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[Seesaw15]

http://www.slashfilm.com/batman-v-superman-review/3/

6/10

 

[Joeytj]

Friend says that none of the reviews coming into RT are fresh...

Probably a few, but this is not going to be pretty.

 

[paragonpro]

There we go. Fuck I was really rooting for this. Im still going to see this, but as a huge dc fan this really sucks. Why did they let zack snyder do this? They seriously couldn't get another director?

 

[MadLaughter]

Devin Faraci:

Ben Affleck is the best modern Batman!

But the movie itself is terrible, poorly made, dumb, and shockingly dull. Doomsday is trash. Lex stinks. The worst modern comic book film.

“Modern comic book film” means post-IRON MAN/BATMAN BEGINS, I would say.

Also it is clear that Zack Snyder actually HATES Superman.

https://twitter.com/devincf/status/712398963832258561

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Timeout 2/5 stars

"If there’s any justice, dawning or otherwise, at the multiplex, audiences will reject Zack Snyder’s lumbering, dead-on-arrival superhero mélange, a $250 million tombstone for a genre in dire need of a break. It’s supposed to be the glorious ramp-up to a new crime-fighting franchise, DC Comics’ Justice League, but you’ll wish this strenuously empty movie had boned up on a few lessons beforehand: There’s zero humor or self-deprecation, as there was in Joss Whedon’s pitch-perfect The Avengers; no performance of unlikely depth, like the one Heath Ledger pulled off in The Dark Knight; and no animating spirit of decency, a trait Christopher Reeve’s Superman had in spades."

 

[jett]

bububu chris terrio you guys

the screenplay was awesome, they said

I guess the screenplay was great (according to people involved in the movie) just like how Snyder did "something special" with MoS (according to Nolan.)

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Someone make a review thread. SCULLIBUNDO where art thou?!?!?

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Friend says that none of the reviews coming into RT are fresh...

Probably a few, but this is not going to be pretty.

You just said over in the spoiler thread that your friend told you it'll be about 80% positive.

 

[Flavius]

Hey look, absolutely zero surprises so far.

I am genuinely sad about that.

Timeout 2/5 stars

"If there’s any justice, dawning or otherwise, at the multiplex, audiences will reject Zack Snyder’s lumbering, dead-on-arrival superhero mélange, a $250 million tombstone for a genre in dire need of a break. It’s supposed to be the glorious ramp-up to a new crime-fighting franchise, DC Comics’ Justice League, but you’ll wish this strenuously empty movie had boned up on a few lessons beforehand: There’s zero humor or self-deprecation, as there was in Joss Whedon’s pitch-perfect The Avengers; no performance of unlikely depth, like the one Heath Ledger pulled off in The Dark Knight; and no animating spirit of decency, a trait Christopher Reeve’s Superman had in spades."

No mercy.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

Germain Lussier of io9 weighs in:



edit: Weird that the IGN review is being touted as a negative when the subhead flat out compares it to Watchmen.



Also, why would you go in expecting Avengers anything? What a fuckin' dumb frame of reference.

For real. What's up with wanting it to be an Avengers movie? That's fucking crazy.
Looks like this will be another Watchmen. Good for me. Bad for everyone else!

 

[xaosslug]

That last point is not what I expected.

But YES. I'm so glad the movie is being so well received.

Keeps my 80 RT prediction safe.

 

[BronsonLee]

I tell no lies.
Only truths

 

[Raptor]

Here we go...



It wasn't a compliment.

Sure as hell it is, and Im glad for it.

 

[Oddduck]

Devin Faraci:

Ben Affleck is the best modern Batman!

But the movie itself is terrible, poorly made, dumb, and shockingly dull. Doomsday is trash. Lex stinks. The worst modern comic book film.

“Modern comic book film” means post-IRON MAN/BATMAN BEGINS, I would say.

Also it is clear that Zack Snyder actually HATES Superman.

https://twitter.com/devincf/status/712398963832258561

What makes me sad is you just know some people will blame Affleck for this movie's problems.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

1 fresh, 7 rotten so far

 

[Glass Shark]

I feel vindicated.

 

[Dalek]

Some of GAF are on the ledge right now.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Interesting in that the critic there really likes Man of Steel, apparently.

he wrote a HUGE thing about Zack Snyder being underrated by the film community(he actually liked Sucker Punch!). So if even HE hates BvS, hoo boy

 

[maquiladora]

Feel like my 65 MC score prediction was maybe 10 points too high...

 

[BronsonLee]

Some of GAF are on the ledge right now.

*shove*

 

[Discotheque]

Faraci can't be trusted on this genre

The rest of the reviews tho....lol yikes.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Some of GAF are on the ledge right now.

Little bit yeah.

Damn, positive impressions really got me thinking that critics would like this one.

