Screaming Meat
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Come on, that scene in the police station in Death of the Family was awesome.
Batman v. Superman RT Thread: like standing ovations in rain
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Come on, that scene in the police station in Death of the Family was awesome.
I swear, every post here makes a perfect title for this thread.
AlfredX1990
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This thread titles are the gifts that keep on giving
Reminder that this movie had an Oscar winning writer
Reminder that this movie had an Oscar winning writer
To Far Away Times
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In regards to the cinematography and editing in the action scenes, does this fall into the "shake the camera and hope for the best" school of filmmaking or is there actual, thoughtful choreography and editing like Daredevil (Netflix), Mad Max: Fury Road, John Wick, etc...?
Gordon Shumway
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I'm getting some good free entertainment from this thread lol..
Soon to be Razzle nominated
call_kotaku
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I just saw this post and I have to say that the critics couldn't be more wrong!
roflwaffles
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More of the former IMO. It just looks like a video game.
Gordon Shumway
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OH GOD THE TITLE CHANGE
Saw the movie, was solid. In no way can it possibly considered the same tier as paul blart mall cop or worse than xmen origins wolverine. 30% is harsh as fuck for this movie. Easily better than Man of Steel. The problem with the movie is that its just a bunch of good individual scenes just kind of slapped together. Didn't flow well. But 30%? Fuck outta here.
echoshifting
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Would you accept 5/10? Because that's its actual rating on rotten tomatoes.
WrenchNinja
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Most comics are written and paced as if they were going to be in trades though
That's why many critics don't think it is good.
Bobby Roberts
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Fuck the critics! I read that post and thought it was great. I can't wait to see it quoted again.
To Far Away Times
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That's unfortunate.
I'd accept 5/10 for Man of Steel and 6/10 for this movie.
the lowest I'd go is a 6, highest I'd go is a 7.
Bobby Roberts
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Others have praised some of the action scenes, but I found most of them to be both staged and filmed very badly. There's a chase with the batmobile early on where it's never established where the vehicles are relative to one another, and it just cuts from showing one car or the other, but almost never in the same shot. It made the scene chaotic and difficult to follow. Lots of good individual shots are framed well and there's some good pyrotechnic displays and car/gadget designs. But the sequence is a mess.
The thug beatdown scene shown in the trailer was similar. On the one hand, it's the best sustained action sequence in the film. It's set in a mostly empty warehouse, in a couple of large, open rooms, but for some reason mostly shot up close so we can't tell who is where, when. It also used most of its good clear shots in that trailer with much of the remaining action filmed too close, camera shaking. Overall it's just fine, but in the hands of a competent director, the sequence could have been so much better. They basically had a fantastic approach to Batman's combat style, gave him a good set up, and then filmed it in a way that actually undercut how good the stuntwork was.
Liamario
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I'd go with 6 at the highest. Sometimes it goes higher than that, and sometimes it goes much much lower.
I like this post, but I'm not sure it's as good as Thor 2.
BronsonLee
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YOU SUCK
echoshifting
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Box quote
I was okay with all the action scenes except for the last one which I thought was a HUGE mess.
WadiumArcadium
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You obviously aren't familiar with a film called The Phantom Menace.
TheSlySoul
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Perhaps acceptance can come because liking a bad movie is the worst possible outcome in the human mind.
Indeed.
call_kotaku
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Depends on whether or not you liked Man of Steel
Gordon Shumway
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The contrary could be said, that ideology works with everything.
Piku_Ringo
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Part Arkham Knight and Part Injustice. Imo
echoshifting
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Phantom Menace was the worst for that particular phenomenon. I was among them. I actually sat around a table at a village inn afterwards with a bunch of other nerds gibbering about how awesome it was.
Nah, they just don't want boring. Plenty of superhero adaptations have done dark and serious very well (Nolan Batman, Daredevil).
When even the action scenes are boring, you know you fucked up.
TheSlySoul
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The Force Awakens had that movement. People wanted to convince others that it was a bad movie and the prequels were better.
Edit: Our movie had plenty of pee breaks as well, ha ha. I held it in, was painful.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Had some time to think of this, yesterday I went to both a showing of Allegiant and BvS.
Allegiant was the better experience
Allegiant was the better experience
I don't think people actually get that.
Seeing that the 5 for BvS is an average, and not the gospel rating for the film handed down to mortals by Zeus and Vishnu, your 6-7 wouldn't really be an outlier on RT. Plently of critics gave it 3/5 or 3.5/5. Plenty gave it 2/5 or 2.5/5 as well.
Gordon Shumway
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WHAAAAAAT?
The critics (and enough impressions here) have sealed it for me. I was leaning that way anyway because of my hatred of Snyder's Watchmen, but it's a done deal now. Not gonna see this in theaters. Instead I'm gonna read All-Star Superman this weekend, which for some reason I still haven't finished.
TheSlySoul
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Was hilarious, think mostly MRAs.
AlfredX1990
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I've never dreamed of a thread so perfect, it's the perfect meltdown
Cool. It's definitely not a masterpiece, but I enjoyed myself. It's above average to good. I certainly wouldn't give it a failing grade.
Man of Steel, on the other hand... 4/10 fuck that movie.
Frostinferno
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To be fair it's a long movie. But man, any time during that first hour or so was a good time to take a break.
It was definately a huge mess, but I thought those two scenes were also problematic. On paper they were pretty straight forward - a car chase and a guy rampaging through a room filled with thugs. While serviceable overall I was constantly frustrated by the editing and staging. There's very seldom a clear shot with multiple elements working at once, but rather cuts back and forth from one to another. I found it made them chaotic and more difficult to follow. And also, despite all the money on screen, much less impressive visually as a result.
Even Lex couldn't hold it.
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