Suicide Squad: 8 Biggest Differences With Batman V Superman

8. The Directors Have Totally Different Styles

One of the interesting things about the way that DC/WB does business is how they hire auteur directors for their distinct style. This stands in direct contrast to Marvel, who will hire a wide range of filmmakers, but keep them under a tight reign, ensuring their films are all basically the same in tone.

The merits of either approach can be debated for weeks, but that’s not what we are discussing here. What is significant is just how different David Ayer and Zack Snyder are as directors.

While both filmmakers tend to produce dark, gritty, and violent films, they are worlds apart in how they deliver their narratives. Snyder lives in a hyper-tinted universe exemplified by fantasy films like Watchmen, 300, and Sucker Punch. Conversely Ayer resides in a far more grounded reality that has produced films like Street Kings, End Of Watch, and Fury. Both groups of films might be violent and brutal, but that is where the similarities end. Visually, tonally, structurally, and quality-wise, they really couldn’t be any different.

Given how they are poles apart when it comes to directing, it is going to be fascinating to see how these two such contrasting auteurs tackle similar subject matter set in the same universe.