Batman VS Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

[goflyblind]

[Edward J Grug III]

Man, the gif version does not work as well as the video version.

[Edward J Grug III]

Any talk of a directors cut?

As in the director's involvement is cut out of the film?

[Darth Geek]

Pretty much all the reviews I saw praised Affleck and Cavill. It's not their fault if it's a jumbled mess.

[Edward J Grug III]

Pretty much all the reviews I saw praised Affleck and Cavill. It's not their fault if it's a jumbled mess.

Except that they signed on to make a movie directed by Zack Snyder. I mean, Affleck especially should have seen Man of Steal before joining.

[RVR II]

[Henry88]

$197,310,000    
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=superman2015.htm

[goflyblind]

$197,310,000    
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=superman2015.htm

so... (apparently) terrible movies will still get to be made? hurrah!

[ManUnderMask]

$197,310,000    
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=superman2015.htm

It only needs 800 million more to break even.

[Darth Geek]

If I do end up watching this movie just out of morbid curiosity, I will wait for the rated R DVD release and watch that. Because while it is a butt numbing 3 hours, it presumably won't have as much cut out of it that some reviewers have been complaining about as far as pacing and setup. I figure that will be at least giving this movie the best chance. But until then I'm not giving it my $10 in the theater.

[Pak-Man]

Maybe it's the critics who are wrong, this time.

[Darth Geek]

Maybe it's the critics who are wrong, this time.

I don't always agree with critics, but I at least tend to respect them for actually thinking about movies. The general public is far too willing to "turn their brain off".

[ScottotD]

A lot of mess, noise and static around some terrific scenes and actors.  Possibly my favorite portrayal of Superman ever though

[Edward J Grug III]

Hey, there is some hope for humanity after all:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2016/03/28/batman-v-superman-sets-record-with-worst-friday-sunday-drop-for-superhero-pics/#2f2ec1136d72

[Pak-Man]

Can't hold a candle to most of the MCU stuff, but I found it to be an interesting movie about power and those who fear it. I expected to hate this Lex Luthor, but he was the star of the show for me. Affleck does a way better job as Bruce Wayne than I thought he would, but his Batman's just a little bit off. This Superman is very much the Superman from Man of Steel, so if you didn't like him then, you won't like him now. I think Amy Adams is a good Lois Lane. Wonder Woman is awesome but I wonder how far into the scriptwriting process she was added. It doesn't subtract from the movie at all, but it has this air of, "Here I am, too! See my movie!" It's hard to describe, but it's like she shows up out of nowhere, except they added some scenes earlier in the movie so she wouldn't show up out of nowhere.

Worth the $10 in my opinion. It's hard to say how the other DC movies will go because they did this backwards, using the team-up movie to introduce the solo movies.

There was one tiny moment that bugged me a little bit, but it didn't spoil the movie. (Although this is a pretty big spoiler, so it spoils the movie by that definition):

When you're being beaten within an inch of your life and you cry out in desperation, you don't use your mother's name. It was a neat moment where it breached Batman's psychology and he suddenly realized he could relate to Superman on some level (And isn't it convenient that they both had Marthas for Moms) but it would have worked just as well to say, "You're letting my mother die!"