Zack Snyder's movies aren't to everyone's tastes, with his unique visual style often splitting opinions. Whether it's the moody aesthetic or a lot of slow motion, the director has a unique approach to filmmaking which has often drawn the ire of critics.
On the DC side, Snyder's work on movies like Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and his cut of Justice League has been similarly divisive.
Even this week, he's come under fire for saying the Caped Crusader should kill, and Snyder is now questioning why some fans "hate" him. "I remember the last article said, 'Zack Snyder: Love him or hate him.' And I'm like, 'Hate him?!' I don't understand. What? It's a movie," Snyder said on the Joe Rogan Experience. "I have no issue with you not liking the movie. That's not the question. Who cares? The thing is, you'd hate me? I don't understand that."
"That's a lifestyle choice for a lot of people. It's not a movie," he continued. "If I made a romantic comedy, you'd be like, 'OK, that was fun.' I love that [fans] feel this passionately. In no way would I criticize that, because I live the same life. For me, it's morning, noon, and night. For those guys, it's not just a movie."
"So you have to, on some level, you have to acknowledge that this is their religion. And they feel strongly about it. The truth is - it's my religion, too."
Alas, Snyder appears to be reading from a different Bible, particularly if his comments we shared earlier this week about Batman are any indication.
While it's true that Snyder does receive a lot of unwarranted hate for his creative decisions (having Superman kill General Zod was a mistake, albeit not one which warrants the sort of abuse he often receives), it'll be harder for some fans to back him after seeing an interview like this.
"People are always like, 'Batman can’t kill.' So Batman can't kill is canon," Snyder said. "And I’m like, 'Okay, well, the first thing I want to do when you say that is I want to see what happens.' And they go, 'Well, don’t put him in a situation where he has to kill someone.' I’m like, 'Well, that’s just like you’re protecting your God in a weird way, right? You’re making your God irrelevant.'"
The director has also argued that more people must have seen Rebel Moon than Barbie (believing that would translate to a $1.6 billion box office haul), so he's clearly in something of an outspoken phase...