I'm hearing they may not put their problems behind and the ending may not be happy at all..
sorry tical, your movie sucks. Early Batman V Superman Reviews Are Largely Negative
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the few tweeted reviews I've read were positive but on rotten tomatoes 81% of the audiences liked it but only 33% of critics did. these critics are just shitting all over this movie. they truly hate it.
Movie critics have be over critical and analyze films. I trust a reviewer who has is impartial and has some knowledge of the source material. After I watch BVS I'll watch Collider on YouTube. IGN, Kinda Funny, and watch the Jeremy Johns video to get a feel of what fans opinions are.
Why is there so much hate? Can't people just watch it and ejoy it for what it is?
In Batman v Superman, the Only Winner Is Marvel
Why So Serious?
Batman v Superman spends so much time teasing later installments that it forgets to have any fun.
By Jonathan L. Fischer
Still of Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
For critics and fans who snagged a seat at the advance screening this week, the latest Superman movie came with an unusual preamble: a video message from director Zack Snyder, begging the audience not to post any spoilers on Twitter or Facebook. Hey, fair enough. With a title so clunky and focus-grouped it might as well be written in Kryptonian, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justiceisn’t merely a sequel to 2013’s Man of Steel. It’s an Event, a blockbuster showdown between two iconic superheroes—and one of the most expensive marketing vehicles of all time, a sense-numbing, joy-bludgeoning, soul-deadening 152-minute trailer designed to kick-start for DC Comics the kind of malignant, obscenely lucrative superhero empire that Iron Man, Captain America, and the Avengers have gifted Marvel and Disney. Pace Snyder, Batman v Superman isn’t packed with spoilers so much as it is stuffed with teasers, the kind of cameos and set pieces clearly designed to entice customers to pay to see the next three or four Justice League films, not help them enjoy this one. It might be the most teaser-dense film ever made.
To put it delicately, this comics fan hatedBatman v Superman with the fury of a thousand red-dwarf suns. Blunt, humorless, and baffling, it collides the brutish directorial stamp of Zack Snyder (he of 300 and Watchmenfame) with the most shameless instincts of our latter-day superhero franchise bubble. It is worse than the widely detested Joel Schumacher Batman films, including the one with bat nipples. It is probably worse than the never-filmed Superman movie starring Nicolas Cage would have been. If Christopher Reeve is spinning in his grave right now, it’s not because Snyder’s film so egregiously ignores what might make a Superman film special (though it does!) but because the throbbing Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL score is loud enough to rattle a buried corpse. I’m a lifelong comic-book reader who is generally sympathetic to comic-book movies and even liked Man of Steel. Batman v Superman made me made me want to yell at the Justice League to get off my lawn.
The premise, if it matters: Eighteen months have passed since the 9/11–esque endingof Man of Steel, in which two warring Kryptonians reduced much of Metropolis to rubble. (An early flashback in Batman v Superman replays that melee from human scale, acknowledging but hardly allaying the criticism that superhero films have become stunningly casual about the mass destruction they depict.) The world doesn’t know what to make of the Man of Tomorrow: Is he a Jesus figure or a false God? Is he above the laws of man or its last defender? While concerned-looking officials fret over these questions—and while talking-head appearances by the likes of Neil deGrasse Tyson and Andrew Sullivan strain to lend these matters some gravity—a few people have made up their minds: a late-career Batman (Ben Affleck, wincing), who believes a superbeing so powerful and unaccountable can’t possibly be trusted (or maybe he’s just jealous) and megalomaniacal industrialist Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg, Jesse Eisenberging), who for reasons he never articulates in fewer than 150 words wants to bring Superman to heel (and who does things, delightfully, like stuffing cherry Jolly Ranchers in senators’ mouths). Superman’s alter ego Clark Kent, meanwhile, has settled into domesticity with Lois Lane, although both sides of the man, rendered blankly by Henry Cavill, remain something of a cipher. (Which is too bad, because Cavill has pulled off precisely the right kind of driven, slightly hammy Boy Scout this movie would’ve benefitted from—but it was last summer, in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.)
The movie’s first hour is a plot salad. Someone is framing Superman for deadly atrocities. Someone named White Portuguese is up to, well, something, giving Batman lots of reasons to look growly. Something fell into the Indian Ocean, and Lex Luthor is trying to get an import license to bring it to Metropolis. And somehow, all of this unfolds both rapidly—no scene seems to last more than 90 seconds—and painstakingly, because writers Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer make these strands more tangled than a superhero cape in a jet engine. Let me fix that for them: Lex Luthor is framing Superman. White Portuguese is his boat. It is bringing a hunk of Kryptonite, which is poisonous to Superman, to Metropolis. Luthor wants Batman and Superman to fight. Was that so hard?
