RustyNails
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The end. There was similar cringey super positive reaction from early MoS screening from comicbook nerds.
Early impressions start rolling out for Batman v. Superman
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Finale Fireworker
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Devin Faraci suggesting this movie is anything less than an absolute trainwreck that makes the human race collectively give up on cinema is utterly bizarro. This is Bizarro World.
LegendofDragoonLives
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Keaton has to have one of the most overrated performances of all time. He was a pretty bad Bruce and great Batman. The guy acts nothing like Bruce. With his acting ability, I have to accept that he never read a comic because the guy didn't seem to know shit about Bruce Wayne based on his portrayal. He was a 1 dimensional cool rich guy with no depth at all during Bruce's portrayal. Bale always did Bruce as an amazing job but had that awful Batman voice as Batman.
Keaton was solid, Bale was pretty good. All other Batmans were awful.
Grace Randolph loved it too.
Ever seen The Town?
Well, no, they're almost always positive, but it's still encouraging that SOMEONE liked it, especially once it's critics you might know and/or respect.
Then again, there's also the infamous "honeymoon" phase... The Star Wars prequels had some of the most hysterically funny reviews in hindsight, praising it from here to the moon as this absolutely transcendent, near-religious experience with high scores and acclaim. Reality hadn't sunk in yet before the hype died down.
PeskyToaster
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Affleck always looked pretty good and he's had a pretty good career since Daredevil lol. I thought Eisenberg came off as the worst from the trailers but it's not like I wasn't going to see the movie. Gotta stay loyal to my man Bats.
I don't think that fact will stop him from talking down to people.
breadtruck
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Well, I like MoS. So unless this is at the same level of the Green Lantern, then I'm fairly confident Ill like this also.
Bring it on!
Bring it on!
The thing is, this movie has had the most anti-hype ever. Really.
So what are you gonna say if the critics come out and give it a positive review? That they're bunch of idiot fanboys too?
I took that as pure sarcasm
That they all said it was awful, and that's what he was excited for. Everyone's reaction to a bad superhero movie.
But maybe I'm wrongly interpreting him, because the dude is never clear or consistent about anything ever.
If the movie turns out to be good, they need to fire whoever made those initial awful trailers.
Sibersk Esto
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it'll probably be alright
LegendofDragoonLives
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Everyone wanted SW to be great though, a lot of people have been shitting on BvS before they ever saw it.
Agreed, Marc Bernardin has criticized the mvoie via the trailers a lot and he's given it a thumbs up on Twitter which, of course, doesn't say much, but at least he liked it.
I just want this to be better than MoS man.
Sheriff_Battlesnake
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Idk why people dismissed Batflek to begin with! He seems perfect for the role. It's the rest of the film that has me iffy.
I look forward to being impressed!
I look forward to being impressed!
Alandrus Sun
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I won't, though my opinion will still be the ultimate say on my impression, but I'm more willing to trust actual critics than a bunch of comic nerds granted an early screening. Do you think they would be granted such a screening if the big wigs thought they'd spread bad word?
You know, you're partially right for most of the "hardcore" internet crowd...
But for kids and teenagers and casual viewers? I don't think they care at all. They know Batman is in it and that's all they'll EVER need to hear.
I asked my 11, 12, and 14 year old cousins about this just yesterday and they were all super-pumped to see this film. They don't care about getting Superman "right", or whether the acting is good, or whether the story makes sense... you couldn't find a group of kids more hyped to see Batman and Superman fight, regardless of whatever excuse they come up with. It could literally be a match of rock 'em, sock 'em robots and they'd still be hyped.
I get the feeling that's most people off of message boards.
spookyfish
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Interesting. I and others have no desire to see Affleck as Batman, so ... it probably evens out.
I dunno Bobby maybe not all of them but my friends who are parents swear that their favorite babysitter is the first Avengers movie. It has whatever je ne sais quois is required to engage a two year old for the duration, which is pretty impressive for a 2+ hour movie.
