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[Shaanyboi]

They need to scrap the team behind the upcoming Aqauman movie. It sounds like it will be a complete trainwreck.

To give you a better idea, here are some Rottentomatoes percentages.


Director James Wan

Saw - 48%
Death Sentence - 20%
Dead Silence - 21%
Insidious - 66%
The Conjuring - 86%
Furious 7 - 81%

Screenwriter - David Leslie Johnson

Red Riding Hood - 10%
Orphan - 55%
Wrath of the Titans - 25%

Screenwriter Kurt Johnstad

300 - 60%
Act of Valor - 24%
300: Rise of an Empire - 42%


Does this sound like a team that should be involved with Aquaman's first really big movie?

God fucking damnit... Can Geoff Johns not just completely rewrite their script himself?

 

[Discotheque]

No, its bad.

Most of the positive reviews basically amount to "Its better than MoS and will make fans happy."

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lone_ranger/

this was a good movie imo.

but then again i'm not willing to give snyder the benefit of the doubt that i afford gore verbinski. he's never impressed me that much.

 

[MisterHero]

So Justice League 2 should just be Superboy Prime rampaging over how they fucked up everything.

Superboy-Prime is too good for New52 era DC.

 

[Sean C]

Ppl talking about a Marvel formula after Deadpool just dropped

Pls

Deadpool wasn't made by Marvel Studios.

 

[Malvingt2]

LOL

Brutal.. wow

 

[Bronx-Man]

And Zack Snyder had the goddamn nerve to talk shit about Ant-Man.

Fucking hack.

 

[kswiston]

WHAT. No way. ASM 2 was one of the worst comic book movies ever. Spiderman 3 is just disappointing, maybe slightly bad.

I think Spider-man 3 came off even worse because Spider-Man 2 was one of the best post-superhero renaissance films prior to Spider-man 3. Batman Begins and maybe X2 were the only other films that you could argue as better.

Amazing Spider-man was already a so so film by 2012 superhero standards and Amazing Spider-man 2 still completely failed to live up to it.

EDIT: Also, Spider-man 3 was clearly a "Fuck it, I will just do whatever I want within the boundaries forced on my by the suits" film by Raimi, while Amazing Spider-man 2 tried and failed to do whatever the hell it was doing.

 

[RE_Player]

And Zack Snyder had the goddamn nerve to talk shit about Ant-Man.

Fucking hack.

Oh man I forgot about that.

 

[Beefy]

I need to wait until Alex Zane gives his review.

 

[Salsa]

God fucking damnit... Can Geoff Johns not just completely rewrite their script himself?

put the people who made these characters succesful and great behind the most extreme and out-reaching representation of them?

are you crazy?

 

[Dash_Riprock]

Snyder is probably like one of those people who pretended to be into comic books well after nerds took over the world and he picked his favorite based on power levels without having ever read a single story.

So like M. Night and Avatar?

 

[JTripper]

Ayyyyy my boy Peter Travers giving it a healthy 3/4

 

[Wafflecakes]

Called it.

Impossible to make a non-shit superman movie.

 

[Cipher Peon]

They need to scrap the team behind the upcoming Aqauman movie. It sounds like it will be a complete trainwreck.

To give you a better idea, here are some Rottentomatoes percentages.


Director James Wan

Saw - 48%
Death Sentence - 20%
Dead Silence - 21%
Insidious - 66%
The Conjuring - 86%
Furious 7 - 81%

Screenwriter - David Leslie Johnson

Red Riding Hood - 10%
Orphan - 55%
Wrath of the Titans - 25%

Screenwriter Kurt Johnstad

300 - 60%
Act of Valor - 24%
300: Rise of an Empire - 42%


Does this sound like a team that should be involved with Aquaman's first really big movie?

Damn straight.

James Wan is one of my favorite filmmakers alive and the thought of him helming ANY superhero movie, even one with the lamest hero alive, is EXCITING. I'm so excited, I hope Wan steals the reigns of the DCCU and directs the Justice League movies.

I'd kill to see the words "FROM THE VISIONARY BEHIND SAW COMES JUSTICE LEAGUE" What a beautiful world.

 

[BronsonLee]

They should have paid him whatever he asked them...

He's working with WB on Dunkirk. He wants to do original stuff.

 

[guek]

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[Cyan]

Thread title is misleading.

Spoiler

RT is now 41%

We're trying to keep up, but there are so many positive reviews pouring in its hard to stay afloat.

 

[Joeytj]

Back down to 41%, at 16 fresh and 22 rotten...

Damn, we could be looking at its ceiling, incredible. Possible will even go down to 30s or less as more mainstream critics see it.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

Spielberg produced the Transformers films. He doesn't care; he gets a nice paycheck for almost no involvement! I call that the good life.

Well, executive produced, which in that case yeah, just means he was a major investor, nothing more. That's more or less the definition of the title. In film it's extremely rare for someone who is solely executive producing to be involved creatively. It's not a creative role.

Nolan also only executive producer here, but I'm not even sure he's directly invested. The title is likely more of a holdover from his relationship with Warner and his producing Man of Steel.

 

[Pooya]

"Better than Man of Steel" comments are hilarious, so it's better than shit? That improvement!

I'm surprised people are surprised this movie apparently sucks. I'm baffled how Snyder continues to get high profile works.

