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Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan became close friends after Snyder was hired to direct Nolan’s story forMan of Steelin 2010. Nolan had previously argued that Snyder’s divisive filmWatchmenwas a superhero team-up movie ahead of its time. Amid the release of the critically pannedRebel Moon, Nolan went on to state that Zack Snyder has influenced all modern superhero and sci-fi films.
Snyder’s most recent film,Rebel Moon: Part One: A Child of Fire, is generating conversations among film lovers. While critics have mostly given negative reviews for the movie, it tops the Netflix charts.
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Christopher Nolan Praises Zack Snyder’s Influence On Superhero Movies
In a profile dedicated toZack Snyderin The Atlantic,Christopher Nolanexplained that Snyder’s storytelling has influenced several modern comic-book and science-fiction movies. He added that Snyder’s film showcased his love for the sheer possibilities offered by the medium of cinema. As Nolan put it, Snyder strives not only to make the film fantastical and heightened in reality but also to move and excite the audience. Nolan toldThe Atlantic:
“There’s no superhero science-fiction film coming out these days where I don’t see some influence of Zack. When you watch a Zack Snyder film, you see and feel his love for the potential of cinema. The potential of it to be fantastical, to be heightened in its reality, but to move you and to excite you.”
Snyder fans couldn’t be any happier after one of the greatest filmmakers hailed theSucker Punchdirector’s influence. One fan compared Nolan’s praise for Snyder to that of one King recognizing another King. A comment stated that only theTenetdirector understood Snyder’s superhero blueprint. However, some critical comments noted that theInterstellardirector was merely supporting his friend after the poor reviews forRebel Moon. Some fan reactions read:
King recognises Kingpic.twitter.com/5fSnP2m6Ot
— SuperTuberEddie 🪓❄️ (@SuperTuberEddie)August 01, 2025
Nolan understands Zack is the superhero blueprint
— Scribe Phoenix🏳️🌈 (@Crackerphoenix)June 20, 2025
Goats who understand much more about movies than dumb critics/haters.Nolan a real one
— Tony (@Rebel_V_)June 06, 2025
Facts this coming from one of THE BEST film directors ever!
— arichson (@arichson8409)July 25, 2025
Truer words were never spokenpic.twitter.com/pM3F7okuxH
— Edward Newgate (@EdwardN42185803)July 04, 2025
Man of steel was truly great and had influence. But now, after the failure of Rebel Moon, he is simply supporting his friend
— Mr. Miracul (@MMiracul)July 06, 2025
While the audience is divided on their opinion about the firstRebel Moonmovie, Netflix has announced the upcoming release of an R-rated director’s cut for the film. Snyder confirmed that this version would include one hour’s worth of extra content.
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Zack Snyder’sRebel MoonWas Critically Panned
OnRotten Tomatoes,Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Firereceived a rotten rating of 24% from 137 reviews. It is one of the lowest scores for a Zack Snyder movie on the platform. The audience score of the film is 64%, but it is heavily distorted, with both Snyder fans and haters writing biased reviews.
Critical consensus on the website agreed that Snyder’s“visual flair”remains throughout the film but criticized the storytelling, which was made up of various sci-fi and fantasy tropes. Owen Gleiberman of Variety called the film a“Star Wars’ knockoff”, while David Fear of Rolling Stone pointed out that the storytelling got lost amidst all the“mix-and-match world-building.”
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Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Firewas watched by 23.9 million viewers in its opening three days on Netflix.Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiveris scheduled for release on June 29, 2025.
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