2. Zack Snyder Doesn't Learn From His Mistakes
In a melding of Winding Refn and Tarantino, Snyders career started with sudden praise of flair that has led to him making a mixture of self involved and stylistically similar projects. Theres all sorts of quotes from fans who've been burned by him at promotion events, but really his filmography speaks for itself. Dawn Of The Dead worked as a differentiating remake, but the biggie was 300. Not getting the glowing reviews youd expect from a film of its notoriety it was a box office smash that in Gerard Butlers King Leonidas gave the audience an unequivocal icon and university sports teams an endurable fancy dress theme. What can happen when a director gets a smash hit is they misunderstand what it was that connected so strong with the fans. And thats exactly what happened. As with Frank Miller taking Sin Citys black and white comic book vibe and nothing else of worth for The Spirit, Snyder assumed it was his creative, overblown visuals everybody loved and used them to average effect in his serviceable Watchmen adaptation and fan disgust in his original concept Sucker Punch. And to his credit he did tone down in stylisation for Man Of Steel. Unfortunately he didn't drop the excessive scale with that, leading to the much maligned destruction of Metropolis whose unaddressed death toll has become one of the stupidest moments of 2013. What makes him egotistical rather than simply misled is how he and his crew regard his abilities. To this day his visual eye is praised with no addressing of how repetitive and unoriginal it has become.