Crazy Sepia tone scenes of Batman fighting demons only happens in a dream sequence?
Prepare for disappointment.
Alandrus Sun
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White male privilege.
CaviarMeths
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Or watched any CBMs or read any comics in general. The last comic book movie that was pointedly made for children was Batman & Robin in 1997. Even the likes of Big Hero 6 were more all-audiences with plenty of stuff for adults to enjoy.
I'm just here to see the big screen debut of Ambush Bug.
I'm actually in the opposite camp regarding Bale's Bruce and Keaton's Bruce. Bale's felt really one dimensional and fake to me while Keaton's felt like it had some life behind it, granted that could be Keaton's natural charisma oozing into the performance a bit. The scene in the 89 Batman where he's in that armory with Knox and Vale is a good example of this, I was also a fan of how Keaton's Bruce just walks into Christopher Walken's board room in Batman Returns and immediately starts grilling Walken about his ties to the Penguin like any snobby business executive might. That stuff made Keaton's Bruce feel like an actual person and I can't think of anything Bale's Bruce did that was like that.
I know playboy Bruce Wayne is supposed to be just a cover for Batman - but Keaton's Bruce actually felt like a second person while Bale's Bruce felt like a really fake persona.
You're not better than the guys you complain about though. Everyone will know whether he thinks the movie is good or bad once he's seen it, not by copying whatever other guys opinion.
So am I to understand you think that literally every person who has seen the movie thus far was hand selected by WB because they are fanboys?
Alandrus Sun
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Yes, that is 100% what I am saying...
Let me put it this way, random movie goer already foaming at the mouth to watch the movie is going to have a less objective opinion of the film than an actual critic.
shira
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https://twitter.com/carlcunningham/status/711720615896600576 said:
Hired PR man impressions
MDSLKTR
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This... is the worst post I've seen on this forum yet.
I believe it.
Except critics have already seen the movie and have given positive impressions. Also, you don't seem to know how these things work, lol. The fan screenings haven't even happened yet. That's tonight.
RustyNails
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I'm just saying early impressions for movies like these are one sided.
LegendofDragoonLives
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What.. HOW? Seriously, how did you get to that conclusion? I can't even fathom how someone can have this perspective. Where was Keaton ever shown have a semblance of personality other than cool rich guy. Every scene with Alfred you see the real Bruce with Bale.
CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls
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Sibersk Esto
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YOU WANNA GET NUTS
AquaWateria
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I honestly would take impressions from fans with a grain of salt.
I mean wasn't there a time where fans thought the prequels of Star Wars were good? Not to say the impressions are 100% wrong because they could be right.
Alandrus Sun
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I'd argue this scene, especially after Selina pulls out a gun and Bruce realizes what she wants to do, really shows the human side of Keaton's Bruce a ton.
But she deserves to be the best thing in the movie!! It's been way too long. Bats and Supes already had decades worth of movies. So I'm glad that WW is one of the best things (if not the best) in BvS.
paragonpro
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Im setting the table for crow. Who ever wins, someone is eating it.
I can see that going about as well as the Ant-Man crow thread.
Variety Chief called it better than The Avengers. Grace Randolph, notorious detractor, says everyone should see it, there are other few. And the mexican one who sounds like was having babies of the excitement lol
Yes. It sets up the tone for BvS.
A lot of crazy destruction happens in the movie and many people in the world blame Superman for it.
shira
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Bobby Roberts
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I get you: My nephews and nieces used apparently used to request The Two Towers (that one specifically) to watch when they were around 3 or 4. But there's a difference between kids being able to appreciate a thing, and that thing being made for those kids.
Superhero movies might be okay for kids to watch, but that doesn't mean these movies are actually being made for them. They're being made for their parents, with concessions to subject matter that allow their parents to bring them without feeling some sort of way about it.
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