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[nexus]

I don't give a flippin s*** about RT- anyone who does I have no comment on

I think RT has gotten too influential as of late. Most of the reviews I read leading up to the release were pretty positive, but then the tide suddenly turned on Wednesday. After the RT score hit, there seemed to be a lot of piling on. That typically happens because once reviewers see a trend they tend to want to follow the crowd. I also think some of these guys write reviews without even seeing the film in question, but just crib info from everyone else. That's why once a score breaks one way or another it's almost impossible to turn the tide. I don't believe there's any kind of a conspiracy, but rather it's the nature of how the system works. One thing I do find interesting is that the movie has a pretty high audience score of 85%. Which is pretty much in line with most recent superhero movies -- Thor Ragnarok (89%), Spider-Man Homecoming (88%), GotG (88%), Dr. Strange (86%).

 

[fiveainone]

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That's true regarding Superman. Although you would think there were plenty of chances in which he could have used freeze breath in both MoS and BvS, but didn't. So even though he may have always been this powerful strength wise, I wonder if freeze breath is something new he gained?

Even though I love WW, my favorite superhero of all time is Superman and my dad is a big WW fan. He's always trying to make an argument on how she'd give Superman a run for his money. After this? Uh, no. Sorry. WW is indeed a force to be reckoned with, but got manhandled by Supes. Especially when she said, "Don't make me do this," as if she thought she was going to unleash her full power on him, but he just basically smiled and sent her flying back 50 feet.

And yes, I also love how he just manhandled Steppenwolf at the end, and it shows why Steppenwolf sweat him so much. He was obviously petrified of "The Kryptonian". Like you said, with the exception of maybe WW, he felt the rest of the league was pretty much insignificant. They were all getting manhandled by Steppenwolf and I forgot who it was he said it to, but Superman then comes in and either said "This guy bothering you again" or "This guy giving you a hard time again" (forgot what it was exactly) and proceeds to just pummel him into the ground with ease and stand over him menacingly as if saying "do yourself a favor and just stay the ****** down." I mean he just owned him.

Even though I love Reeve's Superman, I do think Cavill's Superman has been the best rendition of demonstrating just how strong he really is, to borrow a line from Superman IV.

I also wonder if Bruce's contingency plan of having Lois Lane calm Superman down if Superman went bonkers (which he did) is what Flash was referring to in BvS when he told Bruce that Lois Lane is the key?

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I'm pretty sure Cyborg mention something about Mother Box would unleash/inject more power into Superman when it's used.. I'll have to see it again and pay attention to that.

I'm rewatching BvS right now.. When Flash showed up he had a face armor, and he had a mustache. With Flash saying, "Am I too soon?" and the Kightmare showing Metropolis/big city destroyed and the Omega sign, I'd say that Flash is from a more distant future, when Superman turned "evil" in a future without Lois.

But knowing that bit of info certainly would help the JL Bruce to figure out the importance of Lois to Clark.

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I enjoyed the movie. But god damn that Danny Elfman injecting his stupid scores. MoS and BvS score were inspirational/epic/engaging, his **** is just stinks of 90's cheese. The missing score is what's making the tone of the movie feel off. Signed that petition and hopefully everyone does.

Everything in the movie make sense and has a feel of Whedon's comic relief/pacing. Getting the team together was nicely done. It feels like a getting the band together movie rather than end-of-world movie; even though Batman kept trying to sell it as that. With Superman kicking ***, Steppenwolf was out of his league. Perhaps the super breath was the power unleashed from the Mother Box.

 

[fiveainone]

better just watch Batman Begins again- ahhh for the days when the Nolan Bats ruled the world.................

Funny.. I rewatched the whole trilogy a couple weeks ago, and my feelings on Bale completely changed. Batfleck is a much better Bruce/Batman. Nolan movies are still amazing, but Bale pales in comparison to the new Bats.. imho. (I mean, he even admitted it himself he could've been better..)

 

[Remy]

We can continue our civil conversation here- not bothering to go over to the movie thread and lower myself to a bunch of sniveling whiners

As I've mentioned before, I ventured into that section once to actually have a discussion about AoU, I think it was. Quickly found out that the vibe there is if you're not here to be in a 24/7 perpetual rage about how utterly ****** the film was and how it's ruined your life, then gtfo.

So I gladly gtfo and never went back.

I'm genuinely mind blown going to the movies thread.
I agree with you guys, it's like a place For a bunch of same ol dudes to ***** and whine and throw in a lot of memes about the movie.
Kinda sad sometimes.

This is me everytime I want to see what everyone thinks of the movie at the movie thread.

But they still rated it rotten while other movies with similar issues they rate fresh. It's pleasing the crowds that go but the box office is looking terrible right now, less than 300m world wide. It might make less than SS at this rate.

I think a lot of people who didn't like BvS decided they'd only see the movie if it got decent reviews. Once they saw that rotten rating it was over.

Normally, there's a huge drop on the 2nd week of showing, but with thanksgiving next weekend, and with good word of mouth, I still have a good feeling though that JL will do well next weekend and will have stronger legs than BvS.

 

[TheBatman]

I guess I'm a sniveling whiner.

 

[moose]

This movie does not have to make avenge rs money. That not something I think we will see again the frequency and the number of comic book movies is what is driving the numbers down.