 

[JTripper]

Waiting for the one glowing review that everyone will cling to like a burning Gotham City without their Batman.

 

[PBY]

Is someone going to make a review thread? I can throw something up if not...

 

[jett]

Hey look, absolutely zero surprises so far.

I am genuinely sad about that.

It's honestly getting more brutalized than I thought. People have had it with Snyder's brand of shit.

 

[maquiladora]

Jeff Cannata non-spoiler video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb803TWjSFI&feature=youtu.be

 

[AgentOtaku]

Awesome!

Can't wait to see this fucking train wreck on Thursday (^____^)

 

[bananafactory]

I have no idea how anyone didn't see this reaction coming.

 

[Boke1879]

Some of GAF are on the ledge right now.

Nope. Still excited to go see this day 1 because I'll judge it myself.

 

[Lord Virgin]

Hehe, as expected. I'll still enjoy it, hope WB does not change course.

 

[AmaterasuOni]

I liked MoS so I dont know how to take that, is it worst than Batman and Robin?

Can't really tell. I don't remember B&R that well. If you take Sucker Punch, throw in some SoM and twist it in Snyder's head, that's what BvS is. It's too long, script has horrible holes, it's rushed, JL characters are hastily glued in, WW isn't introduced and so forth.

Bad movie. I enjoyed it in a way I enjoyed watching Tranfomers in hangover. Really pointless and stupid entertainment which looks great. Loud, stupid and looks fun.

Although Weta Digital's CGI is as horrible as always. I hate how Doomsday looks, it's just a plastic blob. Also most of the fights, horrible.

 

[SomTervo]

Zack Snyder is just shit, man. He's just shit.

PS will still see and enjoy for Baffman

 

[PartlyCloudlike]

"Do you bleed?"


lol this is going to be a fucking blood bath!! Still looking forward to it but oh boy.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

Some of GAF are on the ledge right now.

Superman will help them!

Or not.

 

[Dalek]

*shove*

 

[Oddduck]

I predicted 75 RT rating because I thought Terrio and Affleck would elevate the quality of this movie. Boy I was wrong.

Right now it's...

1 Fresh

8 Rotten

 

[Joeytj]

You just said over in the spoiler thread that your friend told you it'll be about 80% positive.

Yes, which is why I complained to him too!

He first told me 60s , to his credit. Then I said "dude, no way that's possible" and changed it to "maybe 80s" because the reviews are mixed, but things are looking a lot more brutal than he thought .

 

[JTripper]

Some of GAF are on the ledge right now.

We are all the All-Star Superman girl rn

Edit: beaten ^ FUCK

 

[Astral Dog]

Feel like my 65 MC score prediction was maybe 10 points too high...

So that bad
I just came here?

 

[strafer]

This changes nothing. I'm still going to see it.

I like to judge for myself.

 

[Lender]

Empire giving it 3/5.

 

[Discotheque]

he wrote a HUGE thing about Zack Snyder being underrated by the film community(he actually liked Sucker Punch!). So if even HE hates BvS, hoo boy

Thats worrying. Usually director apologists see the gems in their work that others find hard to find (black hat top 5 movie of 2015 brehs)

This movie just might be trash

My batman fandom guarantees I will enjoy some of it tho at least

Looking forward to finding out if reviews are off the mark or not on Friday

 

[Dash_Riprock]

What if this gets a similar score to Fant4stic???

 

[Ad0ve]

SAVE
US
NOLAN

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice is the most incoherent blockbuster in years - Guardian 2/5 stars review

Holy shit.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

Looks like it was too 'boring' for some critics.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

I guess the WB leaks were trueL its too smart for us!

 

[Sibersk Esto]

What if this gets a similar score to Fant4stic???

There's no way. This is at least competently made.

 

[Firemind]

Timeout 2/5 stars

"If there’s any justice, dawning or otherwise, at the multiplex, audiences will reject Zack Snyder’s lumbering, dead-on-arrival superhero mélange, a $250 million tombstone for a genre in dire need of a break. It’s supposed to be the glorious ramp-up to a new crime-fighting franchise, DC Comics’ Justice League, but you’ll wish this strenuously empty movie had boned up on a few lessons beforehand: There’s zero humor or self-deprecation, as there was in Joss Whedon’s pitch-perfect The Avengers; no performance of unlikely depth, like the one Heath Ledger pulled off in The Dark Knight; and no animating spirit of decency, a trait Christopher Reeve’s Superman had in spades."

ayy lmao

 

[Dalek]

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice is the most incoherent blockbuster in years - Guardian 2/5 stars review

God damn:

No major blockbuster in years has been this incoherently structured, this seemingly uninterested in telling a story with clarity and purpose. It grumbles along for what feels like forever, jinking from subplot to subplot, until two shatteringly expensive-looking fights happen back to back, and the whole thing crunches to a halt.