Batman/Superman Dawn of Justice movie review thread

[NinjaPug]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

Rotten Tomatoes can't be trusted, It appears that some of those so called Rotten reviews, are actually positive, but were marked as Rotten on the site for some strange reason.
http://comicbook.com/2016/03/29/is-s...g-batman-v-su/

Some reviews that are 3 stars, were marked as Rotten instead of Fresh.

Oh, ok. I guess it was a good movie after all. Glad that site wasted all that time investigating this conspiracy.

[CyberCubed]

It wasn't a bad movie though, it was fairly average, moreso if you liked the way certain characters were portrayed.

People making this movie out to be a disaster are kidding themselves.

[Commenter 42]

It's like, some people think Snyder deserves our sympathy on top of the millions he was paid to ignore source material and fubar the entire DCEU. That's cool, bet he feels heaps better now!
It's okay billion dollar corporation, you're safe now, those mean critics can't really hurt you with words...

6/10 is still rotten. It's not "good". I wouldn't want a doctor who was wrong 40% of the time.

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

Finally saw it, and I really liked it. It had flaws, but I liked it overall.

My favorite thing about this movie was Ben Affleck's portrayal of Batman. He genuinely seemed like the type of Batman who could actually make criminals afraid of him. It's also clear that this Batman was based on the Golden Age Batman from the 1940s, where he had little to no problems with killing criminals. This I feel was a nice change from the Batman we've seen on the big screen for decades.

Wonder Woman was also really good, but I'm not really much of a fan so I didn't have really high expectations, but I thought Gal Gadot was really good as Wonder Woman.

I thought the score was uninspired (Ironically, the best parts of the score was the reused music from Man Of Steel). I was disappointed by Batman's theme. After Elfman's Iconic Theme and Zimmer's briliiant Dark Knight theme, I was hoping for another brilliant theme, but it wasn't anything memorable (I'm not even sure he had a Theme)

The Pacing was also off, with scenes that looked like they were building up to something, but got cut off. Jesse Eisenberg was really bad as Luthor, which made me question if he actually was Luthor or not.

Overall, not the best Comicbook movie ever, but it was far from being bad.

Overall, 7.5/10

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by Whatswiththeheadbands?

After Elfman's Iconic Theme and Zimmer's briliiant Dark Knight theme, I was hoping for another brilliant theme, but it wasn't anything memorable (I'm not even sure he had a Theme)

Zimmer and Junkie will swear that Batman has one, but from what I hear the closest thing the character has to a theme is the six-note drum beat you hear here. It doesn't get much more evolved than what you hear in those first ten seconds.

The 'Batman Suite' on the soundtrack seems to me to be a mish-mash of unrelated pieces, including... Superman's theme?!

[myconius]

i still intend on seeing Suicide Quad, though i can't say i'm really looking forward to seeing Mike Lowrey the Fresh Deadshot of Bel Air.

[Commenter 42]

Originally Posted by myconius

i still intend on seeing Suicide Quad, though i can't say i'm really looking forward to seeing Mike Lowrey the Fresh Deadshot of Bel Air.

Yeah, looks pretty decent. Ayer's style is at least interesting.

[CyberCubed]

I still hate the way Joker looks in Suicide Squad. I think the movie should not have included him.

[NinjaPug]

Originally Posted by Commenter 42

Yeah, looks pretty decent. Ayer's style is at least interesting.

SS is currently doing 3 weeks of reshoots. Ayer was forced to do them as they felt the movie was too "dark". From this guy who is on set during reshoots - https://mobile.twitter.com/brettschulte

@BatmanNewsCom wasn't much to see but heard three weeks of reshoots, only two days on location the rest on stage. Don't know cast.

@BatmanNewsCom talking to people on set today they said the studio "made him do reshoots" because it was too dark. Interesting words.

@Steele131 @petr_hruby @BatmanNewsCom a lot of movies are DONE in three weeks, reshoots are typically a few days. It suggests problems. ;(

[Andrew NDB]

I blame Geoff Johns, that hack. Another failure of a movie going down with his name on it, but he'll still keep getting work.

[Commenter 42]

Originally Posted by NinjaPug

SS is currently doing 3 weeks of reshoots. Ayer was forced to do them as they felt the movie was too "dark". From this guy who is on set during reshoots -

Ayer is a saddistic self-important manchild, or at least he was the last time I met him. That said, he also has a very sharp/dark sense of humor.

