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In the recently concluded Full Circle event in California, Zack Snyder held screenings of all three of his DCEU movies. Benefitting the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Autumn Snyder Tribute Fund, the three-day event’s main attraction however was the discussion panels held by the movies’ cast and crew after the screenings.
On such a discussion panel held after his movieBatman vs Superman: Dawn of Justiceon the second day, he made a comment about the extremely polarizing reviews the movie received during its release in 2016. And, inevitably, said comment has left the internet extremely polarized yet again.
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Zack Snyder claims people didn’t understandBatman vs Superman
Zack Snyderhas been hailed as a visionary filmmaker for years now. And rightfully so, however, with people making movies way ahead of their time, comes the problem of people taking time to catch up to them.
For example, the originalBlade Runnermovie in 1982 was vehemently rejected by the audience and critics alike but went on to be hailed as a visionary masterpiece that impacted,“generations of filmmakers and visual storytellers,”later on as Harrison Ford claimed.
Zack Snyder feels that the case withBatman vs Superman, too, is quite the same. When asked about the movie’s many layers and how it requires the audience to dig a little deeper, he commented that he thinks that those particular details are what made the movie so polarizing.
As according to him, people often go to theaters for superhero movies thinking,“‘Oh, it’s the superhero romp, right? Let’s have fun with it.'”So the problem withDawn of Justiceto him was,
“We gave them this sort of hardcore deconstructivist, heavily layered, experiential modern mythological superhero movie that needs…that you really need to pay attention to. That was not cool [for them]. That’s not something anyone wanted to do. They were like, ‘What? No! That’s exhausting. How about, why do they fight at night?’ I hate that.”
And this comment obviously ended up creating a bigger polarization than before.
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Fans troll Zack Snyder for his controversial comment
Well, people never like being told what to do, and they hate it all the more when others claim that they did not quite understand something. That they needed to pay even more attention than they did initially. As a result, people absolutely did not take kindly to Zack Snyder’s statement.
And in true Netizens’ fashion, they took to Twitter to express said dissatisfaction. Claiming that they understood it well enough, and still didn’t like it, stating that Snyder is blaming the audience for his failure to portray his characters better, they are on a roll.
I hate the defense of ‘you didn’t understand it’. I understood it, I just didn’t like it.https://t.co/ArYkZOslPk
— Tannerpool & Wolverine #MakeSheHulkSeason2 (@Tanner_Slavin)July 10, 2025
This movie was a 9 year old smashing his action figures together. Come on. It wasn’t deep. I liked it but I agree more with people who don’t
— Austin Shinn (@untitleduser)July 09, 2025
I don’t even think Zack Snyder full understands his movie because there’s so much shit in this that just thematically contradicts itself that what the visuals tell me and what the script is telling me are completely antithetical, and the movie’s just a mess on its own already
— JWTCosplay (@JWTCosplay)June 26, 2025
What is there to not understand? Whats his grand message he’s alluding to that somehow everyone missed?
— Kizit YT (@Kizit_Gaming)June 08, 2025
It’s just an edgelord fanfic
— Dru Phillips Lover (@mypookiel3bron)July 19, 2025
Ppl payed attention all right and it still doesn’t change the fact that the characters were butchered beyond recognition batfleck had so much potential but it was squandered Cavill superman had potential and it was also tarnished
— SUPER SOCIETY (@MDMCorp125)June 10, 2025
However, even with extreme divide and criticism, Zack Snyder seems to be doing extremely well. Especially withRebel Moonset to be released later this year, something his co-author of the movie claimed as the movie being Snyder’s vision fully realized, the fans are waiting with bated breath to witness for themselves what the intergalactic epic has in store for them.
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Rebel Moonhits theaters on December 22nd, 2023.
Source:Twitter
Anushree Banerjee
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Anushree Banerjee is an Anime Writer at FandomWire with over 550 published articles. She has a post-grad in English and years of experience working with some of the biggest companies on the pop culture, and anime scene, such as, Sportskeeda, Pinkvilla, and MovieWeb. Staying on top of everything anime consumes her days, while bingeing on everything horror, and thriller keeps her up at night. Be it superhero flicks from Marvel and DC, or Shonen, and Seinen, like Bleach, The Apothecary Diaries, and Attack on Titan, she can probably state facts about them faster than she can recite her home address.
