Michael Bay vs Zack Snyder, Who's The Worst Director?

[Vulcan]

In my eyes they're on the same level both did 1 good movie early in their careers and have put out nothing but turd after turd since then.

 

[ookii]

Bay is worse. I'll raise you a Stephen Sommers

 

[dawnignited]

Michael Bay. BvS was bad, but not Dark of the Moon bad.

 

[Peteyandjia]

I used to have the Uwe Boll trump card to play, but his recent Rampage series, as well as Assault on Wall Street, are actually shockingly good. Especially for him, lol.

 

[iThrillhouse]

Michael Bay gave us transformers balls

but he also gave us Megan Fox and Sean Connery as old bond storming Alcatraz with Nic Cage...

So I dunno....he's all right in my books

 

[trolololol]

I can't hate on Michael Bay after Pain & Gain. Yeah he's made some shit over the years, but there's a good director in there somewhere. He's at his best with an R rating imo.

Zack Snyder is okay. His first three films were great, but he lost me with Sucker Punch. Man Of Steel was just "Meh."

I don't think I can choose who is worse, they've both had troubles script wise, but they have a knack for action.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Snyder is a hack.

He must've blown someone at the studios to keep getting these big picture deals.

 

[Mike]

Bay and it's not close. All he knows how to do is explosions. Snyder can be great with the right source material, although he is limited as well.

 

[Primitivo]

M. Night Shyamalan is GOAT.

 

[That209]

Before you all start shitting on them, actually go look at what movies they directed first.

Bay truly only has 3 good movies, in my opinion, which is Bad Boys 1-2 and Transformers. Snyder's Dawn of the Dead, 300, Watchmen, Man of Steel and Batman v Superman shits all over Bay's directing career, but I think the problem is that Bay just takes up shitty projects. It's not always that the director sucks, it's that the movie in general, no matter what, was probably going to suck. Some stories just aren't good for movies, that's just how it is. Some things simply just don't make good movies. Like some books just don't translate into good movies, that's just how it is.

Snyder isn't nearly as bad as people say he is, in my opinion. He's criminally underrated. I've enjoyed most of his movies that he directed, the only one I truly didn't like was Sucker Punch. The only reason I sat through that one was because of the nice outfits the girls wore. I didn't get past 10 minutes of Rise of an Empire because I just changed my mind and decided to turn it off, so I can't really judge it and I haven't seen his Guardian movie, whatever it was called.

I don't know why Snyder gets so much hate. From what I've seen, as director, I've enjoyed his work so far for the most part. I'm guessing that most people here who hate on him are just following the 'I hate Zack Snyder' trend and they don't even know why. Same goes for Bay. Somebody raises a good point about his movies being all explosions, and then everybody follows the 'I hate Michael Bay' trend because it's 'the thing' to do. People can't form their own opinions anymore when it comes to movies, directors, actors, etc, that's why they take the critics' reviews seriously and think it's a good way to judge a movie.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

What about Bret Ratner.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Roland Emmerich

He makes total garbage

 

[Rum]

Michael Bay has at least demonstrated the ability to tell a coherent story more than once, even if he does tend to soak his in gallons of comically testosterone-laced cheese.

Snyder has 300, and that's it. Although, to be fair, I never watched the Owls movie. Watchmen and Sucker Punch were so bad I didn't make it all the way through them and Man of Steel is just a dour, angsty slog with a mind-numbingly tedious final battle which makes almost no sense whatsoever in terms of character.

 

[Mondo Freaks]

*opens door
"Welcome to the Rock!"
*music plays

That one scene and how Connery says it makes up for all the shitty Bay movies.

 

[sloppypie]

M. Night Shyamalan is GOAT.

Lol he really is. Even though I love unbreakable and I loved signs too despite its several glaringly bad plot turns.

Quentin Tarantino said in an interview that unbreakable is a cinematic masterpiece. Dunno if I'd go that far but it really is an awesome film.

But fuck, his last like 5 films have been been such big shit bombs That raccoons wouldn't even fish them out of the garbage

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

Tommy Wiseau, beats all

 

[Guestx]

I can't hate on Michael Bay after Pain & Gain. Yeah he's made some shit over the years, but there's a good director in there somewhere. He's at his best with an R rating imo.

There's a troubling lack of appreciation for Pain & Gain. I have talked to very few people who said they liked it. I personally think it's a great movie, or if not great, then at least very good.

The Rock + Pain & Gain = Michael Bay kicks ass when he's on his A game.

 

[Schoolboy Q]

I'll never forgive Snyder for making Batman vs Superman one of the worst movies of all time.

 

[Guestx]

Lol he really is. Even though I love unbreakable and I loved signs too despite its several glaringly bad plot turns.

Quentin Tarantino said in an interview that unbreakable is a cinematic masterpiece. Dunno if I'd go that far but it really is an awesome film.

But fuck, his last like 5 films have been been such big shit bombs That raccoons wouldn't even fish them out of the garbage

The Village is his best movie. Signs is #2.

 

[Magooglie]

Snyder is the worst