About that Batman: He shoots bullets and disfigures criminals with a bat brand, a depiction that (along with many of the film’s designs) is inspired by The Dark Knight Returns, a 1986 comic-book miniseries in which writer Frank Miller portrayed the character as a graying neofascist, a vigilante boiled down to his predictable extremes. That makes this take on the character the grimmest to ever appear in the movies, and the result is largely a one-note failure—all bat and no man, except for a series of bat dreams and bat hallucinations that, while mostly irrelevant to the plot, suggest a superhero who isn’t just losing his fight but is losing his grip. But Affleck doesn’t do much with what little Snyder and his team give him—which is mostly Mortal Kombat–worthy lines like, “Do you bleed? You will.” Still, to say Affleck’s brooding interpretation has little on, say, Michael Keaton’s or Christian Bale’s performances in the same role is kind of like saying E.T. the ride isn’t as good as E.T. the movie. Different categories, different aims.
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This movie is getting absolutely eviscerated on Rotten Tomatoes. Its current score is 35%. Brutal. My favorite capsule reviews: "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is basically a dumpster fire. 51 CommentsJoin In
The aim here—other than setting up the sequels—is the fight, which, like the movie itself, feels closest to bare-knuckle boxing: blunt technique, lots of thuds, no grace. It’s the centerpiece fans are apparently hungry for in droves. (The movie is alreadyFandango’s top preselling superhero movie ever.) And it makes plain everything I can’t stand, perhaps heretically, about Snyder’s aesthetic, from the rafter-rattling soundtrack to the overuse of grit-flecked shaky cam to the way overuse of timeline ramping, his favored style of slow motion (which makes everyone look like they’re made of really angry Silly Putty). When Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) finally arrives in costume—after the heroes have teamed up to fight something even moodier than Batman—the film announces it with a processed guitar riff I’m pretty sure once appeared on a Staind album. If something exciting happened during any of it, I missed it while looking at my moviegoing companion to roll my eyes.
Batman v Superman should be the nail in the coffin of an entire industry strategy, in which each superhero film’s primary job is to lay breadcrumbs leading toward the next one. But as anyone who watches these movies knows, nothing stays dead for long. And yet, while DC seems intent on casting its emerging franchise in the doomy, oh-so-serious mold of Snyder’s films—count me out for Batman x Aquaman: Crux of Vengeance—I can’t fault its competitor’s insistence that a movie based on a comic book might still want to be, you know, fun. When the dust from the titular bout was finally settled (or was it?), I walked out of Superman v Batman with an old childhood rallying cry restored: Make mine Marvel.
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/...man_v_superman_the_only_winner_is_marvel.html
The biggest criticism seems to be directed at it being too dark and too serious... Personally thats the biggest draw for me. Its why i loved Watchmen. Why l actually liked the Man Of Steel. I hadnt planned on seeing it anytime soon (maybe download), but i may go check it out now.
Gottdamn 5 pages and NO tical?!!
Man yall can talk about this shit till yall blue in the face but this shit gon bust a billion whether you like it or not.
Man yall can talk about this shit till yall blue in the face but this shit gon bust a billion whether you like it or not.
Just left screening (full review coming) initial thoughts:
Affleck is a good Batman, Cavil still sucks ...as a Batman film it's decent. Way too long, this Superman is unlikable and dour.
Not bad but forgettable
Bolded is what I think will hurt the most it's one thing to see a bad movie it's another to spend too much time watching said bad movie.
Kinda like what LSN said
Basically....the same shit people complain about with these movies is what I like.
ain't been on the board since y-day morning...a few hours after this thread took off lol
People don't know what the fuck they want when it comes to comic book movies;if it's too family friendly folks will complain about it,if it's too dark they will complain about it...shit makes no fucking sense at all
As,long as the movie is good I don't care,if it's too dark or family friendly..Even though I lean more on the dark side
Watchmen is my shit,also
People don't know what the fuck they want when it comes to comic book movies;if it's too family friendly folks will complain about it,if it's too dark they will complain about it...shit makes no fucking sense at all
As,long as the movie is good I don't care,if it's too dark or family friendly..Even though I lean more on the dark side
Watchmen is my shit,also
all jokes aside...the biggest complaints I'm reading on metacritic is it's "not fun" or takes itself too "seriously"...marvel movies have their niche w/ the levity that they offer and it works...for them...I don't need all superhero flicks to be jokey...I will easily watch it...that long running time tho is all I'm worried about and that would be the case for any movie...still think I'll catch this one @ home tho...being able to see watchmen @ home and take my time w/ it and pause or rewind shit is what allowed me to enjoy it and most other movies as well
Truth be told people complaining about how dark and serious the movie is has actually made me want to see this way more than I was prior to their reviews.
