WaterAstro
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Then make up a new goddamn story with new characters.
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Batman v. Superman RT Thread: like standing ovations in rain
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Then make up a new goddamn story with new characters.
SandMan2233
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You're looking for "dark" and "weighty," but not good, huh?
The best part of my night when going to see this was shouting, "OMG THEY GOT SPIDER-MAN IN HERE? IT'S FREAKING SPIDER-MAN!!!! HE'S IN THIS MOVIE?" At the end of Civil War trailer, the theater erupted with laughter and cheered in reaction to me pretending to be surprised. I think I sold it pretty well.
It was actually the most positive reaction in my theater, with Wonder Women right behind that.
It was actually the most positive reaction in my theater, with Wonder Women right behind that.
You actually said oh-em-gee didn't you?
bananafactory
Banned
echoshifting
Banned
Not...too...much...
Thanks this is probably going to happen to me now
Thanks a lot
Jack Remington
Banned
Make a bloody mary and watch Iron Man 3.
Nah, staying put in the fetal position on my couch.
RBelong2Us
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One of the worst edited movies I've seen, at least in terms of big time blockbusters.
And even though that could be due to having a lot of cuts, who would wanna see a longer movie of THAT! So much fluff for a long ass movie.
Can you imagine what awfulness could be in the cuts if they kept all of those dream sequences? Jesus
And the Martha connection cures all
And even though that could be due to having a lot of cuts, who would wanna see a longer movie of THAT! So much fluff for a long ass movie.
Can you imagine what awfulness could be in the cuts if they kept all of those dream sequences? Jesus
And the Martha connection cures all
Freeza Under The Shower
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This narrative has been fascinating to watch. Film X (mostly Thor 1and 2 it seems) is bad therefore BvS can't be that bad so there!
When your defending your hero by trying to establish a very low bar for it to clear there's clearly a problem with the hero you're champion.
BvS isn't a terribly good film by the standards of filmmaking. Doesn't mean you can't enjoy it. I'd suggest it would be better to simply accept its isn't ever going to be judged as a great film and enjoy it for your own reasons instead without getting upset about that.
Hell yes. The worst... but oddly fascinating to watch as a perfect example of how not to do it.
I thought the dialogue between Odin and Loki about Loki's origin was very well done.
Messofanego
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It'll be the only award he wins this year and he should be proud of it.
Discotheque
Banned
it's the former for me. the way this film handles superman and how much of an impact he's had on the world's self-esteem and even religious beliefs.
and then you have thor. the universe in that movie literally has old norse mythology with a guy called thor who is the god of thunder in it. this dork lands on earth, with hammer and all...and nobody seems to be that amazed that an actual God just proved his existence? you'd think by the second film or in the avengers you'd start seeing church of thors sprouting all over the place. but they choose to ignore all that and that's fine, but when the films itself aren't particularly fun adventure flicks you're left with some middle of the mall crap.
it's snyder's willingness to tackle ideas like that (and also attempt to delve into the psyche of these characters, nobody's gonna do that in the other studio comic book movies like sony, fox or marvel) that makes me want to like this movie a lot. but he has editing problems, he leaves in a lot of needlessly long scenes. lex is a bit too neurotic at times and poorly acted, and there's some stupid stuff sprinkled throughout (as well as greatness, that initial 20 minutes is too good. i don't see anything in the other comic book stuff beating it this year)
the man doesn't care. he knew kids are gonna want to watch batman and superman in a movie together for the first time and he puts their characters through the wringer. he literally introduced batman at what will presumably be his lowest point. batman is a damn psycho in here. superman seems to be sick of helping humans. i feel bad for the parents who took their kids to see this stuff lol. hell the film almost made me feel bad for being a batman fan. despite affleck/irons great performances bruce is a gross bully in this.
i can't hate a movie like this, even with all it's problems. it's too ambitious and wiling to experiment with these old characters, but snyder's talent just shines in short bursts and the rest of the time he messes his films up.
i want to see what the hell he would do with the justice league but i also think it's a terrible idea to let him run amok again. somebody else really needs to take the reigns of that movie because otherwise WB is going to alienate audiences. us nerds are masochists and we watch this and take the pain lol but the casual viewers won't keep coming back if the movies are like this.
