mastermindjcg
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Zack Snyder has established himself as an A-list director tackling material that, at one point or another, was considered unfilmable, but the technology has caught up with the filmmakers and now, he's using that stuff to put Watchmen and other comic book work on the screen. Having said that, let's set the record straight on one thing. Snyder is NOT a visionary in any sense of the word.
When you use the word visionary, it's meant to imply original and, going by this cat's resume, there is not one hint of originality in his work, whatsoever. Starting with his re-making a zombie movie that should not have been re-made in the first place. I mean, confession time, folks, aside from making a quick and easy buck, was there ANY reason to re-do Dawn of the Dead???? I think not. Yes, it had zombies that moved at warp speed, but 28 Days Later had already covered that ground a year earlier. And yes, he scored with 300, a film that had more than it's share of flaws, not the least of which, a gladiator with a heavy metal soundtrack???? And sure, it utilized the green screen effects that made the comic book environments live and breathe, but then again, Robert Rodriguez already covered that ground with Sin City a couple of years earlier.
Now, he's doing Watchmen, or more specifically, he's adapting it to the screen by using panels taken from the book which is great, but the fact is that's all he's doing with it. He's an adapter. He's David Koepp with a HD digital movie camera. Technically capable, but lacking any real soul and that is not the definition of a visionary. When this guy decides to tackle a story of his own creation, then we'll talk. In the meantime, curb the hype, please.
-so sayeth the mastermind-
When you use the word visionary, it's meant to imply original and, going by this cat's resume, there is not one hint of originality in his work, whatsoever. Starting with his re-making a zombie movie that should not have been re-made in the first place. I mean, confession time, folks, aside from making a quick and easy buck, was there ANY reason to re-do Dawn of the Dead???? I think not. Yes, it had zombies that moved at warp speed, but 28 Days Later had already covered that ground a year earlier. And yes, he scored with 300, a film that had more than it's share of flaws, not the least of which, a gladiator with a heavy metal soundtrack???? And sure, it utilized the green screen effects that made the comic book environments live and breathe, but then again, Robert Rodriguez already covered that ground with Sin City a couple of years earlier.
Now, he's doing Watchmen, or more specifically, he's adapting it to the screen by using panels taken from the book which is great, but the fact is that's all he's doing with it. He's an adapter. He's David Koepp with a HD digital movie camera. Technically capable, but lacking any real soul and that is not the definition of a visionary. When this guy decides to tackle a story of his own creation, then we'll talk. In the meantime, curb the hype, please.
-so sayeth the mastermind-
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