I'm more Dark Knight Rises than Iron Man or Avengers personally so this seems right up my alley.
I'm more Dark Knight Rises than Iron Man or Avengers personally so this seems right up my alley.
Based on the plot what more should people expect. Supes fight with Zod cost people their lives and destroyed part of Metropolis. Batman see's Supes as the destruction on Mankind. Batman isn't wise cracking Tony Stark/Iron Man. Batman is a cynical, angry, damaged human being. Superman is a boy scout such as Steve Rogers/Captain America. Stop trying to use Marvel as the blueprint for what makes a good comic book film. I applaud DC and Fox for being different. Movies aren't always about bright colors and wise cracking characters.
I don't listen to critics, i was going to watch the film regardless.
Much better than MOS ....but what isn't ?
Exactly. We've had 40 years of light hearted Superman now we make the movies reflect our world and people complain?
Here's the deal.
- The film is going to make money regardless.
- All of the negativity surrounding it should make Warner Bros take a closer look at Synder since his Man of Steel and now this have created a lot of negative press around them.
- RottenTomato, Metacritic, and IMDB aren't reliable sources for a review as you can best believe that the studio has people writing positive reviews and you have people who are intentionally writing shitty reviews on some Marvel fanboy negative hate campaign.
- If you have a film critic you trust, rock with them. But more than likely, you'll see the movie regardless.
I swear I might be wrong but this is one of the funniest things I've EVER seen on the internet.
I disagree 100%.... You can have levity and humor without compromising the overall tone. Even if the story is rooted in reality, there has to be a level of fantasy involved. I've read a few reviews and not once have I heard the word "fun" used to describe BvS at all. Say what you will, love'em or hate'em, superhero movies are supposed to be fun movie experience. I'm not there to watch "citizen cain" staring batman and superman. These DC movies are absolutely NO FUN to watch. Not saying they're good or bad as far as cinema but is it fun to watch?
zod was that dude and so was his crew..it was fun watching how that chick own the military and supes..it was fun watching zod goin at it with supes..it was fun watching zod go in full fuck it mode when supes eliminated the whole reason zod existed...a great bad guy makes a fucking movie and as far as dc is concern they've had the best two zod/joker...damn near every marvel bad guy has sucked or been worthless..the best badguy they had was bucky which is funny being that hands down winter soldier was the best marvel film..it also was the least campy film to..that's why they goin with the serious civil war mode also
Need a gif of that big Nigga floating off the roof
I swear that is the same sounds you hear in the Jackson knew he fucked up vid
I swear that is the same sounds you hear in the Jackson knew he fucked up vid
they should've went with that breaking bad dude...shave his head bald and have him talk that shit like he can
This isn't about which movie universe is better. I'm not getting into the fan boy debate. My comic collection consists of DC and Marvel. All I'm saying is these Zack Snyder DC movies take themselves waaayyy to seriously.
I'm checking it out tonight l, I just want to be entertained
How many jokes are being cracked in the Batman and Superman comics? How many jokes were cracked in the Dark Knight Returns graphic novel. Hell, the Avengers were my favorite book as a kid and there was hardly any joking around in them.
If the source material isn't jokey jokey, why do the movies have to be?
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from "Moviebob"'s review
"It’s as though geek culture is being made to suffer for enjoying itself too much, like we’ve gorged ourselves too gluttonously for almost a decade at a highest-quality AVENGERS-catered buffet… and now BATMAN V SUPERMAN is the rock-hard, rectum-shredding, anus-prolapsing rectal blockage we’re to be punished with for indulging too long without consequence."
fanboy..nig i don't own stock in either company so there's no need for me to root for either team..but as far as a person who watches movies marvel bad guys suck in fact a lot of marvel films hasn't been great to tell u the truth..2 out of 3 iron men sucked and the first was ok...avengers 2 was wack..winter soldier is been the best thing they put out..even avengers was lacking to me loki was very forgettable and the 1000 foot soldiers yay juss a bunch of expendable nigs... joker hands down carried dark knight without him that movie would've been blah and my man zod and crew held man of steel down... dc for bad guys marvel for whatever campy crap people like...i actually hate the concept of supes fighting a human and thought they should go with another badguy
When at any point did I say "jokey"? I made no such statement. You can have levity and some hunor without compromising the overall tone of the film. I PERSONALLY don't want to see a brooding ass moody fucking superman. Superman represents the eternal optimist. Where as bats is the eternal pessimist. They are supposed to be the yin and yang of the DC universe. Thus why their conflict is so interesting in the first place.
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