Batman v Superman - Dawn of Justice

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UPDATED: Thursday, April 7, 2016 04:30
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JEWELSTAITEFAN

Friday, April 1, 2016 4:32 AM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
I saw it today. Not great, but not as bad as reviews led me to believe. My rating would definitely be higher than the 29% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, but below the 72% audience rating. At most a 6/10.

I don't have a problem with the dark and gritty story, but I do have a problem with the washed out color palette they chose for this and Man of Steel. Plus it was entirely too long. Not a comic reader but I know there have been B v S story lines before, just don't know how this compares. Also, they fell into the pattern of Spider-Man 3, at least one villain too many, should have left the last one for another movie. Also, the sound balance was off. Deafening during the action scenes, could hardly hear some dialog in the quieter scenes.

Anyone who was already disinclined to see it for reasons of either casting or the director's track record, just wait for something else to come along. Everyone else lower your expectations and watch it for the explosions. I'll likely never feel the need to watch it again, but look forward to WW and Justice League.

It did seem like very poor lighting. Anybody else notice this, or think otherwise?

SHINYGOODGUY

Friday, April 1, 2016 2:46 PM

I'll likely never feel the need to watch it again, but look forward to WW and Justice League.

My sentiments exactly. Wonder Woman looked awesome in the trailer. Hopefully they'll pick a better director. I don't understand it, was Snyder bitten by the M. Night Shyamalan bug?

SGG

SHINYGOODGUY

Friday, April 1, 2016 2:55 PM

I get the feeling that, at least with Man of Steel, Snyder was trying to outdo Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. That's just my gut reaction. but yes, Watchmen is a near masterpiece of a movie. Just as you said, everything from music, to dialog, casting, writing, visuals, pacing.........well, you get it.
I thought it was great and expected so much more from him. I really enjoyed
300, and Sucker Punch was a good idea, but somehow lost it's way between the written word and the film.

I wasn't holding out hope for B vs S for a number of reasons, but maybe, I thought,
just maybe he'll get his mojo back. Nope, swing and a miss!

SGG

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Zack Snyder has gone from near genius (Watchmen) to total disaster (B vs S) $250M down the drain.

That's a great way to sum up how I feel about it. I was pretty amazed by Watchmen. The music, the visuals, the dialog, the way the scenes flowed. Everything was so well done. It seems like he's lost all of that in Batman vs Superman.

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Here's a great article about how botched this Batman is compared to his more standard representation: http://www.cinemablend.com/new/5-Major-Problems-I-Had-With-Batman-Dawn
-Justice-121157.html

WHOZIT

Sunday, April 3, 2016 8:33 PM

The box office for B v S has dropped 70% in it's 2nd week out, it's likely because of bad word of mouth and it being trashed on social media, now everyone who said Affleck was a good pick for Batman are nowhere to be found. I'll wait for this abortion to come to cable.

ECGORDON

Sunday, April 3, 2016 9:59 PM

Affleck was fine, he had very little to do with the weakness of the film. I lay the blame squarely on Snyder, Goyer and Terrio.

AURAPTOR

Monday, April 4, 2016 8:40 AM

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Originally posted by whozit:
The box office for B v S has dropped 70% in it's 2nd week out, it's likely because of bad word of mouth and it being trashed on social media, now everyone who said Affleck was a good pick for Batman are nowhere to be found. I'll wait for this abortion to come to cable.

I thought Ben actually a good job. Better than I thought he would. It's just weird to have Bale do such a good job, and then have yet another reboot...so soon.

I guess if I have to takes sides, I'm more of a Marvel fan, but that's not cast in stone. I just like their stories / main characters more.

But what kinda irked me was how EVERY report kept harping on how well the movie did at the box office, DESPITE getting panned by the know it all 'critics '. It was as if we were told " All these idiots kept seeing the movie, even after we told them not to ! " .

I felt like I'd go see SW and Deadpool again, but I guess I'll wait till they come on the small screen now. Just not psyched to go see a 12-15 dollar flick, for a 2nd time.

SHINYGOODGUY

Tuesday, April 5, 2016 2:22 PM

Yep, as I always say - it's the writing, that's paramount. Casting is important and the director, but without a good solid story - you got
nothing.

SGG

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Affleck was fine, he had very little to do with the weakness of the film. I lay the blame squarely on Snyder, Goyer and Terrio.

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 4:59 AM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
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Originally posted by whozit:
The box office for B v S has dropped 70% in it's 2nd week out, it's likely because of bad word of mouth and it being trashed on social media, now everyone who said Affleck was a good pick for Batman are nowhere to be found. I'll wait for this abortion to come to cable.

I thought Ben actually a good job. Better than I thought he would. It's just weird to have Bale do such a good job, and then have yet another reboot...so soon.

I guess if I have to takes sides, I'm more of a Marvel fan, but that's not cast in stone. I just like their stories / main characters more.

But what kinda irked me was how EVERY report kept harping on how well the movie did at the box office, DESPITE getting panned by the know it all 'critics '. It was as if we were told " All these idiots kept seeing the movie, even after we told them not to ! " .

I felt like I'd go see SW and Deadpool again, but I guess I'll wait till they come on the small screen now. Just not psyched to go see a 12-15 dollar flick, for a 2nd time.

SPOILER ALERT!!

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For those who have seen the ending, do any think that Supermen is dead?

ECGORDON

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 8:48 AM

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Anyone who watched up the the very last second could answer that question, although it is something I have not seen mentioned in any review or comment about the movie yet.

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Thursday, April 7, 2016 4:30 AM

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Anyone who watched up the the very last second could answer that question, although it is something I have not seen mentioned in any review or comment about the movie yet.

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It was an exhibition of a property I had not seen attributed to Superman, but expected it was a form of teaser that they compromised on. Or cliffhanger.

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