The Mastermind

Zack Snyder is, for many, all about the visuals. The story doesn’t count as much as how it all looks on the big screen. And maybe that is why, until now, the movies have been so poorly received. He is first and foremost a visual director, and only afterwards a storyteller and a producer.

Naturally, everybody blames him for the critical response to the DCEU movies released thus far. But is it really just his fault? It isn’t as if he were given a sack of money and told to do whatever he wants with it.

Anyway, Zack Snyder’s reign is over. And his fate as a director in the DCEU lands solely on the Justice League flick. So, obviously, Warner Bros. is experimenting in this way as well – by changing the vision set at the beginning of the DCEU.

And I don’t know what to think about that. Ben Affleck is a great director and producer, while Geoff Johns has plenty of knowledge about comic books. So it could turn out to be great. But still…

I actually dig the visuals from Man of Steel and Batman v Superman. They are, basically, artistic photos in motion. And I don’t really want that to change.

At least the stories will be better, right?

Speaking of which…