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

[Solidus]

I take ratings from RT with a grain of salt. But, generally, all of the movies with really low critic ratings are usually horrible. The people who truly enjoy them would post their thoughts in the "Unpopular Movie Opinions" thread.

 

[chewblacca]

I'm seeing it Saturday too! It's a Batman/Superman movie. I'm there no matter what!

 

[sallah]

How much do the numbers mean to people though? Does a low score:

1. Mean you don't see a movie and

2. If you see a movie with a low score do you sit there trying not to like it incase the critics find out you like it?

Can't people make up their own minds?

Its not about them making up my mind for me (after all, I'm the guy that doesn't like Dark Knight). For me, its a gauge on if I gamble the ridiculous amount of money it takes to go see a movie at the theaters these days or not. Nobody likes to walk away from a theater feeling like the wasted 2 hours AND 20-40 dollars (depending on if you go alone or take your significant other, refreshments, etc). I also have 3 kids, so I have to be selective with movies I see just because I don't have the luxury of a lot of free time.

So I use RT like Consumer Reports. If I am somewhat interested in a film and it carries a score of say 60% or up, I am more likely to take the gamble on buying a ticket. If it scores below 60%, that one may not be worth gambling my time and money on. I'll just wait and check it out on DVD.

Sallah

 

[crows]

Most of the time I take reviews into account...with 3 kids we have to choose our theater trips carefully these days. But for this one Don't care...babysitter secured...seeing it Saturday night.

i like to go by the youtube reviews. the rotten tomato didn't make me not want to see it but seeing most youtube reviews agreeing on the bad parts soured me on the movie

 

[karamazov80]

Its not about them making up my mind for me (after all, I'm the guy that doesn't like Dark Knight). For me, its a gauge on if I gamble the ridiculous amount of money it takes to go see a movie at the theaters these days or not. Nobody likes to walk away from a theater feeling like the wasted 2 hours AND 20-40 dollars (depending on if you go alone or take your significant other, refreshments, etc). I also have 3 kids, so I have to be selective with movies I see just because I don't have the luxury of a lot of free time.

So I use RT like Consumer Reports. If I am somewhat interested in a film and it carries a score of say 60% or up, I am more likely to take the gamble on buying a ticket. If it scores below 60%, that one may not be worth gambling my time and money on. I'll just wait and check it out on DVD.

Sallah

Yeah, once you enter this stage of life it's harder to be frivolous about these things

Fortunately, my kids are out of town next week for Spring Break, so at least we wouldn't have to pay for a baby-sitter. Having said that, I asked my wife last night if she wanted to see this with me, and her response was, ". . .if you really want me to." She could tell from the commercials that this wasn't her kind of movie. She is a casual fan of comic movies, and loves RDJ Stark and Hiddleston Loki, so I can't imagine she would enjoy herself here.

 

[chewblacca]

It's a comic book movie, I'm not expecting Shakespeare.

 

[crows]

It's a comic book movie, I'm not expecting Shakespeare.

I wasn't expecting amazing spiderman 2 lol

 

[Jameson Rook]

Its not about them making up my mind for me (after all, I'm the guy that doesn't like Dark Knight). For me, its a gauge on if I gamble the ridiculous amount of money it takes to go see a movie at the theaters these days or not. Nobody likes to walk away from a theater feeling like the wasted 2 hours AND 20-40 dollars (depending on if you go alone or take your significant other, refreshments, etc). I also have 3 kids, so I have to be selective with movies I see just because I don't have the luxury of a lot of free time.

So I use RT like Consumer Reports. If I am somewhat interested in a film and it carries a score of say 60% or up, I am more likely to take the gamble on buying a ticket. If it scores below 60%, that one may not be worth gambling my time and money on. I'll just wait and check it out on DVD.

Sallah

Well said James. To me, a 250 million dollar movie, with two cultural icons that people wanted to see on-screen for seemingly forever at this point, has no business to fail. Even especially so when Saturday morning cartoons at a string budget featuring the teaming up of such said characters have entertained millions. It also means that these filmmakers need to go back and watch more cartoons.

 

[sallah]

I wasn't expecting amazing spiderman 2 lol

I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition.



