News: new "Superman" director = Zack Snyder?

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A mere second or two after opening the Cinematical homepage, I see this headline about Zack Snyder, the director of "300", "Watchmen", and "The Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'hool". And if the phrase "wtf" passed through your head at the owls movie, have no fear, you are NOT alone. It's hard to believe Snyder could make a kids movie about owls without having these said owls fly around shirtless with ripped bodies causing gratuitous violence (and sex) to abound everywhere. 

But that's beside the point which is REALLY?! I don't understand the obsession with Snyder and his slow-mo green-screen action/violence. OK, so it was sort of cool at first in "300" before you realized 'hey, this movie is racist, homoerotic, historically inaccurate, and generally terrible'. Then came "Watchmen" and you realized 'this movie sucks!' without much thought at all. There are some movie buffs out there who just love the creative, visual side of his movies. But that really isn't enough to cover for the poor dialogue, acting, and everything else in his movies. And now Warner Bros. wants him to tackle The Man of Steel?

According to Cinematical, Christopher Nolan was involved with choosing the director which makes me wonder why such an awesome director would pick Snyder? Someone as skilled as Nolan should no doubt realize Snyder's innate weaknesses thus far. Alas, it appears that didn't stop him, and now Snyder gets to take over an idea that Nolan and writer David S. Goyer ("Blade I, II, III", "The Dark Knight") came up with. A re-boot to the "Superman" franchise has been in the cooking pot ever since Bryan Singer's attempt with star Brandon Routh back in 2006 failed to garner any applause from critics across the map. And now with an idea for a script and a director on board, it looks as if another attempt will be made, and while I'm not the biggest fan of Snyder, I hope things can turn out alright. Now we just have to wait for casting news regarding the Superman himself, Lois Lane, and whoever the villain will be.