They had some level of trust for Snyder at first or else they wouldn't have signed the three movie deal. But they weren't all in on Snyder as Nolan was.. not even because of Snyder himself. They were just tryna cut corners as much as possible to get to the billion grossers...
Don't happen that way. They thought well Nolan has two billion grossers.. Avengers has one.. this shyt simple. it's not. Batman Begins was a hit but not a huge one.. they had to lay the groundwork. Marvel/Avengers had to eat shyt for years outside of the first iron man before they got to the mountain top.
When you cut corners and disrupt the plan all you gonna get is an unfinished product that pleases no one.
i'm happy for Snyder to have his moment.
Well the level of trust was limited, because they wanted to have their say even during the production of BvS. And that's not a big deal, all movie studios oversee the process of what they financed. And if they have issues or concerns, they should have every right to have a say in the matter. The movie business is BUSINESS first. And WB had a LONG and GOOD relationship with Snyder up to that point. And typically it is agreed that WB make their suggestions, to include runtime, and there's usually a "Snyder Cut" that's released afterwards. That's what it was with Watchmen, Sucker Punch, BvS.. there's even Legends of the Guardians had an extended cut.
So, it's not so much of WB intervening from time to time and make suggestions in adjusting some scenes or change certain things or put in a runtime. That's normal. That's why they have those screeners to judge what works and what doesn't and reshoots. Those things are normal for everything film. But because WB had HUGE expectations with BvS and it didn't come through and the backlash that came with it... they panicked. And truth be told, a BATMAN VERSUS SUPERMAN should of been a 1 BILLION grossing movie, because it is two of the most ICONIC superhero characters ever, and because two times a Batman movie crossed a billion and Man of Steel was a positive 700M success. WB wasn't in the wrong in that expectation of seeing this come through. And if a R-rated JOKER movie can gross over a BILLION and that's without CHINA. There's not much of an excuse. MCU circumstances were different because Marvel at the time were dealing with C-listed superheroes with the promise of an Avengers movie. So they had to INTRODUCE to many who weren't aware of those characters because they weren't as popular in the comics as X-Men or Spider-Man. Whereas with DC, they have two of the most iconic superheroes going to face each other. That should of been a billion dollar grab.
The problem was BvS was both AHEAD of it's time and not the film that people expected or WANTED, and that's in large part of the MCU heavy influence. It was ahead of it's time, because dark, moody and grim superhero films and shows weren't poppin' back then. Now, you have shows like Umbrella Academy, Legion, and The Boys. You had movies like Brightburn, Joker, Logan. It has become more acceptable to have those types of movies when the main criticism with BvS was the fact it was dark, it wasn't "fun" and adventurous. In contrast they loved Civil War for those reasons of being fun and adventurous. Snyder was taking big risks. Killing of Superman after one film was a huge risk that some people didn't understand completely. They don't read the comics or didn't want the movie to end on a depressing note. Other did complete of how it was edited courtesy of WB to save time. But to assume that WB was wrong in thinking it should of reached one billion and missed it's mark, I believe you are a bit off on that. Now, had that movie been out TODAY, it surely would because we are in a different climate. But back then.. .and this was PRE-TRUMP too, the whole pessimism theme wasn't sticking.