 

[EGM1966]

LOL

Wow. Snyder excelled in a way. To be fair though while I find him a bafflingly mediocre director you can't lay it all on him. Script sounds weak, the film is trying to do to much in one film, cast performances sound uneven and so on.

But man this film might train wreck DC's hopes it seems. It'll open strong on hype but I'm fully expecting it to crater quickly afterwards.

If they play it right DC might be able to "pull a Spectre" and hustle it do decent numbers. But they'd be insane to continue on track with Snyder past this.

 

[Kalentan]

So I'm guessing the TV division is happy to be their own universe at this point?

 

[brandonh83]

No, its bad.

Most of the positive reviews basically amount to "Its better than MoS and will make fans happy, buts overlong and joyless."

Better than MoS, making fans happy... is negative? Also the term joyless is so subjective, people will find a certain type of joy here. Joy doesn't have to equate to sunshine and rainbows. I get joy out of The Exorcist because it's great and I find joy in that.

 

[Salsa]

Called it.

Impossible to make a non-shit superman movie.

y'all hatin on Landis Luthor

just make a movie out of American Alien

 

[hal9001]

LOL overeager fans treating GQ like its some top tier film critic magazine.

 

[clay_ghost]

Deadpool wasn't made by Marvel Studios.

Which Is all the more surprising it review and received well. The post is about good non Marvel style movie do well too.

 

[Netherscourge]

Called it.

Impossible to make a non-shit superman movie.

Superman 1 and 2 were awesome.

Everything after that is terrible, up to today.

 

[Not]

AHAAHAAAAAA

ZACK SNYDER I FUCKING LOVE YOU

Ohhhhh God. This movie's gonna make quite a few millions, but I won't be helpin'

 

[PadWarrior]

And Zack Snyder had the goddamn nerve to talk shit about Ant-Man.

Fucking hack.

Forgot all about that

 

[Discotheque]

And Zack Snyder had the goddamn nerve to talk shit about Ant-Man.

Fucking hack.

Oh man I forgot about that.

that movie is just about decent at best though. y'all acting like he shit on a masterpiece.

 

[Blastoise]

I never really care about what critics say in regards to movies. That is one medium which is very subjective.

However I also don't go to the cinemas any more so it really won't help the box office.

 

[BronsonLee]

I mean, to be fair, I DID kind of say something similar

 

[DrForester]

LOL

We need a thread title change:

"Batman V Superman will make you hate Batman, Superman and the Justice League"

 

[RE_Player]

So I'm guessing the TV division is happy to be their own universe at this point?

That's what I've been saying all along! I'm glad their TV shows aren't dragged into this garbage.

 

[Kelsdesu]

I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kriptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet

BEAST haha
The fuckery continues in our next adventure.

 

[Salsa]

that movie is just about decent at best though. y'all acting like he shit on a masterpiece.

it isnt that, it's the fact that the dude's a bully

 

[FTF]

If a movie is 50% on RT, it generally means it sucks. RT scores are 'inflated' in a similar way videogame scores were.

ehhh kind of...I mean 50% RT means, say for easy math, 100 gave it fresh, 100 gave it rotten. Now the fresh reviews may be a score of around 7 out of 10 where the rottens are around 3 out of 10 so leaning more negative, but 50% RT is still half and half, etc.

 

[TheSlySoul]

"Better than Man of Steel" comments are hilarious, so it's better than shit? That improvement!

I'm surprised people are surprised this movie apparently sucks. I'm baffled how Snyder continues to get high profile works.

Watching Man of Steel for the first time.
The opening is so boring but looks so pretty.

 

[Glix]

Superboy-Prime is too good for New52 era DC.

Superboy-Prime is a terrible character whose decisions dont make sense and exist just to push along an agenda disguised as a plot, lol.

Edit - his closest analog is ep 2&3 Anakin

 

[Shaanyboi]

Superman 1 and 2 were awesome.

Everything after that is terrible, up to today.

Superman 2 is awful

 

[brandonh83]

We need a thread title change:

"Batman V Superman will make you hate Batman, Superman and the Justice League"

Don't forget cancer.

 

[ezekial45]

This thread is seriously just one giant circlejerk over these negative reviews.

 

[RE_Player]

that movie is just about decent at best though. y'all acting like he shit on a masterpiece.

Ant-Man has a solid 80% on RT

 

[billy beane]

Maybe this was the plan all along to make a bad movie because I now have more interest in seeing it.

That was their plan all along.

 

[Bronx-Man]

that movie is just about decent at best though. y'all acting like he shit on a masterpiece.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_v_superman_dawn_of_justice/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/antman/

Just saying.

 

[UnforgivenTwin]

This thread is seriously just one giant circlejerk over these negative reviews.

Gotta jerk to something today right?

 

[Dash_Riprock]

Watching Man of Steel for the first time.
The opening is so boring but looks so pretty.

Enjoy that opening, it all goes downhill from there.

 

[aerts1js]

Zack Synder doesn't know how to make a good movie.

 

[JTripper]

y'all hatin on Landis Luthor

just make a movie out of American Alien

Or his Death and Return of Superman pitch.

 

[Salsa]

give Max Landis duties on film DCU world building and writing

put David Ayer to do JLA

now that they're buddies and working on shit together

watch the world burn

but me caring