It just made the action look cheesy and dated. The fluid motion when WW's skidding around that office destroying the Germans looked incredible.
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Patty Jenkins Set to Direct Wonder Woman 2
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It just made the action look cheesy and dated. The fluid motion when WW's skidding around that office destroying the Germans looked incredible.
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
They got some balls sticking it at Episode IX's potential release date.
Inferno313
Banned
That's the scene that has a lot of slow-mo though...
I enjoyed 300, even though it was plainly very trashy. I didn't enjoy Watchmen. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole was shit. I never saw Sucker Punch.
I don't know why Nolan suggested Zack Snyder for Man of Steel. Probably because of Watchmen, which was a terrible idea, because that seems to encompass everything that was wrong with Man of Steel, with Watchmen being a deconstruction of superhero comics made by a comic artist who hated superhero comics (doesn't that just scream Superman?).
I don't know why WB catapulted Snyder up to the second tier of film directors, second only to the likes of Spielberg and Nolan, based on the trash that was Man of Steel. Was it Man of Steel's box office? It was probably Man of Steel's box office.
Wonder Woman was like water in a desert after the string of Snyder-led trash that was Man of Steel, Batman V Superman, and Suicide Squad. Oh and, her box office is apparently $815 million on a budget of $150 million. Compared to Man of Steel's $670 million on a budget of $225 million.
Zack Snyder doesn't deserve his pay. Patty Jenkins does.
I just thought it was funny to see a statement of "This woman is getting paid almost as much money as a man, for doing the exact same job only better. Take that, glass ceiling!"
broncobuster
Banned
These thing don't revolve around your personal opinion. It's not terribly difficult to comprehend. However, taking a thread about Patty Jenkins becoming the highest paid female director with her third feature film and turning it into a misinformed Zack Snyder rant, is.
Plenty of directors adore Star Wars and under difficult circumstances, I could see Patty Jenkins doing a Star Wars movie. She still might in the future. Taking over Star Wars 9 where it's at, yeah, probably not worth it for her.
Although in fairness, the situation Star Wars 9 is in is not unlike Wonder Woman's when she came onto that project, replacing Michelle MacLaren. Obviously Patty is in a far better position now, and she had wanted to make Wonder Woman a decade earlier, so it was a serendipitous situation for her.
They'll only panic if IX gets moved (and all they will do is bring WW forward 2 or 3 weeks to counter that). Right now they're fine.
EDIT: Actually that would put it against Frozen lol. Maybe even earlier than that.
Frozen is atleast a couple weeks away.
I've explained my somehow-controversial, completely on-topic statement at length (yes, it's obviously based in part on my opinion), and you can't comprehend why I bothered to explain myself?
Okay.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
MoS' initial reception wasn't as harsh as BvS. Plus, it fit the mold WB wanted the Superman character to take which was as far away from the Superman that was in Returns. They've been wanting to have a more power aggressive Superman for a long time. Of course it's beginning to backfire on them.
Things really came crashing down on the Snyderverse after BvS hit, but when the opening act of one movie is a giant apology for how tone deaf the climax of your previous movie was, that's an indicator that the previous movie really had deep problems.
Wonder Woman's a better movie than Man of Steel was, and Wonder Woman made more bank than Man of Steel did.
I think it's fair for Zack to have been paid more for MoS than Patty was for WW, based on their respective histories, but Patty deserves more than Zack on a BvS vs WW2 comparison.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
We'll have to see what her paycheck is with the sequel before making that judgement. I think we also need to take into considering that WB isn't using WW to build a universe, despite it being better than Snyder's movies.
Where was this?
Snyder led SS?
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
You can see it as an apology or all apart of the plan.
Meanwhile Trevorrow and Kurtzman
You going to ignore how the big opening setpiece of BvS is the film going "Oh... I suppose that fight from Man of Steel was pretty fucked up and destructive, huh? Ummm... WELL WHAT IF BATMAN WAS DOWN THERE AND IS ALL MAD NOW?!"
Which hey, if that was their mission from the start, then cool. But Man of Steel certainly doesn't frame it that way or really set that up, and Snyder's reaction to the backlash is "WELL WHY DOES STAR WARS GET TO KILL PEOPLE BUT I CAN'T KILL PEOPLE?!" It paints a pretty fucking clear picture that if he did have that intent from the start to have these movies tackle the arc of humanity's fear of Superman, with a specific emphasis of Man of Steel to portray Clark's recklessness as a catalyst for things to come, he fumbled it horribly.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
To be fair he had the military be very suspicious of Superman's activities.
But then he just smashes their drone and Carol Ferris is all like "Teehee he's hot!"
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
But the military dude next to her was like, "Fuck this dude."
broncobuster
Banned
What'll be interesting to see is if they do another period piece set around the Cold War, will they bookend/frame it as a modern day flashback again. Or some story about an old foe returning, intercutting past and present scenes.
Wait how did this thread move so quickly from news that Jenkins got a nice multi million dollar deal to make WW2 to insane rants about how someone hates Snyder so much? Jeez what a mess.
Let Jenkins have her moment in the sun. She just became a multi millionair and she's gonna make another fun movie.
Let Jenkins have her moment in the sun. She just became a multi millionair and she's gonna make another fun movie.
Why do some people complain about this? From the beginning of the movie it was pretty obvious there would be a showdown. It was the whole point.
Glad she is back on board.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Do you not like Wonder Woman's villains?
A good chunk of them are heavy hitters that love to brawl with Diana.
DangerMouse
Member
Excellent. Really glad she's back.
You must be new to DCEU threads. I mean, the very first reply started it lol
She wasn't a multi millionaire before?
Knuckle Sandwich
Member
Cool beans. Shame about this thread lol.
Inferno313
Banned
Probably not? Directing TV episodes and indies doesn't pay as well as you probably think it does.
crackhead_bob
Member
What era would this take place in?
Inferno313
Banned
Rumor is Cold War, but nothing's been announced
I don't know, I was just trying to make the most confusing post to read.
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
Again. You're focusing on this weird negative narrative. Snyder was in charge of bigger properties for CMB universe and had a hell lot more cache than she did. He's going to get paid a ton.
It's just a very ridiculous complaint. People should be applauding the massive $ she rightfully is making. If she somehow made the DK of WW (don't see it happening.. but if), she will have a ton of power and continue to make even more money than before.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Back end is where the real money is.
BronsonLee
Member
8 mil is a lot for directors, back end percentage is also a lot
Her writing the movie is also a big thing
Anyone saying this is low is weird/not really that knowledgeable
Her writing the movie is also a big thing
Anyone saying this is low is weird/not really that knowledgeable