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Batman v. Superman RT Thread: like standing ovations in rain
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Or just not played five cards too many in one movie. Save some ammo.
Are you sure they weren't just getting up to leave the theater?
WaterAstro
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My Force Awakens didn't even peep.
I think we all can agree with that.
Give War A Chance
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Can confirm, I saw the movie today and there was a standing ovation in my theater as well.
I'm not a DC fan, actively dislike Superman, I like Batman. I enjoyed the movie. Would recommend if you're into superhero movies.
Title of the movie is
highly misleading.
Talladega Knight
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That's ridiculous as hell.
How many people were at this screening? 200 or so? 300?
300 people were so moved by Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice that the credits began to roll and they all, in unison, stood up and cheered/clapped for a sustained 10-20 seconds?
That's fucking nuts, man.
Did you join in?
I might have joined in, if I were in that position.
I wouldn't want someone to notice I hadn't left my seat.
Point at me like
lol, God no. I always roll my eyes at people who give standing ovations in a movie theater. To each their own though.
I want to know what she's smoking so I can buy some for the third time I watch the movie...
I've seen it twice now and I can safely say I stand by my 2/5 rating. In fact, I almost fell asleep the second time too!
crazyrabbits
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I'd wager good money that Kevin Tsujihara and the other executives at WB were pushing this hard to get out a DCCU as soon as possible.
TheExhaustedWalrus
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She compared Zack Synder to Kubrick in the non-spoiler review.
Gonna have to sit and think about that one, what the ever loving fuck.
roflwaffles
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Yeah that statement fucked me up.
I wouldn't be surprised. It's like they're in surgery and trying to get done as fast as possible but they keep dropping shit and stabbing the patient as they go along.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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On the contrary, Marvel should have gone the DC route. Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America, Avengers, Iron Man 3, Thor 2, Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ultron, and Ant-Man? No one needs those. Should have went straight to Civil War.
Ok, no one actually did not Hulk.
Bobby Roberts
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This is approaching mind-boggling levels here.
Again: I've been a projectionist. I've hosted special screenings. I've been to any number of premieres. I've seen screenings at fan conventions, I've hosted things at fan conventions, I've attended/hosted any number of midnight screenings for zealous die-hard pop-culture fanatics.
I have never seen a standing ovation for a film. Never in the hundreds of movies I've watched at the theater in all my long hobbity years of living have I seen an audience of total strangers rise to their feet in unison for sustained applause at a screen showing credits.
You guys are telling me regular audiences are just handing them out like flyers for house shows, Friday afternoons, for Batman v. Superman.
PhoncipleBone
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Lol. How the hell is the title misleading?
Maybe they are applauding that the knightmare is at last over and they are free?
I'm gonna agree with Bobby here.
Maybe it happens elsewhere but I have personally never seen a standing ovation after a movie. Lots of clapping, whooping, sure, but an actual standing ovation? That sounds bizarre. That must be how non-Americans feel when they see people clapping in an American theater.
Maybe it happens elsewhere but I have personally never seen a standing ovation after a movie. Lots of clapping, whooping, sure, but an actual standing ovation? That sounds bizarre. That must be how non-Americans feel when they see people clapping in an American theater.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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*squints heavily*
I've always wondered what was wrong with my town, because I've never heard full-on audience clapping in a film in my life, let alone a standing ovation. I hear laughing on funny parts but that is it always.
Not a standing ovation but people were cheering at my viewing of The Force Awakens.
Bobby Roberts
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Brief, but semi-frequent instances of cheering/whooping/laughing/applause is pretty common, especially for opening night screenings. I'm not surprised by that at all. It's almost normalized behavior at this point for opening weekend audiences.
But standing ovations is something completely different.
You mean Days of Future Past/DoFP? It nullifies/retcons X-men 3: The Last Stand, X-men: Origins: Wolverine, and sets-up for X-men: Age of Apocalypse.
X-men, X-men 2, and X-men: First Class are still in the timeline. It's basically the original director retconning the two films (leaving one that set up for DoFP) that weren't directed by him and keeping fans happy because a lot HATED X-men 3 and X-men: Origins.
element
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I'm 2:30 in. She hasn't mentioned anything of the movie yet and I already know she is off her rocker.
Had to stop at 5:30 in. She is drunk on Synder and DC drinks.
Yeah. I have NEVER seen a standing ovation at a theatre. I've gone to opening gala at SIFF and Boston Film Festival. Special premieres at art house theatres. Directors on hand. NEVER a standing ovation. Star War movies have been the most 'active' with people cheering and clapping, but that is about it.
ThoseDeafMutes
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I would seriously contemplate joining isis and destroying america if standing ovations in films were common there
It's just too silly
I can't handle the idea of it
Give War A Chance
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Batman fights Superman for about a grand total of, I don't know, 9 minutes?
Alandrus Sun
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I've seen plenty of standing ovations for films though they were all Nolan movies and viewed in IMAX. They deserved them.
Never seen one in my 38 years. If any movie was going to get one, it would have been the opening night audience for The Force Awakens. It got a pretty rousing cheer/applause at the end.
The notion of a standing ovation strikes me as absurd.
crazyrabbits
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I sat in a crowd of diehard fans, including people dressed up as The Joker (despite the fact that they hadn't seen the movie yet either), at a fan screening made up of people who got tickets from a WB viral marketing game, three days before TDK came out, in a screening where you could have heard a pin drop during the opening title shot.
And they didn't stand up and clap at the end of the film.
what about that other wolverine movie where he's in japan or something?
Sibersk Esto
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I have never seen a big movie style standing ovation. Maybe clapping while getting up to leave sure (Sidenote: DEFINITELY didn't see that for this film.)
