Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (March 24th, 2016)

[a-dev]

I dunno, I'm pretty excited and I'm one of the pessimists.

 

[jye4ever]

But you're a freak....like me.

 

[EVILFACE]

The only hype I recall from TDK was when Ledger popped his pills.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I can't speak for others, but I went to see "I am Legend" in theaters just to watch the TDK trailer, and that was like a month before Ledger went to sleep.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

It's not even out, and it has a 9.2 on IMDB

 

[Khev]

I've never seen movie merchandise dominate to the level of what we saw with TFA prior to December 18th. Damn near every store in every mall had some some of Star Wars display front and center when you walked in. From department stores to specialty shops to Kay freaking Jewelers. It was *everywhere.* But that doesn't mean that needs to happen again for a movie to break box office records.

Jurassic World was pretty quiet and then boom, $200 million opening out of the blue.

I'll definitely be there opening weekend and I have a feeling I'm going to have a heck of a good time.

 

[beeshaw]

Star Wars is its own beast. You can't compare ANYTHING to it.

This will do more than fine. No one should be expecting Star Wars level hype, saturation, or box office.

 

[a-dev]

And way too much CGI and overly produced visual shots, which I can't stand.

True, the trailers were full of this sort of thing. And that picture of him dragging the ship that others are praising is a prime example.

 

[snoop101]

Is that from the actual movie? I thought that was a promotion of sorts......

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

give me some hope.

 

[snoop101]

Star Wars is crap.

 

[Khev]

I do hope that the film gives a more intricate reason for Batman to fight Superman than, "If there's even a one percent chance he's our enemy, then we must take it as an absolute certainty!" I get his concern, Supes is indeed a being who can destroy the world or whatever but so what, during the Cold War both the United States and the Soviet Union could have eradicated all life on earth many times over with our nuclear arsenals but neither country went all nuts trying to preemptively destroy the other one first due to that fact alone.

Create your contingencies, sure, go crazy with those but poke the Armageddon capable grizzly just to piss him off? Probably not the best plan.

 

[Uncle Bingo]

True, the trailers were full of this sort of thing. And that picture of him dragging the ship that others are praising is a prime example.

Is that from the actual movie? I thought that was a promotion of sorts......

I'm thinking thats going to be in the movie. A shot and scene like that is right up Snyder's alley.

 

[Rorywan]

I see that kind of over produced shot and I get zero emotional response. It looks far too fake and digital.
If it was complete CGI and part of a CG movie than I wouldn't take issue with it. But the VFX quality just isn't realistic enough to mix with live action.
Snyder got away with that kind of thing in 300 because it was a graphic novel visual aesthetic.

And considering this is 2016 that is some pretty bad VFX work right there, I hope it's not in the movie.

 

[Rorywan]

I've never seen movie merchandise dominate to the level of what we saw with TFA prior to December 18th. Damn near every store in every mall had some some of Star Wars display front and center when you walked in. From department stores to specialty shops to Kay freaking Jewelers. It was *everywhere.* But that doesn't mean that needs to happen again for a movie to break box office records.

Jurassic World was pretty quiet and then boom, $200 million opening out of the blue.

I'll definitely be there opening weekend and I have a feeling I'm going to have a heck of a good time.

I think Phantom Menace was worse/better at least in my part of the world. I still have a packet of band-aids somewhere!

 

[Cap'n Cook]

This to me is an amazing shot.
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Wow.

 

[jye4ever]

The only think that can surpass Batman in pop culture is Star Wars.

Nothing Marvel has in their arsenal can top Batman's social awareness.

Fox probably thinks they have a Batman in their hands with Deadpool.

 

[Spartan Rex]

Wow.

Yup, "Wow" indeed.
These aren't documentaries from National Geographic.
This is what Superman does in the comics, it's fantastical action shown in a fantastical way.
I like the scale off the shot, the heightened color palette and aurora.
Snyders style is perfect for these movies.

 

[jye4ever]

Throwing a planet in the comics is awesome.

Throwing a planet in a movie would come off soooo boring.

 

[Spartan Rex]

Don't think I've ever seen Superman "throw"a planet in the comics.
Sounds like an over the top silver age scene before Supermans powers were dialed back.
Trying to show the physics of that would be difficult to show on screen but pulling ships through the ice is fine.