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Most directors get better with later films....he keeps getting worse

posted 5 months ago by ReelReviews14 (1220)
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The above title is an interesting comment I read on Facebook. It turns out to be absolutely true when you think about it.

Dawn of the Dead was probably his best film (mainly because everyone rolled their eyes at the idea of remaking a niche 1970s zombie movie about zombies taking over a Shopping Mall, but the new version was incredibly tense and frighting, a non-stop badass thrill ride), and it went downhill from there.

300 was stupid and cartoonish, but fun.

Watchmen was overlong and self-indulgent, but interesting and watchable.

Everything after that was increasingly awful schlock, and his most recent film (Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver) is so incredibly bad that even former Snyder cheerleaders are ridiculing it on social media.

[–] sonans (1543) 5 months ago

Wrong. Most directors get worse as time goes on. Even Danny Boyle said he thinks the best work a director made is their first movie in an interview when he is on Top Gear. Quentin Tarantino keeps saying he will retire after 10 movies because directors tend to get worse in old age.

[–] ReelReviews14 (1220) 5 months ago

Nah, its the opposite unless you're Hack Snyder. His FIRST film (a remake of Dawn of the Dead that stunned EVERYONE how mind numbingly awesome it was) was his BEST, and it's been increasingly downhill since then. Most legendary "A-list" directors in Hollywood are EMBARRASSED by their first film, and consider it to be some shoddy, low-budget fly-by-night work done by a wet-behind-the-ears amateur who couldn't get any better material at the time. It pales in comparison to their later polished work when they were established Hollywood filmmakers with a well-oiled machine and a big budget and star power.

For example: James Cameron's first film he directed was Piranha II: The Spawning. Alfred Hitchcock's first film was The Pleasure Garden. Steven Spielberg's first film was Amblin'. Stanley Kubrick's first film was Fear and Desire. Francis Ford Coppola's first film was Bellboy and the Playgirls. David Fincher's first film was Alien 3.

They all went on to bigger and better things, except Snyder. He went further and further backwards as his directing career "progressed"!

[–] OuterSpace (128) 5 months ago

The more control of a project he gets the worse he is. He's a visual guy wheras his storytelling ability is not great. When working with other people's scripts/material he can make some decent stuff but when he has too much creative control he makes total crap.

[–] ReelReviews14 (1220) 5 months ago

Bingo, you nailed it. It's similar to when they adapt Stephen King's books. His original source material is good, but the MORE 'creative control' he has over the film adaptation, the WORST it gets!

For example, let's compare two films from 1986:

Stand By Me: Based on Stephen King's short story 'The Body'. He sold the movie rights, wasn't involved after that, and had absolutely zero say in ANY aspect of the movie's production.

Maximum Overdrive: Stephen King's baby! He PERSONALLY produced the film himself, wrote the shooting script himself, AND directed it himself, micromanaging EVERY aspect of the movie's "vision" from start to finish!

Now, compare the audience scores, critical reviews, and box office for both movies....

[–] Porsche911 (3598) 3 months ago

This guy is terrible now! He started strong and went downhill fast!