4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Zack Snyder Edition


4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!

Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy 58th birthday to Zack Snyder!  Zack Snyder has been a favorite (and occasionally a not-so-favorite) of many of the people who have written for this site.  Speaking for myself, I loved Sucker Punch and disliked Man of Steel.  (Arleigh, for the record, liked both.) But Snyder is a filmmaker about whom no one seems to be neutral.  That’s definitely something of which to take some pride.  I was not a fan of the whole idea behind the Oscar Fan Favorite nonsense that took place a few years ago but there was something satisfying about both of those awards being won by films directed by a man who Hollywood has often tried to dismiss.

In honor of Zack Snyder’s birthday, here are….

4 Shots From 4 Films

Watchmen (2009, dir by Zack Snyder, DP: Larry Fong)

Sucker Punch (2011, dir by Zack Snyder: DP: Larry Fong)

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016, dir by Zack Snyder, DP: Larry Fong)

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021, dir by Zack Snyder, DP: Fabian Wagner)

Music Video of the Day: Waiting On A Twist of Fate by Sum 41 (2024, dir by Ravi Dahr)


The graffiti on the wall reads, “Capitalism sucks,” so I can only assume that this song and Sum 41’s Heaven :x: Hell will both be given away for free at some point in the near future.  (The irony of being anti-capitalism while paying homage to the Ramones will probably be missed by most of the people who watch this video.)

That said, this music video deserve some major credit for bringing some chaos to the punk rock museum.  Punk rock was never meant to be mainstream but somehow, that is what it has become.

Enjoy!