I don't love his work, but it at least knows what it is. He's not a yes man, like Snyder, but he has the opposite problem; too many sycophants surround him.

I'm sure any and all re-shoots were scheduled in advance, but now that they're happening, I'm positive he's doing some foot stomping and tooth gnashing.

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I blame Geoff Johns, that hack. Another failure of a movie going down with his name on it, but he'll still keep getting work.

Dude is pure garbage.

[Krutch]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I blame Geoff Johns, that hack. Another failure of a movie going down with his name on it, but he'll still keep getting work.

Originally Posted by Commenter 42

Dude is pure garbage.

I admit I'm a little behind on the times here... I haven't followed DC Comics since the Sinestro Corp Wars concluded(before the War of Light began.)

I remember liking a lot of what Johns did. His Booster Gold run was lots of fun, his work on Green Lantern up to that point was enjoyable.. I always thought he had a great way of introducing c-list villains and quickly giving them a backstory and motivations that never felt exposition heavy. He wrote a couple episodes of Smallville that I found had a lot of nice character moments. And didn't he put out an Aquaman run that seemed to be pretty popular?

My friend swears that all of Johns stuff started to become trash, with it really hitting its peak when he brought back Swamp Thing or something like that. Can someone care to give me the quickie on why he gets so much hate these days?

[TurtleTitan97]

Personally, I've always been a fan of Johns' work on The Flash, Green Lantern, Teen Titans, Booster Gold, Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.S, JSA and even some Superman comics. Oh, and his run on New 52 Aquaman I remember liking as well, its been awhile since I read those.

[Spike Spiegel]

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

Personally, I've always been a fan of Johns' work on The Flash, Green Lantern, Teen Titans, Booster Gold, Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.S, JSA and even some Superman comics. Oh, and his run on New 52 Aquaman I remember liking as well, its been awhile since I read those.

His Teen Titans run got me into the characters after I saw the cartoon.

Then I got my hands on some Wolfman/Perez stuff shortly after.

Johns isn't bad, just overused--and in that sense, a little mediocre nowadays.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Not sure what Geoff Johns' bibliography is (I'm sure I've read plenty of his stuff), but I can vouch for the New 52 Aquaman run. I quite liked parts of it. The Outsiders or whatever that team was, though... who gives an F?

[shuriken]

Originally Posted by Whatswiththeheadbands?

My favorite thing about this movie was Ben Affleck's portrayal of Batman. He genuinely seemed like the type of Batman who could actually make criminals afraid of him. It's also clear that this Batman was based on the Golden Age Batman from the 1940s, where he had little to no problems with killing criminals. This I feel was a nice change from the Batman we've seen on the big screen for decades.

To be fair Keaton Batman killed like a lot of people.

Originally Posted by Whatswiththeheadbands?

Wonder Woman was also really good, but I'm not really much of a fan so I didn't have really high expectations, but I thought Gal Gadot was really good as Wonder Woman.

She was one of my favorite characters honestly.

Originally Posted by Whatswiththeheadbands?

The Pacing was also off, with scenes that looked like they were building up to something, but got cut off. Jesse Eisenberg was really bad as Luthor, which made me question if he actually was Luthor or not.

Pretty much how I felt.

Originally Posted by Whatswiththeheadbands?

Overall, 7.5/10

Kinda generous. I'd give it a 5.5, 6 best.

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by Spike Spiegel

His Teen Titans run got me into the characters after I saw the cartoon.

Then I got my hands on some Wolfman/Perez stuff shortly after.

Johns isn't bad, just overused--and in that sense, a little mediocre nowadays.

What a coincidence, same thing happened to me too! I'm actually in the process of re-reading the series at the moment.

But yeah, Wolfman/Perez Titans run is hands down the team's finest moment. I remember reading Judas Contract for the first time. Two words: Mind Blown.

[Commenter 42]

Going into the Third weekend:


Domestic: $270,529,382 37.5%
+ Foreign: $450,300,000 62.5%
= Worldwide: $720,829,382


4 days till Justice league starts shooting.
4 days to replace Snyder.

[CyberCubed]

What's it suppose to make before it makes a profit?

[Jephael]

Originally Posted by Commenter 42

4 days till Justice league starts shooting.
4 days to replace Snyder.

Don't count on it, Mack.