A confident, gore-infused action-fest from Zack Snyder who wisely keeps the social commentary as low-key subtext instead of bashing you in the face with it as he does in his DC films. Man, something about Snyder outside of DC just really pops and Army of the Dead might be one of his greatest achievements. Led by the fiercely underrated Dave Bautista, AOTD surprised me in all the right places and hit me emotionally too, something even in Snyder's best films…

I reluctantly watched this after years of avoiding Christopher Nolan, who I do not care for at all. I thought, ok ... Best Picture nominee, great cast, interesting imagery ... maybe I should finally give it a shot.

And yeah, it sucks. As usual, Nolan has no sense of spatial awareness so any scene of action is confusing and non-sensical. And I really wish Cronenberg or David Lynch did this film because the MYSTERY of dreams is missing here. Everything…