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Christopher Nolan Calls Zack Snyder’s ‘Watchmen’ a Film ‘Ahead of Its Time’: It Should Have Been Released Post-‘Avengers’ (www.indiewire.com)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (3 children)

But the watchmen movie didn't really act as a takedown. Aesthetically it is completely still convinced superheroes are cool, there isn't a whiff of subversion about the Zack Snyder version. Zack Snyder read Watchmen the same way he read Batman Returns. "Wow! Dark comic is cool! What is subtext???"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Id say the subtext is still there, but ill admit i wish it was there intentionally as a choice of the dircetor and not just seeping through the source material in a watered down way.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Everything I needed to know about Zach Snyder I learned from Sucker Punch. The lack of insight combined with the gall to behave like it was somehow progressive was amazing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Snyder is the ultimate embodiment of "style of substance"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Rorschach is so cool! What a badass character

Alan Moore: Get the fuck away from me!