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Originally Posted by jedi_don
I do want add tht there is plenty blame on the WB executives. I highly doubt Snyder hid his approach to these movies. So the execs bought in to what he was doing until they changed their minds and canned him during JL. The execs were stupid to green light JL before waiting to get audience reqction on BvS. And on top of all of that, letting Snyder go forward even after getting the negative BvS reaction. Plus the execs forced Whedon to cut the movie under 2 hours so they can maximize theater turnaround opening weekend before word of mouth hit the streets. Plus the execs forced the release of JL in November to keep their bonuses.
WB needs to clean house and remove these incompetent movie execs.
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Keep in mind that DC Entertainment is it's own division under Warner Brothers, they basically do what they want just like Marvel does with Disney. WB for the most part leaves DC Entertainment alone. But after the debacle of several of their movies Warner Brothers has decided to step in, they first fired Silverman who was more or less in charge of all the DC Movies and then they fired Snyder because DC Entertainment wouldn't get rid of him. From what I've read DC Entertainment film division will merge with Warner Brothers Pictures so WB can have more control over the DC Movies in the future.
As for Joss Whedon, I agree his humor doesn't mesh well with Snyder's darker themes...
I think Zack's biggest mistakes in MOS was having Superman kill Zod, although it didn't bother me at all it did cause fanboys (which critics seem to be a part of) to hate the film.. I think if Superman didn't kill Zod the film would of probably been supported more by the critics and fanboys...
In BvS, his biggest mistake was the poor casting choice of Lex Luthor. For someone who makes dark more serious movies, casting Jesse Eisenberg was a major mistake, it just didn't work, Eisenberg seem more like Lex Luthors dorky kid then Lex Luthor himself.
He should of also came up with a better way for Batman and Superman to stop fighting besides them having mothers with the same first name. It just came off really cheesy... something that can be overlooked with the lighter Marvel movies but with a more serious darker DC universe that Snyder was trying to make he should of came up with something different a bit more clever.
Also the Batman visions made no sense to the general viewing audience... they should of just been left out...
Another flaw in BvS IMO was the whole premise of the story in which Batman wanted to kill Superman because his employees were killed and his building destroyed in the fight with Zod... I think Bruce Wayne is smart enough to know that Superman was only trying to defend earth.... So for him to resort to petty revenge was a rather weak story line IMO.