Sallah

 

[YoNoSe]

I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

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Sallah

Beat me to it.

 

[sallah]

Beat me to it.

Can't miss an opportunity for a Python reference.

Sallah

 

[FSLAR]

but does The Spanish Inquisition expect The Spanish Inquisition?

 

[chewblacca]

Personally, comic book movies should never take themselves so seriously. The genre they come from was never meant for deep philosophical thought. It's two guys in long underwear doing amazing things. Keep it simple. Like one reviewer said, look at Deadpool. It's a revenge flick. It is what it is. It does not try to be War and Peace, or even the Unusual Suspects for that matter. I haven't seen it yet so I can't really comment about Batman vs Superman, but from seeing Man of Steel, WB, DC, Zack Snyder, David Goyer, or whoever. Comic book movies should never be convoluted or metaphysical. Keep it simple, and have some fun! It is a funny book movie after all.

 

[crows]

Well said James. To me, a 250 million dollar movie, with two cultural icons that people wanted to see on-screen for seemingly forever at this point, has no business to fail. Even especially so when Saturday morning cartoons at a string budget featuring the teaming up of such said characters have entertained millions. It also means that these filmmakers need to back and watch more cartoons.

if this was suicide squad no one would be this mad (maybe just Harley fans) Just like if Ant man happened to be really bad or something, no one would really mind.

But imagine if Civil War got a 25 percent... that would be a bigger freak out than this one lol

 

[Rorywan]

Having small kids = very expensive trip to see a movie.
Babysitters.. Yada yada..

I expect the film makers to understand this and ensure I'm not dissapointed.

 

[sallah]

but does The Spanish Inquisition expect The Spanish Inquisition?

Hmm... Good question. I'll check the rulebook-



Sallah

 

[Victοr]

Personally, comic book movies should never take themselves so seriously. The genre they come from was never meant for deep philosophical thought. It's two guys in long underwear doing amazing things. Keep it simple. Like one reviewer said, look at Deadpool. It's a revenge flick. It is what it is. It does not try to be War and Peace, or even the Unusual Suspects for that matter. I haven't seen it yet so I can't really comment about Batman vs Superman, but from seeing Man of Steel, WB, DC, Zack Snyder, David Goyer, or whoever. Comic book movies should never be convoluted or metaphysical. Keep it simple, and have some fun! It is a funny book movie after all.

As I've talked about before, that depends on the characters. You can do drama and you can tackle lots of interesting topics, as long as you're focused on telling a good story. Meaning, that you shouldn't strive for a "philosophical" movie. You should strive for a good, tight, well-made movie that happens to have some philosophical undertones. Snyder mixes up the two far too often...

Anyway, Super-Hero Comics being intellectual is debatable. But with the rise of indies, Comic-Books in general are undeniably able to tackle such things. They're just like any other medium. Whatever a book or movie can do, a comic can do as well. This notion that they're for kids is badly missinformed.

 

[chewblacca]

No comics are not just for kids. What I'm saying is that as I was watching Man of Steel I saw what they were going for with the Jesus thing and the kodex stuff about choosing your destiny and Superman's place in the world. I just felt he was over doing it. It's ok to touch on it and move on.

 

[Victοr]

No comics are not just for kids. What I'm saying is that as I was watching Man of Steel I saw what they were going for with the Jesus thing and the kodex stuff about choosing your destiny and Superman's place in the world. I just felt he was over doing it. It's ok to touch on it and move on.

That's a general problem with Snyder. He focuses too much on trying to come off as complex, that he misses the point entirely. It's like that saying: It's easier to appear to smart than actually be one. Snyder seems to think that grand speeches and Jesus metaphors equal a great film. Which, it does not. A great film is a great film, period...

 

[greygoose]

Well said James. To me, a 250 million dollar movie, with two cultural icons that people wanted to see on-screen for seemingly forever at this point, has no business to fail. Even especially so when Saturday morning cartoons at a string budget featuring the teaming up of such said characters have entertained millions. It also means that these filmmakers need to go back and watch more cartoons.

The Shaun the Sheep Movie has a RT score of 99%. Maybe everyone should just watch that, no-one can argue with a score of 99% (OK it's not quite 100% but...).