It's not a bad movie per-se, it's just mediocre and forgettable. I think I've seen it twice now and for the life of me I can barely remember what it was about.
I'll take a divisive, interestingly bad train wreck of a film over Thor 2 any day.
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Batman v. Superman RT Thread: like standing ovations in rain
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It's not a bad movie per-se, it's just mediocre and forgettable. I think I've seen it twice now and for the life of me I can barely remember what it was about.
I'll take a divisive, interestingly bad train wreck of a film over Thor 2 any day.
Dash_Riprock
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But, that describes 90% of the MCU. Why Thor 2 gets singled out I'll never know,
Frozenprince
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Mostly because he decided that Batman should be a fascist and Superman a relativist.
WAR recon zero
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MoS and now BvS brings the worst outta gaf
Kat Dennings am cry
Just another dinosaur on GAF.
Just watched the movie, went in with an open mind.
Here's a few, spoiler free, thoughts
* The noticeable bad editing made it feel really disjointed. Not only does it cut from scenes with dramatically different tone; there's also seemingly random continuity across some cuts.
* There was no real chemistry between the characters. I wonder if anyone actually had a good time making the movie. The only 'chemistry' was Batman's disdain for Superman.
* Affleck was a great angry batman. And boy, is he buff. Irons was a great Alfred.
* Eisenberg felt like Joker meets Riddler meets rich kid.
* I simply can't seem to like Cavill's portrayal Superman. If he's not arrogant he's kinda angsty. Superman should be a beacon of positivity - something he could still be, even in an otherwise 'dark' movie.
* There were scenes that were so obviously shoved in just to tease the Justice League movie. Shoved in in ways that it almost broke the fourth wall
* Girlfriend and myself, we couldn't have rolled our eyes harder when the movie went back Man-of-Steel mode, spectacle for spectacle's sake, with no perceivable stakes whatsoever.
Here's a few, spoiler free, thoughts
* The noticeable bad editing made it feel really disjointed. Not only does it cut from scenes with dramatically different tone; there's also seemingly random continuity across some cuts.
* There was no real chemistry between the characters. I wonder if anyone actually had a good time making the movie. The only 'chemistry' was Batman's disdain for Superman.
* Affleck was a great angry batman. And boy, is he buff. Irons was a great Alfred.
* Eisenberg felt like Joker meets Riddler meets rich kid.
* I simply can't seem to like Cavill's portrayal Superman. If he's not arrogant he's kinda angsty. Superman should be a beacon of positivity - something he could still be, even in an otherwise 'dark' movie.
* There were scenes that were so obviously shoved in just to tease the Justice League movie. Shoved in in ways that it almost broke the fourth wall
* Girlfriend and myself, we couldn't have rolled our eyes harder when the movie went back Man-of-Steel mode, spectacle for spectacle's sake, with no perceivable stakes whatsoever.
Corpsepyre
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Really interesting discussion over at the ColliderVideo channel with Shnepp and some more guys.
That's a quick impression, not a review.
Are you saying all those one word twitter comments/reactions are reviews too?
Frozenprince
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Saying "I liked it because of x" is a review. Doesn't matter how long or short it is.
Bobby Roberts
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you rang?
Again, how aren't they?
Are people not critically appraising the shit they just consumed?
A "review" doesn't have to be a 300 word published piece broken into paragraphs and spell-checked.
Seriously, how many people currently posting at this forum that is almost 100% made up of opinions on the varying quality of pop-culture entertainments in multiple forms don't recognize that they're essentially a gathering of amateur (and even a few professional) critics?
That's what we mostly do here. We share our opinions on things we watched/read/played/listened to. We review shit.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
I saw you in Jurassic World, big fan.
I wouldn't say 90%, but yea a couple of them are very mediocre (Iron Man 3, Captain America and AoU stand out to me).
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Will the R-rated home release of BVS have naked Amy Adams getting railed by Clark in a bathtub?
Other way around.
VeryGooster
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Look forward to another bunch of BvS threads in three years!
Dash_Riprock
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Yes, after the scene where Bruce gives Clark the reach-around.
Escape Goat
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BronsonLee
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Same editor.
Sibersk Esto
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"Hollywood might get the wrong message from Deadpool"
It's the Gaffasaurus Rex! Once I nab Bronson, I'm gonna open my own zoo.
Or retirement home. Same thing really.
Schnozberry
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Most of them are mediocre. Winter Soldier and Guardians are the only two that really stand out as being good films. Even the first Avengers movie is really only made memorable by Tom Hiddleston's above average villainy. The rest is entirely forgettable.
echoshifting
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DerZuhälter;199047248 said:
Man, I wish they did that here.
Saint Gregory
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Does Snyder work with a particular editor because this has been a problem in a lot of his movies. I know that I wasn't the only one in my screening that noticed how badly MoS was butchered but I thought maybe it was more glaring since I used to be an editor.
Sounds like the problem is getting worse film to film based on your observation.
BronsonLee
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The only thing you're gonna catch is my fade, b
Dash_Riprock
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Apparently both this and MoS had the same editor.
broncobuster
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Earlier a user posted it's the same editor from MoS, David Brenner, but not Snyder's other films.
Sibersk Esto
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echoshifting
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I wonder if he just gave Lex all of the Joker and Riddler's lines
The only one getting fucked in this movie is the audience.
A review mentioned this movie making an 8 year old kid cry within minutes.
I wonder, did they film this to be an R-rated movie then just trimmed back whatever bits were necessary to squeak into PG-13? Could that explain some of the disjointed and editing complaints?
ElBoxyBrown
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Happy International Women's Day.
Watched it today in fact i just came out of the cinema 15 minutes ago.
- there is just too much stuff in the movie, should have made at least two movies out of it
- too many cheesy moments
- editing not good
- Super Woman was hot
- Ben Affleck suprised me in a good way (in a not so good movie)
- there is just too much stuff in the movie, should have made at least two movies out of it
- too many cheesy moments
- editing not good
- Super Woman was hot
- Ben Affleck suprised me in a good way (in a not so good movie)
What are these reasons?
I wouldn't say 90%, but the ones that are mediocre do get pointed out a lot (Iron Man 2 and 3, both Thor movies, AoU, CA: First Avenger). The rest stand out way more for various reason.
EdibleKnife
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Super Woman? You mean Wonder Woman?
pock3tmonster
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Are spoiler tags no longer required? C'mon seriously.
We on Earth 3 now.
Dash_Riprock
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Is this really the case? My brother in law is bringing my four year old nephew to this movie...
Ben Morales
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Matrix confirmed! Hell yes.
Oh yeah, that's a good one.
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