Bobby Roberts
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Neither can I. I'm not convinced people aren't just misusing the term.
Like, simply clapping while standing up isn't a standing ovation. If I clap like 6 times on my way to my feet (maybe let out a "wooo" or two) so I can grab my jacket and the empty popcorn bucket (because I'm not a savage and I throw my trash away at the end of a screening), that's not a standing ovation. If half the theater is clapping while the other half is making their way into the aisle, that's not a standing ovation, either.
A standing ovation everyone getting to their feet, and applauding/cheering/whistling for a sustained period of time at the object of the groups collective adoration. I'm talking 15-30 seconds at minimum.
This does not happen at regular screenings. This thread is the first I have heard of it happening with general audiences, and people are telling me it's happening multiple times, all over the country, for a movie that is trending on most social networks largely because of Betty's Sad Affleck video.
Subpar Spatula
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I remember seeing the latest Friday the 13th movie at midnight with a handful of people in the theatre... there was cheering and clapping. Means nothing overall.
element
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It is totally absurd for a random showing of a film. I could understand if you were up for the palme d'or at Cannes, but outside of that. It makes zero sense.
EdReedFan20
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Earlier in this thread, I talked about how much I'd love to see a Superman film set in the 1930's/1940's. The more I thought about it, the more I realized how much I'd love to see that expanded into the Justice League. As someone brought up, Batman: TAS was sort of set in that time period. Like I said, I think it's one of the reasons I loved Captain America: The First Avenger so much. It was the time period, plus the pulpy action/plot of it all. Same reason Indiana Jones is so much fun for me (well, 1 and 3, at least, with certain parts of 3 and 4).
GotchaForce
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I wasn't at a first showing, but second that night in Imax. Packed. In the last few months Deadpool and Force Awakens got great crowd reactions, lots of laughs/cheers/claps all throughout. There was light clapping for a WW part and Ma Kent's line got a small laugh. Still, I heard like 3 "that was really good" and one person say they were about to cry (they were dressed up like Superman).
I was really disappointed in the movie and I have no idea what to expect going forward. It's a critical flop, but if it flops financially does that mean it will affect future DCU in the negative or not? Will they get different creatives? Do they change anything if it does great despite the reviews? Transformers and Jurassic World did poorly at RT but raked in all the money and you got lots of Transformers sequels and the JW director gets placed onto Episode 9 which is a series that now has very careful hands running it.
Alandrus Sun
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Yeah, I think we have different definitions of standing ovation. I'm talking about at least a quarter of the audience standing up, clapping and cheering while other people either sit and clap or smile before heading out. And the standing and clapping is just for a few seconds.
The Horror the horror
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You feel The Dark Knight Rises is a 9?
Bobby Roberts
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The latest title change...
Your definition of standing ovation is wrong. That's not a standing ovation. That's just people leaving.
Your definition of standing ovation is wrong. That's not a standing ovation. That's just people leaving.
Alandrus Sun
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He's right.
Oh, right. X-men: First Class and "The Wolverine" are canon. The Wolverine has that time-skip sequence where future-Professor X and Magneto from the present/old timers come to tell Logan they need him. And Logan is "Bone-Claw Wolverine" for a short bit due to the events of the Wolverine and start of DoFP before getting his metal back.
A number of blockbusters I've seen have had their fair share of cheering and clapping, but the only instance I've encountered a genuine 5-minute standing ovation in the cinema was a 20th Anniversary screening for Jurassic Park.
Apart from that, I'd be really surprised to encounter anything like that in that cineplex atmosphere outside of that context
Oh, well that explains it. You're wrong.
Apart from that, I'd be really surprised to encounter anything like that in that cineplex atmosphere outside of that context
Oh, well that explains it. You're wrong.
BigBossVanzetti
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2nd viewing. It's a 7/10. Better than some Marvel flicks, not anything great. Sloppy, but good stuff in it.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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I love how this thread (and to a smaller extent the spoiler thread) has completely overthrown the OT as the de facto discussion spot. It is the true justice of this film.
illmatic22
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Spidey in the Civil War trailer also got the most cheers at my BVS viewing along with some people saying WHAT? in suprise of his appearance.
A few claps at end but it was very brief.
TFA was much more lively. Anytime an Original trilogy character showed up people cheered. Funny thing happened when Leia first appeared. She got applause, but when 3PO interrupted he got even more of an reaction lol. Nearly the whole damn room cheered at the end, but a standing ovation? Nope.
A few claps at end but it was very brief.
TFA was much more lively. Anytime an Original trilogy character showed up people cheered. Funny thing happened when Leia first appeared. She got applause, but when 3PO interrupted he got even more of an reaction lol. Nearly the whole damn room cheered at the end, but a standing ovation? Nope.
New Zealander here. Never had a standing ovation after a film. The idea seems preposterous. The film director can't hear you clapping.
The only exception I'll make is if the film cast or crew is in the theatre with you.
The biggest reaction I've witnessed was seated applause after LotR RotK. And that was mainly because it was made here.
The only exception I'll make is if the film cast or crew is in the theatre with you.
The biggest reaction I've witnessed was seated applause after LotR RotK. And that was mainly because it was made here.
Give War A Chance
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I was sitting four rows from the back in a fair-to-middlin' sized theater. (Roughly 20ish rows)
I got up as soon as the credits started, and people were still clapping when I exited the theater.
Call that whatever you want; that's what happened. Not sure why people are so hung up on the semantics of clapping for a movie people enjoyed, but it is what it is.
Permanently A
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It happens, there's clapping when the pilot informs us the plane has landed and there is sometimes clapping when the end credits roll in a movie.
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