He is not wrong.
In the trailer for only his third directorial feature, filmmakerZack Snyderwas heralded with the title of visionary.
Whatever the case might be, it had a point.
But all that would come later.
Still, some might call SnydersWatchmenahead of its time.Christopher Nolanapparently is one of them.
Ive always believedWatchmenwas ahead of its time, theOppenheimerdirector said in an email interview.
The idea of a superhero team, which it so brilliantly subverts, wasnt yet a thing in movies.
It would have been fascinating to see it released post-Avengers.
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There will of course always be the eternal debates which trail SnydersWatchmenmovie.
Is it a faithful adaptation to Moores vision or a slavish recreation unable to balance its own cinematic structure?
Also, just how many shots of blue phalluses are too many?
Take the Ozymandias character, for instance.
He also keeps a giant mutated sabertooth tiger (I think) that is never explained.
Snyder adapted this background part and parcel.
Audiences were still more than six years away from Stark creating an A.I.
This is not to say Snyder failed to make adjustments for audience expectations at that time.
Whether by accident or serendipity, Jackie Earle Haleys Rorschach also sounds suspiciously like Christian Bales Dark Knight.
