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Message: <blockquote data-quote="embee" data-source="post: 8206692" data-attributes="member: 7026827">Zack Snyder definitely misunderstands some of the visual aspects of comic book movies. A good comparison is one of his (many) static shots that lingers on screen for like 5 seconds. Think of the scene in MoS where Superman is going to surrender to Zod. It's a wide shot of him and Lois. It is intended to evoke a comic book frame. Instead, it just feels stiff. Now contrast that to, arguably, the best comic book shot in all of movies - the Avengers all coming together for the final battle. It's fluid and dynamic and evokes the feeling of a full page image. That's one thing that Whedon got that Snyder often misses - not just that you can get the feeling of a comic book without a still shot, but also that if every shot in the movie is static, then the whole movie will feel bogged down. To look again at a great illustration of this, we can look to the Leviathan sequence from Avengers. A fluid sequence showing the heroes ends with us seeing Hulk and Thor attacking the Leviathan. They kill it and it comes to rest in Grand Central Station. The camera now stops moving and Hulk and Thor are left standing. Then Hulk punches Thor. It's a great moment and it is obvious how it would be on the page. But there, the camera stopping is highlighted because of all the movement before. Snyder generally misses that point. He falls into the same trap that Ang Lee fell in with Hulk. He thinks that a comic book movie needs to have framed shots to convey that it's a comic book. And it's a shame because it's obvious that he understands and loves comic books and has a very deep knowledge of the lore. As to Superman, the problem is that his power creep can never be undone. If you had a Superman that can't fly, people would complain, even though he originally couldn't fly. The same goes for any of his other powers. Conversely, people complain when other heroes' powers finally do make it to the screen, such as in Wonder Woman '84. Superman and Spider-Man are victims of their own success.</blockquote>

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