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Praise Rao, finally watched Batman vs Superman

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Dude that plays superman is dull as fuck, like he brings down the temp every time he is on screen. His "Romance" with Lois is pity fuck level.

Batman at this point of his life in this setting. This a Batman that is kinda of given up, maybe the coming JLA is suppose to inspire hope in him again?

Lex is crap, his schemes are crap, and his persona is crap.

Lex Luthor does a lot of asking and begging in this movie. Asking to import a rock? Negro please, Lex would have done it anyway or made it so the USA government gave him the rock, a handjob, and thanked him for the chance of being of use to him.
This whole scheme of getting the world to fear Superman isn't that bad, just done the stupidest way possible. Why is Batman and Superman's first meeting so funny, Batman might as well said "Yeah you better run bitch"

Wonder Woman, ehh she was neither here nor there.


The JlA stufff just grinds the movie to a standstill, and right in the middle of the climax!

This movie throws a lot of shit at you and never ties it together.

I can see the bones of what they were trying to do, but for whatever the reason they couldn't pull it all together.

In conclusion BvS is the Bronsonlee of Superhero films.

Best part is Henry from Eureka is Cyborg's dad, that brought a smile to my face.
 
Fuck for someonewhat reason I thought the thread title was 'Batman and Robin' and I got excited for a second. I wish I could watch that movie again for the first time.
 
Slayven said:
Batman at this point of his life in this setting. This a Batman that is kinda of given up, maybe the coming JLA is suppose to inspire hope in him again?
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That seems to be the intent... though how much of that is part of a reaction to the BvS reception, kinda hard to know.for sure.
 
I can't remember, what was the reaction to the Jesse Eisenberg casting initially? I continue to think that's the biggest misstep in a film absolutely filled with them.
 
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No offense to the guy, but Flash looks like the dude that sells half ass weed found a suit of power armor. The visor opening pissed me off, like why?
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Probably trying to evoke something like this

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How about that Lolita reference though? Such an intelligent film, I can see why they made the theatrical cut. The extended cut would have been too smart for mainstream audiences who have been spoon fed formulaic Marvel movies for years.

HAHAHAHAHAHA, okay I'll chill. This movie was something else though, at least we got to see Lex Luthor put candy in that business dude's mouth.
 
The thing I legitimately like about this film is that all the news reels and Media clips feel authentic, along with the Gov response to the alien ship. You can tell it is not an alternate USA with superheroes that acts differently for fiction's sake, but a what if superheroes appeared in a USA more along the lines of political dramas.
 
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I can't think of a worse characterization of Lex Luthor. Terrible.
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They basically turned him into a kid with severe ADD off his meds.

I stand by that opening 20 minutes being profoundly great, and the following 2 hours and 10 minutes an extended exercise in testing my patience with horrendous editing, plooding pacing, an awful villain and nonsensical character motivations.
 
Slayven said:
Even still that is sleek and runner like, Flash costume looks like something Earth 2 Johnny Quick made to run through people
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I guess the idea is that power armor is supposed to be what he wore in the dark.future timeline, it's just Snyder didn't have the foresight to film it to have context for Barry running back in time.

Flash shows up in suicide Squad in something far more sleek.
 
Nah you can't go "watch the Directors Cut it's better" the version in theaters is the version pretty much everybody who watched it who wasn't already a fan saw.

That shit needs to be viewed FIRST to frame things.

I'm amazed you had the patience to sit through it considering how dogshit the editing is.
 
Frozenprince said:
They basically turned him into a kid with severe ADD off his meds.

I stand by that opening 20 minutes being profoundly great, and the following 2 hours and 10 minutes an extended exercise in testing my patience with horrendous editing, plooding pacing, an awful villain and nonsensical character motivations.
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On some level, I can understand going in that direction for a modern, young billionaire, but making some kind of sense doesn't mean it's a good idea.
 
Slayven said:
Even still that is sleek and runner like, Flash costume looks like something Earth 2 Johnny Quick made to run through people
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You can see it a bit clearer here, along with a Cyborg some assume was from an extended knightmare sequence.

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As it shares design sensibilities with Batman's armor, it's probably something he made Flash in the future. Possibly to help him with time travel. People responded to the Knightmare stuff so poorly I can't imagine it coming up again, so who knows if there will be a definitive answer in JL.
 
DontBeThatGuy said:
On some level, I can understand going in that direction for a modern, young billionaire, but making some kind of sense doesn't mean it's a good idea.
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It's a decent idea but the execution is bungled by Eisenberg being completely unable to sell it as anything other than "I have a learning disorder".

The twitches, the pauses in his sentences, the over enunciation.

I'm supposed to feel menace and calm superiority from Lex Luthor not "Jesus it's like Lex had a millennial son who wouldn't stop tweeting when he's off his Adderal".
 
I usually end up really enjoying movies diehard fanboys universally pan, but yeah...this movie was fucking terrible. I mean, why the hell would anyone think, "Bullet casings...this MUST be the work of Superman!"

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How about that half assed Flash insert?
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They were ALL half-assed. The Aquaman one in particular and the Cyborg one looked like the Andy vignette extra in the Dawn of the Dead reboot DVD. I actually didn't know that was supposed to be Cyborg until about 10 minutes after the scene.
 
And this goes to DC and WB if you keep making him Wally in everything BUT name, just call him Wally. If Barry had messed up a time travel trip he would not joke, he would cry and angst over it.
 
broncobuster said:
You can see it a bit clearer here, along with a Cyborg some assume was from an extended knightmare sequence.



As it shares design sensibilities with Batman's armor, it's probably something he made Flash in the future. Possibly to help him with time travel. People responded to the Knightmare stuff so poorly I can't imagine it coming up again, so who knows if there will be a definitive answer in JL.
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Its central to the plot of the DCEU. So it's definitely coming up again.
 
[boots];225504863 said:
I usually end up really enjoying movies diehard fanboys universally pan, but yeah...this movie was fucking terrible. I mean, why the hell would anyone think, "Bullet casings...this MUST be the work of Superman!"



They were ALL half-assed. The Aquaman one in particular and the Cyborg one looked like the Andy vignette extra in the Dawn of the Dead reboot DVD. I actually didn't know that was supposed to be Cyborg until about 10 minutes after the scene.
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Pffft, what are you talking about, I for one loved drunk-ass Aquaman stumbling out of that ship, pissed whoever is blasting dat fuckinglight in mah face likeafuckingsadsa.asdkla..... FIVE DOLLARS?! GETTOUTTAHERREE...
 
Man tho, Batfleck really was too good for that movie, him, Irons, and Fishburne are legit miles ahead of everybody else in that movie acting wise and it shows.
 
Slayven said:
And this goes to DC and WB if you keep making him Wally in everything BUT name, just call him Wally. If Barry had messed up a time travel trip he would not joke, he would cry and angst over it.
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They want to sell Barry to people so they buy his book. Because editorial has a chub for Barry.

You know this. Accept it in your heart that worst flash is never going away.
 
I thought this was about some internet personality named Praise Rao who watched it, and I was skimming the OP for a link to his youtube channel.
 
Mr. Slayven how do you feel about introducing an old ass Batman who has adventures that we haven't seen into a brand new film universe.
 
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