Stop with the Martyrdom of Zack Snyder already

Guys.

This is a bad look.

"If not for Joss Whedon, the film wouldn't have sucked."

Oh? By "sucked" do you mean "it did poorly" or "it was bad?" Because those are two different things. And I'm just going to say it: Zack Snyder is not a critical darling, he's never going to get the praise he "deserves," and his films are never going to do as well as they "should."

"The studio interference-"

Stop it. I like Snyder, and even so I think he was laughably miscast as the director for some Superman movies. Yes, I get it, he likes making Big God Metaphors. But let's just compare the box office of some of Snyder's films against Marvel's Underpants Brigade, shall we? For funsies, I've added in the films of Christopher Nolan during that time period as well.

(There actually wasn't a Marvel Underpant movie in 2009, so I have to go with the closest release)

2008: The Incredible Hulk: $263m (Marvel)
2008: The Dark Knight: $1.005b (Nolan)
2009: Watchmen: $185m (Snyder)
2010: Inception: $826m (Nolan)

2011: Sucker Punch: $90m (Snyder)
2011: Thor 1: $499m (Marvel)
2012: The Dark Knight Rises: $1.085b (Nolan)

2013: Man of Steel: $668m (Snyder)
2013: Iron Man 3: $1.215b (Marvel)
2014: Interstellar: $675m (Nolan)

2016: Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice: $873m
2016: Captain America: Civil War: $1.153b

Again, Watchmen, the adaptation of THE MOST FAMOUS GRAPHIC NOVEL OF ALL TIME, did worse at the box office than the Marvel Underpant movie that was so awful they had to recast the lead.

The fact of the matter is, when you're making a Big Dumb Expensive Movie, you need to get butts in seats.

Zack Snyder does not do that.

His films are great for weirdos like me and the film nerd class. But he is wildly out of step with what the average popcorn-munching imbecile wants.