I think with the audience reviews for ZJSL being the best of the DCEU show that it more than likely would have been well received especially with Wonder Woman doing so well.
It has its fans for sure, but what percentage of the public do those reviews constitute? (Rhetorical question). Snyder has his rabid fanbase but the "Snyderverse" didn't work. MOS and BvS will not be remembered as successes. I like plenty of movies that are not considered successes and many successful movies I feel are subpar. What can you do? If nothing else, when Gunn gets underway the Snyder talk should (I hope) go away. Heck, we may have already entered a post-comic book movie era and haven't realized it yet.
We will then crush the comicbook movie with one swift stroke!
I'm actually also surprised those MI flicks are still being churned out. I think I saw the first two. But I can't stomach Cruise on any given day. But to your point, the movies need something fresh. Perhaps the debacles of these releases could signal a change.
Good point about MI and JW.
Hadn't thought of their popularity in those terms, which is odd when you recall the Cavill-Stache incident.
Not to further derail, but I was always a John Woo fan so I appreciated MI:2, the last one I saw.
O lord please no! I want creature features back
I believe that as the year's roll by BvS will become a classic similar to The Shining and Blade Runner. Poor initial reviews and box office that didn't meet expectations. I've witnessed quite a few people finally "get it" recently.
Extraction 2
The Thing as well.
Whether you love or hate the Snyderverse it at least had SOME artistic quality and vision, what we have received from the DCEU since in the Hamada era has been utter and completely soulless corporate bilge.
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