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Batman v. Superman RT Thread: like standing ovations in rain

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Prompto

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Back down to 39%

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Tell me... Does your Rotten Tomatoes score bleed?

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Back to 39%, ghat daaamn.

Some of the fairest and most honest reviews have been the ones from folks that were formerly championing the movie and seemed to really like Man of Steel.

Feel like Scott Mendelson's mixed Forbes review (they have two reviews up there, but the second one is so gushing it's about to have an orgasm) touches some good points. The Jo Blo guys also gave it a 5/10, which sucks since they've been champions for DC movies since the early 2000's.

Incidentally though, there is a guy in my office who saw it last night and can't stop raving about how amazing it is. Seeing it with him again this evening.
 

B33

Banned
The biggest flaw with his adaptation was the ending. It rings false and misses the whole point of the comics ending, that the destruction needed to come from an alien force with zero ideological ties to any nation so that all nations banded together against it.

Dude messed up the whole fucking thing.

I would have preferred the alien angle because I think it's brilliant, but there's no way a general audience would have went along with that ending without the intricate build-up of the comic. Snyder didn't have the time and the studio wasn't going to let him do it even if he did.

Having the power source be Dr. Manhattan works from a structural standpoint, although it's not as impactful as having the squid show up.

It's a fair concession given the constraints Snyder had to work with to make the project happen.
 
My biggest problem with the Watchmen adaptation is that you didn't get the feeling of history that you do from reading the comics. The coolest part of the comic for me was seeing these golden age type heroes age. Maybe it's just the nature of the movie format that it's harder to flesh that out, or that the actors he cast seemed too young to me. I read the comic for the first time like a month before the movie came out and came away disappointed that the movie didn't really capture that.
 
I could see people making the argument that Man of Steel is to Dawn of Justice as Amazing Spider Man is to Amazing Spider Man 2.

A movie that has some serious flaws followed by a mess of a sequel that has higher highs but jams in some unnecessary universe building without really solving any problems from the first.

And, yes, I've seen the movie already.

Well I now have 0 desire to even watch this to gauge it.

ASM2 is one of the worst theater experiences I'v ever had.
 

MattKeil

BIGTIME TV MOGUL #2
Not me. I have some faith in the Russos but I'm seeing an Apocalypse entire movie breakdown elsewhere on the net, and if it's real it sounds like a terrible version of a Mummy reboot. After BvS sounding like its MoS tier, and Apoc sounding bad I have no real idea what to expect out of this year anymore.

What do those movies have to do with Civil War, though? Apocalypse was always a "god I hope they don't fuck it up after DoFP seemed like a step in the right direction" situation at best. And hey, maybe they didn't fuck it up. It wouldn't be the first time the marketing for a good film made it look awful.
 

E the Shaggy

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How bad are the costumes we see, on a 1-10 scale?

MOVIE SPOILER (just to make sure people dont click on this thinking its a joke or something):

Flash is wearing an astronaut suit or something as he's traveling back in time to warn Bruce in a dream or something. Its bonkers. You can see the Flash suit underneath it sort of.

Aquaman's suit is just like we've seen it.

Cyborg is being horrifically assembled by a big mother box or something as he screams on a table. Its ghastly!

No Green Lantern to speak of.
 
Not me. I have some faith in the Russos but I'm seeing an Apocalypse entire movie breakdown elsewhere on the net, and if it's real it sounds like a terrible version of a Mummy reboot. After BvS sounding like its MoS tier, and Apoc sounding bad I have no real idea what to expect out of this year anymore.

SAVE US DEADPOOL! Announce the fucking sequel already.

.

deadpool was just alright tbh

but man if xmen apocalypse is shit i'm going to go on a sabbatical in the woods :(
 
MOVIE SPOILER (just to make sure people dont click on this thinking its a joke or something):

Flash is wearing an astronaut suit or something as he's traveling back in time to warn Bruce in a dream or something. Its bonkers. You can see the Flash suit underneath it sort of.

Aquaman's suit is just like we've seen it.

Cyborg is being horrifically assembled by a big mother box or something as he screams on a table. Its ghastly!

No Green Lantern to speak of.

That first one I can't...

I don't even...

