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

[SNIKT1950]

Out of curiosity, and this is for all the people who want Snyder gone, who would you replace him with?

I'm perfectly alright with him helming JLA, but I'm interested in who people think would be a good alternative.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Out of curiosity, and this is for all the people who want Snyder gone, who would you replace him with?

I'm perfectly alright with him helming JLA, but I'm interested in who people think would be a good alternative.

George Miller, Guillermo del Toro, or Robert Zemeckis. Even JJ Abrams could do a better job.

 

[YoNoSe]

I just want better scripts. I believe Snyder is absolutely up to the task visually (even with his propensity towards 90s comic stylngs and fun character deaths). Just need tighter, smarter screenplays. Hopefully Terrio's solo work will do the trick.

 

[YoNoSe]

Or Brad Bird.

 

[Khev]

Have a Gone Girl reunion with Fincher and Affleck.

 

[YoNoSe]

Fincher would make a helluva Killing Joke.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I just want better scripts. I believe Snyder is absolutely up to the task visually (even with his propensity towards 90s comic stylngs and fun character deaths). Just need tighter, smarter screenplays. Hopefully Terrio's solo work will do the trick.

But is he good at getting good performances out of the actors? I don't mind Lex, but most people hated the character, and Snyder is the one who picked the actor and what about Cavill's performance as Clark and Hopeman? Is that the script or is that Snyder's vision of the character is all wrong? Because I still believe, that he doesn't understand Superman. He just understands cool looking visuals, and that's not enough...for me anyway. I also see no chemistry between Hopeman and Lois..zero. Even Lois' personality doesn't work as Lois Lane.

 

[YoNoSe]

But is he good at getting good performances out of the actors? I don't mind Lex, but most people hated the character, and Snyder is the one who picked the actor and what about Cavill's performance as Clark and Hopeman? Is that the script or is that Snyder's vision of the character is all wrong? Because I still believe, that he doesn't understand Superman. He just understands cool looking visuals, and that's not enough...for me anyway.

I can't answer that 100% but I think the way Superman is written is a huge part of the problem. Anyone saying "the bat is dead, bury it" is going to sound like an *****.

 

[Khev]

I also see no chemistry between Hopeman and Lois..zero.

I did think that Lois' reaction to seeing the engagement ring wasn't the best. Not "Talia's death" bad but you'd think if the love of a woman's life just died and then she was immediately presented with something like a ring that she would have broken down and bawled. But her reaction almost indicated that he liked her more than she liked him. Plus they were already living together so the poignancy of a ring might not have been all it could have been from the get go. I definitely recognize a few missteps in this film (pretty much all on the Superman side) but it doesn't stop me from loving it because the other parts (particularly my favorite elements going in--namely Batman and WW and then Lex being such a pleasant surprise) were done so well.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I can't answer that 100% but I think the way Superman is written is a huge part of the problem. Anyone saying "the bat is dead, bury it" is going to sound like an *****.

Oh, that movie has some bad lines...no question about it I don't know who wrote the script or which scenes were written by Terio or Goyer, but there are some things that make no sense to me, because they introduce certain ideas that go nowhere. Clark has some issues with Batman's methods because they have some ideological differences aparently, but they really don't, because they both kill people, they are polarizing figures, and they are both vigilantes...because they answer to no one, so to me, I didn't get why Clark had an issue with Bats in the beginning and eventually that goes nowhere, because the reason for their fight has nothing to do with ideological differences, at least on Superman's side. It's just a poorly written movie the more I think about it. The first thing Hopeman does in the film, is kill a guy, when he could have easily disarmed the guy with his heat vision by heating the gun or cutting the gun barrel, but Snyder's inner fanboy took over, and he had Hopeman put the guy through a wall because it looked cool.

 

[kryptonianmutie]

When I eventually see this movie I'm going to keep telling myself this is Earth 187.

 

[YoNoSe]

I did think that Lois' reaction to seeing the engagement ring wasn't the best. Not "Talia's death" bad but you'd think if the love of a woman's life just died and then she was immediately presented with something like a ring that she would have broken down and bawled. But her reaction almost indicated that he liked her more than she liked him. Plus they were already living together so the poignancy of a ring might not have been all it could have been from the get go. I definitely recognize a few missteps in this film (pretty much all on the Superman side) but it doesn't stop me from loving it because the other parts (particularly my favorite elements going in--namely Batman and WW and then Lex being such a pleasant surprise) were done so well.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I did think that Lois' reaction to seeing the engagement ring wasn't the best. Not "Talia's death" bad but you'd think if the love of a woman's life just died and then she was immediately presented with something like a ring that she would have broken down and bawled. But her reaction almost indicated that he liked her more than she liked him. Plus they were already living together so the poignancy of a ring might not have been all it could have been from the get go. I definitely recognize a few missteps in this film (pretty much all on the Superman side) but it doesn't stop me from loving it because the other parts (particularly my favorite elements going in--namely Batman and WW and then Lex being such a pleasant surprise) were done so well.

Yeah, I liked all the Batman stuff, and I liked Lex and Perry White.

 

[Khev]

There, there...

 

[YoNoSe]

He's got a bit of a Zelda from Pet Sematary vibe in that gif. That's hot.

 

[greygoose]

That gif is intense!

 

[YoNoSe]

Oh, that movie has some bad lines...no question about it I don't know who wrote the script or which scenes were written by Terio or Goyer, but there are some things that make no sense to me, because they introduce certain ideas that go nowhere. Clark has some issues with Batman's methods because they have some ideological differences aparently, but they really don't, because they both kill people, they are polarizing figures, and they are both vigilantes...because they answer to no one, so to me, I didn't get why Clark had an issue with Bats in the beginning and eventually that goes nowhere, because the reason for their fight has nothing to do with ideological differences, at least on Superman's side. It's just a poorly written movie the more I think about it. The first thing Hopeman does in the film, is kill a guy, when he could have easily disarmed the guy with his heat vision by heating the gun or cutting the gun barrel, but Snyder's inner fanboy took over, and he had Hopeman put the guy through a wall because it looked cool.

I can't disagree, I just want to give Snyder the benefit of the doubt. Which gets harder every time I read an interview.

 

[Khev]

So did anyone plunk down the $28 to be constantly sprayed in the face with water during the rain scenes?

The Batman v Superman 4DX Experience is brutish, unapologetic capitalism sprayed directly in your face | The Verge

So, 4DX's billing as "groundbreaking immersive technology," turned out to be a pretty gross oversell on every front. It's not "groundbreaking," because no sane person would ever buy a second 4DX ticket. It didn't help to immerse me in the story though it did make me hyper aware of my body and things that I don't enjoy having happen to it. And the "technology" primarily involves ceiling fans, sprinklers, and strobe lights.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Superman was just jealous...now it all makes sense