Miller Should Have Directed This, Zack Snyder Sucks

[Joker]

the Dawn of the Dead remake was awful, and I have little faith in him to do this right

 

[WTFwuzThT]

Well, you have to admit that the video diaries have been pretty cool so far. Maybe he's found his type of movie to work on here. I'm hoping for the best on this one.

 

[neemer5]

I thought DOTD was really good. Not brilliant, but if Romero gave it the thumbs up, I can't really complain.

 

[Darthphere]

Id rather have Snyder than Miller who hasnt directed anything. And yes, Sin City doesnt count.

 

[WallCrawl]

Id rather have Snyder than Miller who hasnt directed anything. And yes, Sin City doesnt count.

I know. I'm kind of amazed they're letting him direct The Spirit.

 

[Darthphere]

I know. I'm kind of amazed they're letting him direct The Spirit.

I can understand at a certain level because Eisner and Miller were actually friends, but I hope he has a really good Assitant Director.

 

[Punch]

The Dawn remake was great.
As far as The Spirit, it's not exactly a household name, and I believe Miller will be doing what was done with Sin City as far as translating it.

 

[Joker]

why doesnt sin city count? they say on the commentary that he actually did in fact direct most of it, rodriguez just helped him with the basics.

and the dawn remake was awful...no reason at all for them to go to the mall, other than I guess they figured theyd get some shopping done during the zombie massacre or something, the characters were all incredibly generic and stupid (especially dog girl), and as the stupid icing on the big fat stupid cake, the zombies ran

 

[Darthphere]

why doesnt sin city count? they say on the commentary that he actually did in fact direct most of it, rodriguez just helped him with the basics.

Well if you really believe that, fine.

 

[Joker]

yes, cause they have such a reason to lie to us...

 

[WallCrawl]

yes, cause they have such a reason to lie to us...

It's called PR. It happens all the time. Anyone who's familiar with Rodriguez' direction, editing, and musical preferences could tell it was a Rodriguez film. Miller may have been able to direct the actors duringthere scenes, but there's more to directing a film than that.

 

[Frank Manhattan]

Forget Joker... he's a troll.

 

[WallCrawl]

Forget Joker... he's a troll.

Contradictory to popular belief, posting an opposing opinion is not trolling. He just occasionally happens to do it abrasively. Gabe isn't a troll, he's a clown.

 

[Joker]

Contradictory to popular belief, posting an opposing opinion is not trolling. He just occasionally happens to do it abrasively. Gabe isn't a troll, he's a clown.

indeed...I'm still looking forward to this movie in fact, it's just I really think they should have picked a different director...I hope I'm wrong about, and it's good...I also hope that if they really do give this ass-hat Watchmen, he doesnt horribly f**k it up (I think not f**king watchmen up is a daunting task for an experienced, grade a director, because there's just so much to fit in)...btw, I find Frank Manahattan calling me a troll to be sort of ironic, considering his behaviour over on the Punisher forums when it came out

 

[xwolverine2]

i feel how QT feels abot DOTD..............we both loved the first 10min

 

[kytrigger]

DOTD, while not groundbreaking, was a decent film IMO. I think he definately has potential to be a good director, and hopefully 300 will prove that. From what I've heard, the extended trailer shown at ComicCon was absolutely fabulous, although it is hard to judge, because they are usually such huge fans that they'll go wild for anything.

 

[WallCrawl]

indeed...I'm still looking forward to this movie in fact, it's just I really think they should have picked a different director...I hope I'm wrong about, and it's good...I also hope that if they really do give this ass-hat Watchmen, he doesnt horribly f**k it up (I think not f**king watchmen up is a daunting task for an experienced, grade a director, because there's just so much to fit in)...btw, I find Frank Manahattan calling me a troll to be sort of ironic, considering his behaviour over on the Punisher forums when it came out

I haven't seen DOTD, so I'm not familiar with what he's like as a director. I've been enjoying the video journals though, and I really hope the end product turns out well, since there's always a chance it won't. On the other hand, just because Miller wrote 300 doesn't mean he'd automatically know how to make it a good film, as a book and a movie are two entirely different mediums. He really has no actual cinematic directorial experience, which is why I'm worried about The Spirit.

You're right about Watchmen. I think I would have preferred it if they kept Greengrass.

 

[Joker]

I haven't seen DOTD, so I'm not familiar with what he's like as a director. I've been enjoying the video journals though, and I really hope the end product turns out well, since there's always a chance it won't. On the other hand, just because Miller wrote 300 doesn't mean he'd automatically know how to make it a good film, as a book and a movie are two entirely different mediums. He really has no actual cinematic directorial experience, which is why I'm worried about The Spirit.

You're right about Watchmen. I think I would have preferred it if they kept Greengrass.

honsetly, I think with Watchme, they just shouldnt even try...I usually think Alan Moore is sort of a d**k when it comes to his feelings on adaptations of his movies, but he's totally right about this one. I dont feel it's possibly to do Watchmen with even a 2 and a half hour movie...maybe if they did it as a trilogy, covering 4 issues each movie...

 

[WallCrawl]

honsetly, I think with Watchme, they just shouldnt even try...I usually think Alan Moore is sort of a d**k when it comes to his feelings on adaptations of his movies, but he's totally right about this one. I dont feel it's possibly to do Watchmen with even a 2 and a half hour movie...maybe if they did it as a trilogy, covering 4 issues each movie...

I'm pretty much of the HBO miniseries opinion myself.

As for Snyder, 300 is a very different movie from DOTD in many regards. As such, his directorial style could end up appearing very different and he could end up surprising you. But for now, cautious optimism would probably be for the best.

 

[Dr. Manhatten]

I liked DOTD, and Snyder directing this movie would've been a helluva lot better than Miller doing it. Just because he helped direct Sin City doesn't make him a good director (for the record, I didn't like Sin City). It's not too much of a stretch when you're helping direct a movie but is filming it EXACTLY like the comics. That's not really directing, it's just transcribing, and for a huge movie like 300, it requires more than simply copying panels

 

[antmanx68]

If DOTD wasnt your cup of tea thats fine, doesnt make Snyder a bad director. Everything i've seen from 300 looks great so far, really true to the comics and well- Badass. So how can you automatically decide that Miller would be better? Sounds like you're just hating.

 

[Horrorfan]

Dawn rocked. I think people who thought it sucked were WAY in the minority.

I also think sin city sucked ass. I like what stuff of millars I've read, but the film killed off any interest in the comic. He also wrote robocop 2 and 3 for what that's worth

My point? because someone writes a great comic doesn't mean they would make a good director. two different mediums.

 

[cthulhu]

I thought dawn was very good too. I loved the original and had to be draged to the cinema to watch the remake but snyder got it spot on surpassing the original and the rubbish land of the dead. I think sin city is overrated techically very good but the three stories dont really hang together as well as other films such as rashomon or pulp fiction.
300 looks amazing and the director is really enthusiastic about it - I think this will deliver

 

[Max J Power]

I thought dawn was very good too. I loved the original and had to be draged to the cinema to watch the remake but snyder got it spot on surpassing the original and the rubbish land of the dead. I think sin city is overrated techically very good but the three stories dont really hang together as well as other films such as rashomon or pulp fiction.
300 looks amazing and the director is really enthusiastic about it - I think this will deliver

The stories aren't supposed to hang together.

 

[Joker]

He also wrote robocop 2 and 3 for what that's worth

not true. He wrote a draft of Robocop 2, which they butchered and spread into 2 s**ty movies. Read the Frank Miller's Robocop comics to see what the original script was. Here's a hint: it was fan-f**king-tastic, yet totally impossible to actually do as a movie.