BvS The Official Zack Snyder Directs Everything Thread

[Loki882]

Where did you get that?

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014...ils-plans-for-justice-league-movie-exclusive/

Right there in the article.

 

[serendipity]

This adage is true:

You can make a bad movie with a good script, but you can't make a good movie with a bad script.

 

[jmc]

Let's see, I loved 300, Watchmen (Director's Cut), Dawn of The Dead and Man of Steel. I also thought Sucker Punch had potential. I don't have to convince you of anything. It's a matter of preference. Snyder is a decent director who is gifted with action scenes and visuals. Get him a good writer and editor, and his films will be great.

I hear this argument a lot but a good director can make an ordinary script shine. The thing with Snyder is people see so much potential, the issue is at some point we have to ask ourselves if he's actually capable of delivering. To date he hasn't.

 

[Boom]

$100 bucks says Goyer is announced to write the script .

 

[kguillou]

Say what you will about Sucker Punch but MAN did that movie have some beautiful looking battle scenes. Look at the Samurai and Dragon battle sequences and tell me you can't imagine Snyder doing an epic Darkseid battle on Apokolips with Superman and the League. Snyder is absolutely the man for this job. Just needs a solid script. No other director does visuals and action like him.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

I completely missed that part.

 

[jmc]

More the screenwriter's responsibility really.

Actually no, sometimes the director doesn't know how to make a story flow properly.

 

[DeadPresident]

I hear this argument a lot but a good director can make an ordinary script shine. The thing with Snyder is people see so much potential, the issue is at some point we have to ask ourselves if he's actually capable of delivering. To date he hasn't.

Sorry, what?

 

[jmc]

Can I ask some of you something - at what point do we stop making an excuse that the issue with Snyder is script related?

 

[DoomsdayApex]

I hear this argument a lot but a good director can make an ordinary script shine. The thing with Snyder is people see so much potential, the issue is at some point we have to ask ourselves if he's actually capable of delivering. To date he hasn't.

Once again, he's delivered in my opinion. His strength isn't in the writing department but does that make him a below average director? I don't think so. Every director has weaknesses (Nolan, Malick, Cameron, R. Scott, etc).

 

[jmc]

Sorry, what?

Some films can get elevated by a director who knows how to get the most out of the story.

 

[slumcat]

More the screenwriter's responsibility really.

The director is the final author of the film. Everything is the director's responsibility. If the script has issues, the director has to get them ironed out or make the movie so that it still works without issues.

 

[jmc]

Once again, he's delivered in my opinion. His strength isn't in the writing department but does that make him a below average director? I don't think so. Every director has weaknesses (Nolan, Malick, Cameron, R. Scott, etc).

Yeah, but Snyder's is story related, the most important aspect of the film.

 

[Mr. Dent]

Captain America 2 is an example of a movie with an average script that is boosted by top notch directing. Avengers as well.

 

[Wise]

Actually no, sometimes the director doesn't know how to make a story flow properly.

The director follows the script though. Unless they have a lot of power with the studio or it's an independent production and they want to deviate from it.

Snyder wouldn't have had that power though.

The only thing Snyder could control in terms of pacing were the shots leading into scene transitions.

 

[slumcat]

Are people happy with Snyder directing JLA?

Didn't the majority on here want Ben Affleck to lend his supposedly superior directing skills to JLA to make for a better movie?

 

[WoodyROM]

Well, I may be in the minority, but I'm stoked. He's my favorite director, so I'm glad it's in his hands.

 

[Loki882]

Are people happy with Snyder directing JLA?

Didn't the majority on here want Ben Affleck to lend his supposedly superior directing skills to JLA to make for a better movie?

From what I've seen, people seem to have a bigger beef with Goyer than with Snyder (since Goyer was the one who wrote the script for MOS, not Synder). People seem to want Affleck to lend his superior WRITING skills to the script. From an actual directing standpoint, Snyder is fine.

 

[Joeyjojo72]

If he were a hired gun, like many directors on tv, I'd have no problem with him. The thought of Snyder and Goyer calling all the shots on ANY film should concern even the most optimistic fanboy. Assuming they have reasonable standards that apply to all films equally.

He's not an auteur which is fine. But WB, in their desperation, seems to be treating him like one. Not a good sign.

 

[DeadPresident]

 

[DoomsdayApex]

Yeah, but Snyder's is story related, the most important aspect of the film.

While true, there have been flashes of greatness with his storytelling. Watchmen is a prime example. Not everyone agrees but he managed to convert a 12 issue graphic novel into 2.5 hours and made it very presentable. The Director's Cut, in my honest opinion, is one of the greatest CBMs of all time.

 

[Tra-El]

He made Supe's heat vision too orange when we needed more red! Horrible director. Horrible.

That's all I got.

 

[jmc]

The director follows the script though. Unless they have a lot of power with the studio or it's an independent production and they want to deviate from it.

Snyder wouldn't have had that power though.

The only thing Snyder could control in terms of pacing were the shots leading into scene transitions.

I'm sorry, but this kinda reeks of being in denial.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Seriously, I don't see how this man can be trusted to juggle all these iconic characters in one movie. Not just this, but Justice League. Someone please tell me what I'm missing that continues to give WB so much confidence in this guy.

I won't convince you, since you will watch this anyway.

 

[Stringer]

His passion for the characters is what gives me faith in the movie. It's obvious when the director doesn't have it in the final product (Thor 2 and Green Lantern)