I only have one memory of people clapping after a movie. When I say clapping, I mean in a way that resembles the way you clap when a pianist is introduced on stage during a recital and they take a bow before heading to their seat.
That was when I was 8. It was in this big 2 story theater and the movie was The Lion King. Even then I remeber thinking it was odd that people did this.
These days people laugh and scream and sometimes boo or shoo other people or shout something innapropriate, but a clap is still a distant memory.
When I worked at a movie theater I would sneak into the back of the showing about five minutes before it ended. As soon as the credits will come up I would start clapping, and then all the audience would join them. It would work about nine times out of ten.
I thought it was pretty great. I loved a lot of the Marvel movies, but this separated itself, it seemed a bit darker to me and not as colorful and over the top like some of the Marvel movies. I think Ben nailed his role as Batman. That was one of the things I was a bit worried about and I think he did a great job playing Batman. Going to go see it again on Sunday with my Wife.
I have my problems with it but some of these reviews make out it to be the worst thing to happen to superhero films. I rather watch this again than Thor: The Dark World. That is a throwaway cookie cutter waste of a film if I have ever seen one. Disney/Marvel pumped out that turd for no other reason to fill a spot in their release schedule and bring in some cash.
I'm hoping the next Thor film is actually decent. It better be after taking the Black Panther release date.
I have my problems with it but some of these reviews make out it to be the worst thing to happen to superhero films. I rather watch this again than Thor: The Dark World. That is a throwaway cookie cutter waste of a film if I have ever seen one. Disney/Marvel pumped out that turd for no other reason to fill a spot in their release schedule and bring in some cash.
I'm hoping the next Thor film is actually decent. It better be after taking the Black Panther release date.
I have my problems with it but some of these reviews make out it to be the worst thing to happen to superhero films. I rather watch this again than Thor: The Dark World. That is a throwaway cookie cutter waste of a film if I have ever seen one. Disney/Marvel pumped out that turd for no other reason to fill a spot in their release schedule and bring in some cash.
I'm hoping the next Thor film is actually decent. It better be after taking the Black Panther release date.
Should a guessed it was a gaffer. They used the fkn Perfect Dark title card intro audio for the part where they're montaging the headlines and the RT %!
I only have one memory of people clapping after a movie. When I say clapping, I mean in a way that resembles the way you clap when a pianist is introduced on stage during a recital and they take a bow before heading to their seat.
That was when I was 8. It was in this big 2 story theater and the movie was The Lion King. Even then I remeber thinking it was odd that people did this.
These days people laugh and scream and sometimes boo or shoo other people or shout something innapropriate, but a clap is still a distant memory.
People in the Space Coast of Florida clap for films all the time :\
The worst was the ending to the last Lord of the Rings film, with people seemingly having contests with eachother over who can openly weep the loudest and most sincerely.
I have my problems with it but some of these reviews make out it to be the worst thing to happen to superhero films. I rather watch this again than Thor: The Dark World. That is a throwaway cookie cutter waste of a film if I have ever seen one. Disney/Marvel pumped out that turd for no other reason to fill a spot in their release schedule and bring in some cash.
I'm hoping the next Thor film is actually decent. It better be after taking the Black Panther release date.
Thor TDW had the unfortunate displeasure of having a third rate director. Of all the MCU directors, Aaron Taylor has undoubtedly been the most mediocre. Louis Leterrier (Incredible Hulk) wasn't that hot either. I hope Taika Waititi can do a better job on Ragnarok.
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.)
It's pretty amazing that this thread has more than eight times the amount of page views and ten times the amount of replies that the official topic does.
Probably the only thing I really loved was the way Batman was introduced. I found it legit ominous in a horror film style. Nolan attempted to do something similar in Batman Begins but it never struck me as scary.
But seeing Bats hanging in the corner like that was freaky.
Batman v Superman would have worked better had they released a standalone Batman movie, Wonder Woman, and Suicide Squad before it and reconfigured the film accordingly.
Sad Affleck goes hand in hand with sad Keanu. Such a shame though, this has a feeling of WB rushing for that Avengers money. I haven't seen the film yet but I will within the next few weeks. It's a good thing that Bats and the action are the best thing about the film because that is what I'm mainly looking forward to.
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.
Jurassic World did not do "poorly" at RT. It has a Fresh 72% with a solid 6.7 average. That's not great, but it's not poor either.
