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[Tookay]

when you've convinced yourself you were going to like the movie no matter what, you can see all kinds of wacky things reading these reviews

Good point.

 

[Lashley]

The YouTube comments on ign's review.

There's your first mistake

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Huh. I wonder if the reviewer is reading too much into certain scenes or if there's actually overt Men's Right messaging in there.

Not Men's Rights Activist but apparently there is a hefty amount of damsel-in-distressing going on in this movie.

 

[carlsojo]

I have no idea why they gave him Man of Steel after Sucker Punch.

He had what, 300? as his only good movie? And even that wasn't that great.

 

[PhazonBlazer]

 

[B33]

From the DC Cinematic Universe subreddit:

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Wow

 

[GabeTheGrouch76]

Color me shocked. I was expecting the film to either be surprisingly decent or mediocre, I genuinely wasn't expecting initial reviewer consensus to be outright bad. Even ASM2 and MoS got off to a better start.

Maybe when more reviews come it will rise by 20%-30% on RT / 20+ on MC or so, but the early damning reviews are still out of left-field to me. Maybe critical dissonance can kick in later on and it could still bring in a few big bucks at the BO. But if audience reviews fall in line with critics and they stay away, holy cow some heads are gonna roll at WB, definitely Snyder's in particular.

That also makes me wonder what exactly will happen to the DCCU. MoS may have made some decent cash but I wouldn't be surprised if this sullied the idea a la Sony's ASM series. It doesn't help that GL 2011 was supposed to originally start the DCCU but it flopped pretty hard.

Nolan is unzipping his pants as we speak

Warner Bros gonna be in full beg mode

British reviews are in

Spoiler

Save us Suicide Squad

 

[shira]

Holy rotten tomatoes Batman

Suicide Squad you da real MVP, hopefully anyway

I think they dump Justice League and do 5 R-rated Batman Universe movies.

People love Batman and they can lock up Smith/Leto/Affleck/Robbie/Simmons for Suicide Squad 2,3 and Batman Trilogy 2.

 

[TheSlySoul]

Sitting at 32%, wow my 60% guess might be too high!

 

[The Auxiliary]

Aw. I thought that with all the money and all the talent involved, it would at least be around... half-decent. Oh well.

 

[Mariolee]

Jeff Cannata's non-spoiler review is pretty good and insightful on why he disliked it so much

I liked this review.

I regret my 80% RT prediction lol

 

[Black Republican]

I don't the humorless parts of the critics. I mean does every superhero film have to be funny in some way?

 

[kewlmyc]

What happened to all of the positive reviews in the impressions threads? This is why I don't trust nerds when it comes to reviewing comic book movies.

 

[Dalek]

is that the same Grace who compared Snyder to Kubrick?

No way...

 

[Prompto]

deshi deshi basara basara
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DESHI DESHI BASARA BASARA
DESHI DESHI BASARA BASARA

lol

 

[MaximusPayne]

It still looks like Snyder's only good film is Dawn of the Dead.

I liked 300 for what it was.

 

[Glass Shark]

The lengths some of you guys go to to convince yourselves that this movie is still worth watching and all the critics are somehow wrong. It's impressive.
You'd think there'd be pre-orders on the line or something because much of this eerily resembles review threads on gaming side.

IGN gave this movie a bad review because they werent paid enough by the studio

they probably based their review off of a rough cut, not the final version

 

[Hellwarden]

Zack Snyder put out another bad movie?

I'm shocked. Shocked!

Well, not that shocked.

 

[Ashodin]

It's all a ploy by WB. release the negative reviews first and watch the tide of positive reviews roll in.

 

[Sheroking]

Read the positive reviews.

Most are lukewarm at best.

Not the point.

Movies in that 10% bracket are pretty unlikable in every regard. There are lots of good, even great, movies in middling bracket. Not saying this will be one, but it's a lot less crippling to my anticipation.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Are reviews really going to stop people from seeing this movie, though. Really?!

I'm still sad

In all honesty, no. The fact that it might be a trainwreck actually makes me want to see it more.

is that the same Grace who compared Snyder to Kubrick?

Holy hell, what?! Tell me more.

 

[DrGonzo615]

No he's talking about how the film is hyper masculine and the women characters are fairly paper thin

So what hes saying is that its a comic book movie that spends more time on the title characters than the supporting cast?