The best part of JL is That it introduced new characters that are not available in the marvel line . So long as DC carves a niche for themselves they will be fine. WW was new and hence it made money I doubt comic book movies will be has profitable as the past the saturation of the product is canablinzing the genre and unless each product offering is unique then all the brand's will fade in to blandness


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[Azrael23]

As a crowd pleaser, I think JL works. As a quality film, I think it leaves much to be desired,and that's where the low RT score comes in

And at the end of the day, shouldn't that heavily factor in its RT rating, especially since the vast majority of CBM are crowd pleasers.
Even if the quality of the film is somewhat lacking, I don't believe that JL should be teetering in the 30s and 40s while other films
with similar issues are in the 80s. I believe such disparity is meant to send a message.

 

[SilverStar17]

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I'm pretty sure Cyborg mention something about Mother Box would unleash/inject more power into Superman when it's used.. I'll have to see it again and pay attention to that.


I'm rewatching BvS right now.. When Flash showed up he had a face armor, and he had a mustache. With Flash saying, "Am I too soon?" and the Kightmare showing Metropolis/big city destroyed and the Omega sign, I'd say that Flash is from a more distant future, when Superman turned "evil" in a future without Lois.


But knowing that bit of info certainly would help the JL Bruce to figure out the importance of Lois to Clark.

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I enjoyed the movie. But god damn that Danny Elfman injecting his stupid scores. MoS and BvS score were inspirational/epic/engaging, his **** is just stinks of 90's cheese. The missing score is what's making the tone of the movie feel off. Signed that petition and hopefully everyone does.


Everything in the movie make sense and has a feel of Whedon's comic relief/pacing. Getting the team together was nicely done. It feels like a getting the band together movie rather than end-of-world movie; even though Batman kept trying to sell it as that. With Superman kicking ***, Steppenwolf was out of his league. Perhaps the super breath was the power unleashed from the Mother Box.

Now that you mention it, I seem to vaguely recall Cyborg mentioning that as well. I'll have to keep an ear open when I see it again.

I'm genuinely mind blown going to the movies thread.
I agree with you guys, it's like a place For a bunch of same ol dudes to ***** and whine and throw in a lot of memes about the movie.
Kinda sad sometimes.
This is me everytime I want to see what everyone thinks of the movie at the movie thread.

Normally, there's a huge drop on the 2nd week of showing, but with thanksgiving next weekend, and with good word of mouth, I still have a good feeling though that JL will do well next weekend and will have stronger legs than BvS.

It's pretty much this when you visit the film section:

And yeah, I suspect this film might benefit from the upcoming holiday week. Outside of this forum, everyone I've spoken to has said they liked it.

 

[fiveainone]

Looks like it was Whedon's idea to inject the old school scores into the film.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/h...an-hates-reboots-scrap-classic-themes-1059632

Whedon turned Elfman loose on the Justice League score, asking only that he add humanity, warmth and some fan payoffs, including restoring his original theme from 1989's Batman into the Dark Knight's mythos, as well as bringing in John Williams' classic Superman theme.

"I twisted it and my Batman theme … the DNA is there, but the themes aren’t necessarily obvious in the film. Except for one specific moment in the final battle," says Elfman. "Joss said, ‘Let’s do it [Batman’s theme] on the nose. Fans love this kind of stuff.’"

But he also loves continuity of sound in a franchise:

"I told the guys at DC, 'You have a great musical heritage that you should be proud of, and you should keep it alive.' And they agreed with me, which is refreshing."

 

[koonfasa]

So, where's Green Lantern?

 

[EVILFACE]

Cut along with JL Part 2.

 

[snakeeyes171]

I liked it , it was like a real life justice league cartoon

 

[TheBatman]

 

[davejames]

I liked it , it was like a real life justice league cartoon

Yeah I will give it that. I was just hoping for something more epic and serious myself. And less... two dimensional cartoon.

 

[fiveainone]

I liked it , it was like a real life justice league cartoon

That's a good point. If you remember the first episode of Justice League cartoon, it was also more about getting the team together, and kicking some lame aliens off the planet. Not like an epic two-parter with Darkseid or even Granny.

 

[snakeeyes171]

I really liked the opening scene with batman, ppure awesome. Just like the cartoon movie about darkseid. Hope this don't ruin the chance to see him later on

 

[SilverStar17]

Normally, there's a huge drop on the 2nd week of showing, but with thanksgiving next weekend, and with good word of mouth, I still have a good feeling though that JL will do well next weekend and will have stronger legs than BvS.

I went this morning again to see the film and this time the theater was packed. First time I saw it was on Saturday morning and there were people, but not like today. I think people having the entire week off from work might help this gain some steam at the box office. Applause again at the end of the film and when Supes returned for the end fight, as well as lots of laughs.

 

[sj2106]

I went this morning again to see the film and this time the theater was packed. First time I saw it was on Saturday morning and there were people, but not like today. I think people having the entire week off from work might help this gain some steam at the box office. Applause again at the end of the film and when Supes returned for the end fight, as well as lots of laughs.

Packed on a Monday morning...I assume it's a public holiday over there?

 

[SilverStar17]

Thanksgiving this Thursday. A lot of people take the entire week off though. Same with the week before Christmas and then between New Year's.

 

[sj2106]

Of course, forgot about that. We don't have that here...just black Friday.

Hopefully word of mouth is taking over.

For anyone who's seen the movie:

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What Chance of HT doing a JL Deathstroke?