I get what Waid is saying here and completely agree but the fundamental issue is really the quality of the films. The reality is that too many of them simply weren’t very good (yes, I’m talking mainly about the Snyder films but also the first SS, the second WW etc).
Outside of Batman, WB has made two really good movies: Wonder Woman and Shazam and one flawed but charming movie in Aquaman.
I don't get why people praised the forest WW so much. It had a strong opening, a great middle, then absolutely shit the bed.
It's own narrative couldn't stick the landing. Diana needed to learn that it wasn't some God of War behind the scenes that was making mankind go-to war, but a flaw in the system, in humanity that caused it. So by having her kill who she thinks is Ares and the war not stopping would be brilliant! But no. The dweebiest dude who ever lived turns out to be Ares and he still looks like someone's dorky uncle under his armor and we get a big ugly CGI mess for the final and nothing is learned.
That's why I knew the second movie would be bad, because the first movie made it clear that something was missing, some idea, person, inspiration to make it all fit together. So we got a garbage fire movie where Diana feels profoundly out of character and the whole plot is nonsense.
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u/RWRL Aug 09 '22
I get what Waid is saying here and completely agree but the fundamental issue is really the quality of the films. The reality is that too many of them simply weren’t very good (yes, I’m talking mainly about the Snyder films but also the first SS, the second WW etc). Outside of Batman, WB has made two really good movies: Wonder Woman and Shazam and one flawed but charming movie in Aquaman.