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79% on RT with 47 reviews in. If the trend holds it'll probably stay above 70%, end up certified fresh when it's all said and done, and everyone on this thread crowing about how awful it is will likely have seen it.
RT has basically become meaningless to me when it comes to comic book movies.
The critics couldn't stop raving about Civil War, WW, Black Panther, etc, and totally **** on Man of Steel and BvS, which are much better movies.
I'll see for myself. I trust no one when it comes to MCU and DCEU.
The critics couldn't stop raving about Civil War, WW, Black Panther, etc, and totally **** on Man of Steel and BvS, which are much better movies.
I'll see for myself. I trust no one when it comes to MCU and DCEU.
It definitely sounds... interesting. Cheesy, for better or worse. Lots of CGI, for better or worse. I think this might see a lot of variance in opinion.
Curious to see how the consensus ends up. I feel like it will either be seen as fun enough to outweigh the bad parts, or too cheesy and over-the-top to work. Some of the "fresh" reviews on RT sound kind of bad, for example. So I guess I'm more interested than I was a day ago!
Curious to see how the consensus ends up. I feel like it will either be seen as fun enough to outweigh the bad parts, or too cheesy and over-the-top to work. Some of the "fresh" reviews on RT sound kind of bad, for example. So I guess I'm more interested than I was a day ago!
Yeah I'm not one to cry about the grand Disney reviewer conspiracy, but reviewers have really weird and uneven standards for CBMs especially when it comes to how they grade MCU and DCEU movies. It's almost like how SEC refs call targetingBrian Earl Spilner said:
RT has basically become meaningless to me when it comes to comic book movies.
The critics couldn't stop raving about Civil War, WW, Black Panther, etc, and totally **** on Man of Steel and BvS, which are much better movies.
I'll see for myself. I trust no one when it comes to MCU and DCEU.
My wife is likely to take me to it so she can enjoy looking at Jason M.
There's no for better when it comes to lots of CGI.rhutton125 said:
Lots of CGI, for better or worse.
Wait, you're saying BvS is better than Civil War, Black Panther, and WW??? I'm no advocate for the latter two, and Civil War is fine, but I don't see how anyone can put BvS above any of them.
I'll disagree with you there, nothing about Suicide Squad ever looked good to me.GiveEmHellBill said:Let's be honest: the second trailer for Suicide Squad (The Bohemian Rhapsody one) was one of the best trailers in a long, long time. The Aquaman trailers? Not so much.Cinco Ranch Aggie said:If you saw Suicide Squad theatrically, then you should see Aquaman.TCTTS said:
I just don't think I can bring myself to see this theatrically. It'll likely be the first DCEU/MCU movie I don't see in the theater.
Extended Cut - yes.
I admit, I do need to check out the extended cut. Still, the bones of that movie are so broken...
The extended cut is much more coherent, but doesn't fix that Snyder wasn't the right guy for the job. You see more of Lex pulling strings behind the scenes and Clark being a reporter (good scenes). Still worth checking out, and much better than the theatrical cut. Snyder just tried to go too big with this movie. Superhero blockbusters, especially ones that are supposed to set up the universe, shouldn't be 3+ hours long. Justice League was originally also 3 hours long.
If Avengers: Endgame wants to be 3 hours, they've earned it (coming from a DC homer) through creating a story worth telling the end of, even if it takes 3 hours.
If Avengers: Endgame wants to be 3 hours, they've earned it (coming from a DC homer) through creating a story worth telling the end of, even if it takes 3 hours.
73% right now, so not moving in the right direction but way better than the other movies outside of Wonder Woman. If it can stay above 65%, I think it's a win for DC moving in the right direction.
Will be at $170-180M in China after its second weekend.
If I'd told you all a year ago that a Transformers film would be 20% higher than a DC film on Rotten Tomatoes, would you have ever guessed that they'd both be Fresh?
The extended cut still doesn't fix what is fundamentally broken about the film, Lex's motivations for creating what could have potentially been a world ending monster that he had no control of. It was never implied or stated that he had any measure of control over doomsday so why would he release that into the world.
Besides the fact that the writing/acting for lex was terrible it's just such a massive plot hole that makes no sense. This is coming from someone whole largely glosses over and doesn't care about plot holes.
Besides the fact that the writing/acting for lex was terrible it's just such a massive plot hole that makes no sense. This is coming from someone whole largely glosses over and doesn't care about plot holes.
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I never understood the complaints on Eisenberg's acting. I thought he did great with what he was given.
I think he way overplays it. He has a mental breakdown in the middle of a speech. He "intimidates" a senator into giving him everything he wants and then forces him to eat a jolly rancher. He or someone in his employ pisses in a jar and sneaks it into a congressional meeting. He could have destroyed the earth (and himself) as part of his master plan.
I'm not sure how much of that is script and how much is performance, but Eisenberg's neuroticism makes him an easy scapegoat. Hollywood's most punchable face, IMO.
I'm not sure how much of that is script and how much is performance, but Eisenberg's neuroticism makes him an easy scapegoat. Hollywood's most punchable face, IMO.
I honestly doubt any of that was improvised.
But regardless, I kinda dug the different take on it. Guy is just wacko.
But regardless, I kinda dug the different take on it. Guy is just wacko.
I really liked the *idea* of Lex as evil Zuckerberg (or, more evil, rather). It felt modern and fresh and Eisenberg obviously felt like the perfect fit for multiple reasons. The character as written, and performed at times, just felt like such a wanna-be TDK Joker, though. Like a more intellectual Joker, and it just didn't work for me. Lex needs to be brutal and calculated. Like Philip Seymour Hoffman's character from M:I3 meets Steve Jobs. Not a trickster, not a punk, and certainly not someone who just unleashes Doomsday on the world without a plan.
Or Daredevil's Wilson Fisk, but more corporate. He could still have the mannerisms that Eisenberg portrayed and be a Zuckerberg (though Bezos might be a more apt comparison these days to Lex - if only physically), but he just didn't feel calculated/rational enough, seeming more reactive/emotional in his decision making.
Im outTCTTS said:
Momoa is just plain cool.
Being Mr Worldwide includes the oceans obviously
I'm definitely going to see this in theaters, and pretty quickly, but that commercial during Thursday Night Football still looks like a damn mess of cgi action.
I hope it's enjoyable but I'm very skeptical of how good of a movie it will actually be.
I hope it's enjoyable but I'm very skeptical of how good of a movie it will actually be.
Man Amber Heard is hotBrian Earl Spilner said:
Momoa is just plain cool.
Then you should check out Woman Amber Heard.wangus12 said:Brian Earl Spilner said:
Man Amber Heard is hot
double aught said:Then you should check out Woman Amber Heard.wangus12 said:Brian Earl Spilner said:
Man Amber Heard is hot
I chuckled
I liked the pitbull MIB III song ( Back in Time) which was basically a mashup with an older song. But that Toto mashup is bad.
John Hamm could make for a fun business tycoon lex Luthor
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