They really have no idea what they're doing.
 

jrDev

Member
Had a conversation with a friend the other day and I told him this was gonna suck.
DCGAF deserves better, luckily Suicide Squad is right around the corner
That's gonna suck too unfortunately...I have no faith in DC movies...The Dark Knight trilogy was the exception...
 
MOVIE SPOILER (just to make sure people dont click on this thinking its a joke or something):

Flash is wearing an astronaut suit or something as he's traveling back in time to warn Bruce in a dream or something. Its bonkers. You can see the Flash suit underneath it sort of.

Aquaman's suit is just like we've seen it.

Cyborg is being horrifically assembled by a big mother box or something as he screams on a table. Its ghastly!

No Green Lantern to speak of.

What the hell at the first one. What even is this movie then?
 
I'm bummed to see this movie not doing so hot with critics. Wasn't expecting it to set rotten tomatoes on fire but still was thinking high 60s low 70s. I'm gonna see it sometime soon so I'll reserve judgement till then. Don't let me down civil war.
 
but man if xmen apocalypse is shit i'm going to go on a sabbatical in the woods :(

Apocalypse has been looking really rough imo. Hate the way Apoc looks and JLaw seems completely uninterested at this point in being in the movies.

Hope I'm wrong but have a feeling that one may be weak
 

Magwik

Banned
That first one I can't...

I don't even...

They really have no idea what they're doing.
Spoilery super spoilers:
it can easily be hand waved by being armor made for the (most likely injustice based) future reality with Parademons and shit. Under armor he appears to have a more traditional outfit
 
MOVIE SPOILER (just to make sure people dont click on this thinking its a joke or something):

Flash is wearing an astronaut suit or something as he's traveling back in time to warn Bruce in a dream or something. Its bonkers. You can see the Flash suit underneath it sort of.

Aquaman's suit is just like we've seen it.

Cyborg is being horrifically assembled by a big mother box or something as he screams on a table. Its ghastly!

No Green Lantern to speak of.

Hmm. Still gonna give it a watch.

But man that doesn't bode well to me.
 

G-Fex

Member
i'll see it myself, only review I believe will be my own.

Don't be surprise if I pull out the change of heart card.
 

mreddie

Member
MOVIE SPOILER (just to make sure people dont click on this thinking its a joke or something):

Flash is wearing an astronaut suit or something as he's traveling back in time to warn Bruce in a dream or something. Its bonkers. You can see the Flash suit underneath it sort of.

Aquaman's suit is just like we've seen it.

Cyborg is being horrifically assembled by a big mother box or something as he screams on a table. Its ghastly!

No Green Lantern to speak of.

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WHOA WAIT
GUNS
?

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

He has a bat machine gun.

It's like...when the trailer with the image of him holding a bat assault rifle came out, it was like a bad parody.

"AND THEN BATMAN...GETS HIS BAT RIFLE, AND HE STARTS GUNNING DOWN THE BAD GUYS WITH A SMIRK ON HIS FACE!"
 

Not

Banned
To those who were looking forward to this movie, I'm sorry this is disappointing. I feel for you. But from here it's so satisfying to know that the number of the people defending Zack Snyder's future output will diminish by like at least a third

Bring on Justice League!
 

B33

Banned
From an action perspective I'd have to disagree, although I would have to rewatch both, but I remember feeling like Ultron was a bad movie for a number of reasons and everything it tried to do in that regard fell flat with me. I do have hope that the Russo Bros will do something good with Civil War since I really enjoyed Winter Soldier, but the trailers are lacking for me so far and seeing that air port fight scene over and over is wearing on me.
Man of Steel's action is one-note and discordant with Superman's character because it's littered with disaster porn. Age of Ultron at least gets that right by having the climax be more about the team limiting casualties than beating the bad guy.

Age of Ultron does feel too dense and quippy, and Ultron feels underdeveloped. It's flawed, but certainly not garbage.
 
I wonder if I should cancel my $40 Fandango pre-order. I liked Man of Steel but still recognized its faultts. Just don't know if it's worth $40. Damn if this movie is really bad it will kill my hype for DC's movie slate even if Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman are good.

This thread is killing my heart.It genuinely dawned on me that we are getting a shitty DC movie after 3 years of wait. Bring back Nolan pls.

This makes me want to cry
 
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