Hydrogen Bluebird
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Eisenberg's Luthor may be the worst thing about this movie.
iamverificationimage
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This is basically how I feel right now, after thinking more about the film. Absolutely gutted maybe the extended edition will fix it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSN9Hc0Y_2U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSN9Hc0Y_2U
crazyrabbits
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I can't deny that this film has some intriguing concepts and images. It is Zack Snyder's vision, for better or worse.
It's just that the editing kills any sense of momentum or tension it might have otherwise had, along with the odd characterizations of the leads and shoehorned sequel hooks.
Can Crusher
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BvS: A bunch of things happen.
The movie is structurally piss poor, emotionally empty. Visuals? What visuals? Snyder nails Batman, but that's it. By the time the movie was over I was tired of how dark it was, even Superman's suit felt dark.
Wonderwoman being praised gets a laugh out of me. For what exactly is she getting praised? Because she shows up?
The movie is structurally piss poor, emotionally empty. Visuals? What visuals? Snyder nails Batman, but that's it. By the time the movie was over I was tired of how dark it was, even Superman's suit felt dark.
Wonderwoman being praised gets a laugh out of me. For what exactly is she getting praised? Because she shows up?
AmaterasuOni
Banned
Eisenberg, Cavill, Snyder, editing and Weta Digital are equally bad. It's a mess.
She was the best looking character, had best hero presence and was just hell-yeah awesome. Gadot got me excited about WW solo movie. Batfleck on the other hand... I do not want Batfleck solo movie. Never, ever. He was mediocre as hell.
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Agree completely
There is no greater truth.
AmaterasuOni
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He did, but he checked out the wrong characters: Carrey's Riddler and Ledger's Joker.
No amount of good editing can fix shit like Eisenberg's Luthor and some other plot points (which I won't discuss here since it's the RT thread).
The Editing being fixed would have taken this movie from being terrible to mediocre at best (in line with Man of Steel, surprise surprise).
The Editing being fixed would have taken this movie from being terrible to mediocre at best (in line with Man of Steel, surprise surprise).
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He actually flaunts he went to Wikipedia to learn about Lex Luthor, after he got the role. lol
Eisenberg sounds like a pretentious person in every aspect.
Can Crusher
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Tackling big ideas and themes is great if you actually spend time developing them. You could make an entire movie about Superman's effect on humanity. Instead you get a couple of vines, yay.
"Willingness to tackle big ideas", ahaha. If I'm having a dialog with someone, and that someone only opens its mouth to spew big ideas with no follow up or proper reasoning, and then throws a bunch of noises and spit around, you get the equivalent of BvS.
"Willingness to tackle big ideas", ahaha. If I'm having a dialog with someone, and that someone only opens its mouth to spew big ideas with no follow up or proper reasoning, and then throws a bunch of noises and spit around, you get the equivalent of BvS.
He shouldn't have to research the character, the script and director should be all that he needs. He played the role the way Snyder wanted, reading a comic book isn't going to change what the director tells him to do.
peanutbutterlatte
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Just seen this, but christ you'll blow your kidneys out with that level of sodium intake!
AmaterasuOni
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If you like horrible overacting.
It could have informed his own acting. His own understanding of the character.
But if you think it's 'meaningless' I can see how we got the performance we did.
cartoon_soldier
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The reviews deflated my hype so much I went in expecting the worse and came out with a much better experience. Overall though, the movie shows that Snyder can't tell a story properly.
I don't know about awesome but he was ok. It was a different interpretation of Lex Luthor but it was serviceable. The failure of BvS wasn't Eisenberg's.
Best live action Joker ever
cartoon_soldier
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I didn't even properly understand Luthor's motivations in the movie.
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It was implied Lex was mentally ill, if mildly at the beginning of the movie, he was completely beyond edge by the end of it.
Can Crusher
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It really isn't.
Unless the only thing you need for a movie to be better than Iron Man 3 is to have Batman and Superman in it.
Praetorpwj
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I think something happens when he accesses the Krytonian Archives that pushes him over the edge and he is 'compelled' to create Doomsday (he was weeping in this scene). Maybe the extended edition will cover this.
CosmicGroinPull
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Yeah I really enjoyed his Luther in this. Totally half baked but he had that unhinged mad scientist thing going.
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