Of course it would depend on the project, but I don't think I could ever separate myself from my aesthetic. Zack Snyder More Quotes by Zack Snyder More Quotes From Zack Snyder He's this amazing ambassador for all superheroes. What we've made as a film not only examines that but is also an amazing adventure story. It's been an honor to work on. As a comic book fan, Superman is like the Rosetta Stone of all superheroes. Zack Snyder superhero adventure book The challenge with 'Watchmen' is making sure that the ideas that were in the book got into the movie. That was my biggest stretch. I wanted people to watch the movie and get it. It's one of those things where, over time, it has happened more. Zack Snyder book people ideas I mean, like, I can go in a room and say, look, 'Watchmen' should be at least 15 minutes longer than 'Batman.' I mean, that's, like, any geek will tell you that. Zack Snyder mean looks rooms You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.' Zack Snyder drawing real art I’m so excited to begin working again with Henry Cavill in the world we created, and I can’t wait to expand the DC Universe in this next chapter. Let’s face it, it’s beyond mythological to have Superman and our new Batman facing off, since they are the greatest Super Heroes in the world. Zack Snyder hero waiting world I aim my movies, as much as I can, at myself. I think that those movies have an interesting quality. They're very movieish. They are movie movies. Like I think Watchmen is a very self-aware movie. 300. Dawn of the Dead definitely. That's really where I've ended up. Zack Snyder self interesting thinking The thing about 'Dark Knight' is its objective is to set Batman into your world, so that you can imagine the moral dilemmas he faces are exactly parallel to moral dilemmas that you would face in this world, today, if you were out there fighting crime dressed like a bat. Zack Snyder knights fighting dark Also I've got to say in the movie ["300"] Gorgo, who is the Queen, she has also a part that is - I think - I don't want to say, 'Oh look, it's multi-quadrant,' and all this. I believe that it is because I think my dad can see this movie and go, 'F**k yeah! Zack Snyder dad queens believe It's interesting now that basically a CG set is the same cost as a real set. So like if you're going to build a CG house in the suburbs, it costs you $200,000. And if you were going to build it in a computer, it'll cost you $200,000. It's the same... the relationship is exactly the same. Zack Snyder real house interesting People always come up to me now and say, 'Watchmen' is the best superhero movie ever made.' I'm always saying 'That's super cool. That's nice of you to say.' But it happens now, more and more and more than it did when it first came out. Zack Snyder superhero nice people There's very few dork movies made by dorks. Zack Snyder dork made My aesthetic is probably closer to a 15-year-old's than my dad's, but I get his conviction. Zack Snyder conviction dad years I write in a pretty straightforward way. I kind of sit down at page one and start writing. Zack Snyder pages writing way The eyes get lost in 3-D. With 3-D, your eyes are looking for the plane of focus, right? And the problem is, when you do quick cuts, your eyes can't find it. Zack Snyder cutting focus eye We can't just go, like, oh that'd be cool then not do it. So it's one of those weird things. You gain all these things on your journey. You get smarter. It's interesting how you are who you are in high school in a lot of ways. When I look at my friends, I feel no different about them than I did when I was in high school. I mean that in a great way. They've taken on a micro scale what they were doing and making it bigger. Zack Snyder taken mean school I do like Superman as a character, and I have followed him throughout the years. Zack Snyder character years I love the irony of movies. I really do. For whatever reason, I'm incredibly intrigued by the irony of reality in a motion picture. Zack Snyder irony reason reality When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon. Zack Snyder marathon action running The difference between 'Watchmen' and a normal comic book is this: With 'Batman's Gotham City,' you are transported to another world where that superhero makes sense; 'Watchmen' comes at it in a different way, it almost superimposes its heroes on your world, which then changes how you view your world through its prism. Zack Snyder hero views book I think Sin City is a good example. Nobody would accuse Sin City of being historically inaccurate because it takes place in modern times. Zack Snyder sin-city cities thinking