HOW DARE THEY!

 

[Puck Beaverton]

Huh. I wonder if the reviewer is reading too much into certain scenes or if there's actually overt Men's Right messaging in there.

It's Snyder-Goyer. Expect it.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

39%, it's rising!

The Fire Rises.

 

[rrc1594]

How do you fuck this up is beyond me?

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Fuck man, brutal reviews.

What a shit show. Damn.

 

[Real Hero]

The lengths some of you guys go to to convince yourselves that this movie is still worth watching and all the critics are somehow wrong. It's impressive.
You'd think there'd be pre-orders on the line or something because much of this eerily resembles review threads on gaming side.

'I hope it gets to 50 percent!' Is the saddest thing I've ever heard in a movie thread

 

[PBY]

What happened to all of the positive reviews in the impressions threads? This is why I don't trust nerds when it comes to reviewing comic book movies.

You give a bunch of super fanboy nerds free advance tickets... the reaction will be generally _____________?

 

[Suikoguy]

British reviews are in

This is some A quality satire.

 

[SplitYourInfinities]

To the surprise of no one.

 

[B33]

I don't the humorless parts of the critics. I mean does every superhero film have to be funny in some way?

It's too one-note if it's all doom and gloom.

 

[takoyaki]

just... wow

 

[rokkerkory]

now at 29%!!!

 

[slightconfuse]

BvS dawn of Bomba

 

[UberTag]

I see the game they are playing. Start this shit at 11% and have it climb to 38%; you're now thinking "Damn 38% that's not that bad!"

I don't pay money to see a film in theaters unless it has a shiny red tomato, damn it.
And that audience score popcorn bag had better not be tipped over, either. I'm looking at you The Witch.

 

[privitsan02]

I'm further surprised after all the fans talking about how everyone would be eating crow. This is worse than I expected. Normally reviews start high and drop, this is the literal opposite.

I'll still have to see this train wreck for myself though, so WB wins in the end.

Best wishes.

 

[Alandrus Sun]

The lengths some of you guys go to to convince yourselves that this movie is still worth watching and all the critics are somehow wrong. It's impressive.
You'd think there'd be pre-orders on the line or something because much of this eerily resembles review threads on gaming side.

"Worth," does not directly correlate into the subjective quality of a film. I don't care how much of a piece of dogshit the movie is I'm going to see it Day 1. I always figured it would be a trainwreck with the slight hope that Snyder could pull a miracle, now I will watch to laugh at how hard Snyder failed. So the movie is still worth seeing to me.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

What are you on about. Critics loved Nolan's Batman.

It's not like critics are unfamiliar with the idea of good, serious comic book films.

Keyword Supernatural.

 

[88random]

Not surprised at all by these scores

 

[Boke1879]

The lengths some of you guys go to to convince yourselves that this movie is still worth watching and all the critics are somehow wrong. It's impressive.
You'd think there'd be pre-orders on the line or something because much of this eerily resembles review threads on gaming side.

BEcause I do think it's still worth watching because I judge movies for myself. I'm also not a critic, and I've seen people who I know would be hard on this movie simply because they are fans of the source material say they at the very least liked it. So yea I'll go see it for myself and at this point it is worth watching to me because I haven't seen it yet.

 

[AgentLampshade]

Brutal.

 

[Spieler Eins]

What a hit! /slide whistle

 

[kswiston]

Word of mouth is going to make or break

$160M opening with Green Lantern legs would likely put it under Deadpool domestic.

 

[Cloud Strife]

Are reviews really going to stop people from seeing this movie, though. Really?!

I'm still sad

Not a chance, this thing will still draw in a huge crowd.

 

[Octavianus]

Well crap. I was expecting shit but I was hoping for the best. My dad really want to go see this together.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

I don't the humorless parts of the critics. I mean does every superhero film have to be funny in some way?

There's a difference between 'fun' and 'funny'

 

[freethoughtbubble]

This is really sad. I've thought the trailers were terrible but I never hope to be right. Especially for such a big film in which I sort of feel forced to see out of obligation. I know that sounds stupid to say, but we're all going to see this rotten thing anyway aren't we?

No. Life's too short.

 

[JSevere]

sheesh

 

[echoshifting]

BvS dawn of Bomba

Nah it's gonna sell a lot of tickets

(Not to me, though)