And since that comment is somewhat positive, let me balance it out with HOLY SHIT IS THAT MOVIE FUCKING BAD. Ok, I'm good.
Transformers is a bit of an interesting comparison though, as the similarities and differences are kind of complex. On the surface level you have widely panned blockbusters, but when you start digging there's some key distinctions.
Firstly, there's expectations. People never expect anything more than Bay to nth degree when they walk into Transformers. Explosions, robots, and turn-your-brain-off-fun. So when that ends up being shit, I don't think anyone really cares. It's kind of expected. I think with BvS people expected (or at least hoped for) something more than that, so I think it largely being viewed as a poor film will be more damning. But what's worse is, it really doesn't even have that shitty popcorn flick "fun" vibe either. It's brooding nonsense that drains the joy out of itself, so you can't even enjoy it as a colorful popcorn flick.
It's also worth nothing that Transformers has a heavy international market skew. The second film was the highest grossing in the series domestically, and it's not even in the top 20. And yet Age of Extinction, which couldn't even crack $250m in the US, it's the 10th highest grosser oversees. Poorly quality is much less damning in oversees markets, so Transformers is able to continue on by leaning almost exclusively on those markets. DC films have historically been heavily reliant on domestic hauls, which tend to be more closer tied to general reception. Granted, the market has changed a bit since Dark Knight Rises, but even still, I have a hard time imagining BvS captivating oversees markets in the same way as other big budget Hollywood exports.
Batman v Superman would have worked better had they released a standalone Batman movie, Wonder Woman, and Suicide Squad before it and reconfigured the film accordingly.
Absolutely. This could have been their Civil War. Plant the seeds for the feud in MoS and Batman movie and then introduce WW in hers so this one can be way more focused.
A standing ovation, oh please. Even if they were geniune standing ovations and not just a dozen fanboys clapping while standing, I doubt it's a general reaction to the movie, especially outside the US, since most of the world doesn't do that crap at movie theaters.
Over here in Mexico, near the US border, you hear cheers and laughs sometimes, especially at midnight showings with fanboys, but never standing ovations.
I saw the movie today and the theater was half empty and never laughed, barely cheering at the Wonder Woman appearance. In fact, it was the only thing that made people happy about the movie. Some sniggered at the whole "wow, your mom's name is Martha too!" moment.
I can understand why some people would be impressed with a lot of the spectacle in the movie, even I got excited about somethings and it's not THAT bad, but it's definitely THAT disappointing. So so disappointing.
Absolutely. This could have been their Civil War. Plant the seeds for the feud in MoS and Batman movie and then introduce WW in hers so this one can be way more focused.
Now I am neither and avid comic reader nor am I unfamiliar with the characters. I've seen most of DCAU, I think all of the DC animated movies of recent years, seen all the Batman movies, seen all the Superman movies, Lois and Clark, Smallville, read a few of the more popular mini series, am a fan of the CW shows (especially Flash) and Supergirl.
I liked how they handled Batman and Wonder Woman. Their stories can be told in greater depth later. People who care about these characters more or less know their backstories. I don't want to see 90 minutes dedicated to an origin for Batman when we already got a good origin movie just over 10 years ago. This Batman is different to Nolan's, but his origin would be largely the same anyway. There is clearly backstory there, like Robin's costume, it just has yet to be explained. It really bothered me how Amazing Spider-man was so similar to Raimi's Spider-man. So much screen time wasted on origin which is pretty much the same. With decent writing and an audience with an attention span would be able to figure out the differences just by well placed context clues and a few lines. Batman sort of reminded me of Marvel's take on The Incredible Hulk, when they were like, well we just did an origin story with Ang Lee's Hulk but it didn't quite work out, lets sort of glaze over the origin in a short amount of time and get into a new story.
I'm not the average cinema goer, I know these characters somewhat, I am pretty over origin stories at this point and maybe I would have just liked any movie where the DC universe characters were brought together, but I liked this movie. It wasn't perfect, the knightmares were somewhat out of place and WTFish, and Diana's laptop scene would have been better suited to a post credits scene, but I still thought the movie was very solid and very much enjoyed it.
Absolutely. This could have been their Civil War. Plant the seeds for the feud in MoS and Batman movie and then introduce WW in hers so this one can be way more focused.
Part of that might be due to Stan Lee's influence. He knows a bit on how to build up some of his characters. Although, then again, there was the latest Spiderman..
