One of the major questions surrounding Zack Snyder’s
Army of the Dead was how seriously the filmmaker was going to approach the material. After all, his straight-faced work in the DCEU has generated fierce debate for close to a decade, while the last time he made a wild genre movie in
Sucker Punch, there was virtually no levity at all despite the constantly splashy visuals and ludicrous premise.
Even
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole was sorely lacking in the humor department, and that was an animated family film about talking owls. Luckily, the first full-length trailer for next month’s Netflix exclusive dropped earlier today, and it looks like it’s going to be a ton of fun. Seeing Snyder lean into the more absurd circumstances that his characters find themselves in has been a long time coming, although his last zombie effort