and it always has been,"

Snyder admitted.

"The movie, it doesn't seem like there's that much in it that would warrant such visceral responses.

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[FunkMiller]

‘For whatever reason’.

 

[Husky]

Sometimes it does feel like there are two cults devoted to Zack Snyder, one which absolutely adores him, and one which hates him mostly out of spite for the former cult. Rebel Moon kinda just felt like a fuckup though. Hope there's a major overhaul for the extended cut.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Waiting on the uncut version before I make a decision but Army of the Dead was pretty bad.

 

[SirKicksalot]

Wonderful ideas man vs studio editing demands - of course the theatrical cuts are polarising.

 

[jufonuk]

Sometimes it does feel like there are two cults devoted to Zack Snyder, one which absolutely adores him, and one which hates him mostly out of spite for the former cult. Rebel Moon kinda just felt like a fuckup though. Hope there's a major overhaul for the extended cut.

I don’t hate Zack Snyder. Visually he is great. Except the slow mo is too much. I’m just think he works better when he is adapting a script or working from one. His self written films not so much.

But he definitely a popcorn director.

 

[Randall365]

I’m not sure I agree with what he says - I quite liked the 300, Man of Steel and the Justice League redux - Rebel Moon Part 1 is ripped off shite.

 

[ahtlas7]

They didn’t screen test this film? The reaction took him by surprise? Indeed. I’ll borrow a word from 300, hubris.

 

[mcjmetroid]

I will never understand why people worship this guy. He was never good as far as I can see.

 

[FunkMiller]

Sometimes it does feel like there are two cults devoted to Zack Snyder, one which absolutely adores him, and one which hates him mostly out of spite for the former cult.

Personally I can't stand him for the atrocious job he did with DC. His utter disregard for the source material is obvious (see the recent Joe Rogan clips).

However, when he's making someone else's story, he's a more than adequate director. His best movie is still Dawn Of The Dead.

 

[RJMacready73]

I will never understand why people worship this guy. He was never good as far as I can see.

300, Dawn of the Dead & The Watchmen are really fucking good tbf

 

[EverydayBeast]

Consider myself a rebel moon and zach Snyder fan I think the effort is always there were a popcorn country and it’s always been that way.

 

[jason10mm]

It's true, he rarely turns out something actually offensive, I think its just folks see the time, money, and effort spent and wonder "that's it?". His bag of tricks is stale at this point, he isn't pushing boundaries anymore (at least not with these pg-13 films), and he is taking waaaaaay too long to get to the story he wants to tell, if he even gets there at all. Rebel Moon coulda had all those stock cardboard characters introduced in a 10 minute montage, we didn't need a mini movie for each one.

 

[Fbh]

Well Zack it's because some people can get into that mode where you sort of turn off your brain and enjoy the nice (or at least unique) looking visuals, and others can't.

 

[mcjmetroid]

300, Dawn of the Dead & The Watchmen are really fucking good tbf

I liked dawn of the dead actually. Forgot that was him

 

[The Cockatrice]

I liked most of his movies. So, sure. I guess Im on his team.

 

[Burning Blade]

I still love MOS, fuck the haters.

 

[SlimySnake]

300, Man Of Steel, Watchmen and Justice League are great fucking movies. BvS and Sucker Punch got the reception the deserved.

He's right in that his movies dont always get great reviews.

 

[Revolutionary]

I liked dawn of the dead actually. Forgot that was him

It's still his best movie.

And it was written by James Gunn

 

[RJMacready73]

Just finished listening to him on Joe Rogan and he comes across as a really passionate down to earth nerd living the dream making genre movies, absolutely bloody awful what him and his family had to go through, I've no idea why he has haters tbf, he's just a movie maker ffs

 

[ManaByte]

‘For whatever reason’.