6 DC Movie Sins Batman V Superman Will Probably Commit
2. Reliance On Zack Snyder
What, precisely, is DCs fascination with Zack Snyder built upon? 300? Everything that hes worked on since then has been a disappointment critically. The theatrical cut of Watchmen is one of the worst comic book adaptations, ever, taking everything that made the story interesting and groundbreaking and replacing it with flashy CGI and scenes that pay homage to the visuals of the book but do little to capture the feeling of it. Sucker Punch was a convoluted hodgepodge of action sequences with a decoy protagonist and hallucinations that occur within a larger hallucination. Man Of Steel failed to excite audiences even half as much as Ant-Man, and though Ben Affleck says DC movies are about mythic figures instead of the glib action movies that Marvel makes, people actually like Marvel movies. Civil War is the natural progression of the stories the movies are telling, its not a last ditch effort to save the Captain America franchise by making it Iron Man V Captain America: Dawn Of Avenging. Perhaps Snyder has proven himself to be the right kind of Yes Man that will follow orders from executives - things like having more scenes of Batman than Superman in this alleged Man Of Steel sequel. Snyder has not proven himself able to make a movie that people will actually love, but hes been given the keys and told get us to the Justice League no matter how you get there. And so were left with this bloated movie with too many characters and confusing motivations, but thats fine. Have you read mythology? The story structure is all over the place. If DC wants mythic in that sense theyre making the right decision. Its obvious that what made the Dark Knight franchise so great was the singular vision of a skilled filmmaker. And its clear that what tanked Green Lantern was too much executive interference. So why rely on a director who will follow orders unquestioningly? Maybe someone who will push back a little more, whose cinematic vocabulary hasnt become a punchline would be better.
