Christopher Nolan Believes Zack Snyder's Coldy Received DC Movie was Ahead of Its Time

Zack Snyder has both big fans and staunch opponents. The former group apparently includes Christopher Nolan.

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Pamela Jakiel06 December 2023
Source: Watchmen, Zack Snyder, DC, 2009.
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Currently Zack Snyder is working on his own epic project for Netflix - Rebel Moon. Before tackling his own space opera, the director directed dividing DC movies. Such movies as Justice League or Man of Steel have their loyal fans as well as opponents, but Christopher Nolan seems to belong to the former.

The creator of The Dark Knight trilogy particularly appreciates one movie by Zack Snyder - Watchmen. The famous director even believes, that the 2009 movie was ahead of its time and would have been better received if it had been released after the release of Avengers. All because of its satirical, fresh approach to the subject of superheroes.

"I always thought that Watchmen was ahead of its time. There were no ideas in cinema at the time for a superhero group that was so brilliantly subversive. It could have been exciting if the show had come out in the post-Avengers era."

Why might the movie have been better received today than in 2009.? There is currently a so-called superhero fatigue among audiences, which has to do with low-quality movies released in large numbers. The existing formula of superhero cinema seems to be exhausted.

Today, audiences are much more interested in such productions as The Boys, which provide a new perspective on superpowered characters, deconstruct familiar tropes and surprise audiences. Meanwhile, Watchmen premiered at a time when audiences still didn't feel bored with Marvel movies, and received mixed reviews from critics.

RELATED TOPICS: DCEU / DC Extended Universe comic book movies Christopher Nolan Watchmen

Pamela Jakiel

Pamela Jakiel

Finished film studies, graduate of the Faculty Individual Studies in the Humanities at the Jagiellonian University. Her master's thesis was about new spirituality in contemporary cinema. The editor of the Filmomaniak service since April 2023, supports the lead editor and the boss of all newspeople. She used to write for naEkranie. If she's not watching The Ninth Gate for the hundredth time, then she's reading books by Therese Bohman and Donna Tartt for the first time. She prefers gnosis over dread, dramas over horrors, Jung over Freud. She looks for symbolist paintings in museums. Runs long distances, and does even the longer ones on a gravel. Loves dachshunds.

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