10 Annoying Flaws That Stop Great Directors Being Perfect

10. Zack Snyder - Isn't Aware That Less Is More

Yeah that's right, Zack Snyder is a great director!

For all the digs made at Snyder for what he's created for the DCEU, at least you can tell they're his movies. The earthy tones, slow-motion shots might make some audiences roll their eyes, but if you pause his films at any moment during a fight sequence - the shot on screen looks like a gosh-darned painting! A re-watch of 300, Watchmen and even Sucker Punch prove that he has an eye for spectacle on screen - at least some of the time.

Where Snyder falls down is his inability to rein in the madness. Man Of Steel is actually a great character study for Superman for at least two-thirds of the movie, with its final act turning into Godzilla levels of destruction between two demigods. Batman Vs Superman is just as cataclysmic towards the end, and I pray his revised version of Justice League isn't just going to be another round of unwarranted lights, noise and destruction.

Snyder can set up a film brilliantly, and there's a belief that he genuinely has an appreciation for what he's doing. Perhaps what he needs to do is remember he's making a film that's nearly three hours long, and subtlety is a useful tool in that scenario. Otherwise Snyder might go down the very dark route of becoming nothing more than another Michael Bay.