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[Nokterian]

 

[Walpurgis]

 

[jett]

Guys, let's at least congratulate WB with their marketing campaign. They were honest with their trailers. They were accurately representing the movie's shit-tier.

 

[Currygan]

 

[Sandfox]

Why are people getting upset with the critics?

 

[Ashodin]

Guys superhero films need to make me laugh and not think

I can't look up wikipedia for what "disenfranchisement of the proletariats within this dystopic meandering world" means while eating popcorn

 

[RustyNails]

RT scores fluctuate like crazy, especially this early.

Obviously at this point it isn't going to hit 90%+ but it likely won't stay this low either.

Yeah its likely going down. LOL

I'm just optimistic that this is the end of Hack Snyder's career. Dude just sucks ass so much. Hides bad direction with editing. Clear as a day to anyone with active braincells.

 

[timetokill]

Nolan is unzipping his pants as we speak

Warner Bros gonna be in full beg mode

 

[EmCeeGramr]

and after this, get your hype trains ready for Badguy Patrol, the unbelievably fricked up film where Jared Leto is a real "basket case"... have you even seen what his forehead tat says? scary

 

[Goro Majima]

Forbes reviewer says "Not helping is a terribly written Bruce Wayne/Batman. Ben Affleck is a fine actor, but his Batman/Bruce Wayne is the least appealing cinematic incarnation you've ever seen."

That seems to go against what most people say.

People remember Batman and Robin.









oh god is this even worse than that?

 

[IHaveIce]

Well IMO the movie felt kinda bloated.. but this is outright harsh I thought it was pretty good, but yeah... Batman carries the movie. batfleck is really good

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

Obviously I can't say until I watch the film, but dinging a film for those two things seems... I don't know, a bit limited in perception of what a superhero film can be.

But there's a myriad of complaints beyond the movie thematically - of the running time, the writing, the characters, etc

 

[JTripper]

Shaping up to be a good weekend at the movies:

Born to be Blue sounds like the Superman movie we actually deserve

 

[Phediuk]

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is not a good movie. It offers a truly unengaging Batman and then allows that character to dominate the proceedings while providing a painfully mopey and grim Superman-and-Friends narrative where the only ray of light comes from its homicidal arch-villain.

.

 

[Michael F. Assbender]

Several reviews knock it for not being a Marvel joyfest. I don't think that's fair. It's its own thing.

If they want to dislike it for other reasons, great. But to dock it points for not aping its nearest competitor closely enough is just dumb.

 

[B33]

I look forward to another Batman trilogy.

 

[Mercury Fred]

Yeah, Zack Snyder deserves to be working on The Fountainhead.

 

[BronsonLee]

Why are people getting upset with the critics?

Take a guess

 

[iMax]

Go spend your money on 10 Cloverfield Lane instead . I have screening passes to this tonight, not sure if I even wanna go now.

.

 

[Dalek]

How do you go from such positive first impressions from Grace and such to this? I'm honestly confused here.

Those positive first impressions are always from excited fans. Even Fantastic 4 had them.

 

[HowZatOZ]

Go spend your money on 10 Cloverfield Lane instead . I have screening passes to this tonight, not sure if I even wanna go now.

Why would I not go see a movie I'm excited to see because people on the Internet said something bad? That's like saying I won't dare eat beef because vegans tell me it's bad.

 

[trikster40]

Bad revie s always come out quickly because they're mostly written to get out their first. The good reviews will come, and most importantly, it's the moviegoers who decide. I'm there regardless of 5% or 95%. If it sucks, I won't see it again or buy the blu-ray. I like all of Snyders films so far

 

[Daft_Cat]

humorless, not fun.

Well fuck, seems like critics really don't want variety.

Eh. Daredevil's first two seasons have neither been lighthearted, nor particularly funny. That said, they're also restrained, focused, and (most importantly) enjoyable. Same goes for Nolan's first couple of Bat-flicks.

Not to shit on a film I haven't seen, but critical bias is probably not the leading factor here.

 

[gdt]

Goddamn man. I've already bought the tickets.

This will be the lowest rated movie I've ever paid to see haha.



Goddamn. It's time to take Snyder off these movies. Give it to Affleck.

 

[Khezu]

Wait.. hold on, there is a Big Fat Greek Wedding 2?

WTF? How did I miss this.

14 years later.

what

 

[Lashley]

Go spend your money on 10 Cloverfield Lane instead . I have screening passes to this tonight, not sure if I even wanna go now.

err, why wouldn't you want to go and base your own opinion on the movie?

 

[hamchan]

I did not expect it to be this bad. Boy, I think everyone in the predict the score thread guessed too high.

 

[Nakazato]

News within a week from today:

Production of Justice League film postponed.

Count on it.

Nope...

Production of Batflek movie pushed up

 

[mreddie]

Go spend your money on 10 Cloverfield Lane instead . I have screening passes to this tonight, not sure if I even wanna go now.

GO

 

[Dash_Riprock]

How do you go from such positive first impressions from Grace and such to this? I'm honestly confused here.

Because fanboys are just excited to see their fav characters on screen. Things like plot dialogue, and story cohesion don't matter to them on the first viewing. Its only on repeat viewings that they allow themselves to see the flaws.

 

[Scientist Supreme!]

Why are people getting upset with the critics?

Fanboys. Most I've seen already had it out for some folks.
I do not want to be in their shoes.

 

[Scum]

 

[Ad0ve]

Only one man can save the DCCU now

 

[Garlador]

Well, time to return to the healing power of laughter...

 

[Sandfox]

Guys superhero films need to make me laugh and not think

I can't look up wikipedia for what "disenfranchisement of the proletariats within this dystopic meandering world" means while eating popcorn

Well according to the reviews the story doesn't make sense and will "make your brain hurt" so...

 

[inm8num2]

WELCOME TO HELL

I can't help but think of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4NPzZyvrlk

Snyder is the Sandman. Critics are JCVD.

 

[inky]

Snyder should be kicked to the curb. This scenario I'm painting should happen yesterday.

 

[Sulik2]

News within a week from today:

Production of Justice League film postponed.

Count on it.

You don't postpone a $250 million dollar production 19 days before principle photography starts. Might see a panicked revisions of dialogue and some smaller scenes in the script, but it would cost too much money to delay, let alone delay it before you see how the general public responds to it.

 

[Krixeus]

I remember when Snyder made a good film.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

and after this, get your hype trains ready for Badguy Patrol, the unbelievably fricked up film where Jared Leto is a real "basket case"... have you even seen what his forehead tat says? scary

pls sir

he's "damaged"

have some empathy

 

[VanWinkle]

Goes against what most people say or what most DC fans say?

What most people say.

 

[bananafactory]

How do you go from such positive first impressions from Grace and such to this? I'm honestly confused here.

This happens with almost every big movie release.

 

[schlongdog]

Why would I not go see a movie I'm excited to see because people on the Internet said something bad? That's like saying I won't dare eat beef because vegans tell me it's bad.

No it isn't, it's like saying you won't eat beef because beef critics say it's bad

You know, makes sense.

 

[NotLiquid]

If the reviews are this negative right now I dread to see how absolutely scathing MovieBob is going to be to this movie considering Man of Steel was a movie he didn't want to admit he disliked so much lmao

 

[Smokey_Run]

I don't think you'd see any movement on Justice League until April 4-8th. WB will probably wait to see how it does at the box office opening weekend and then see how WOM affects the second weekend drop.

Remember, Transformers movies get ripped apart in reviews, but they make money. That's all WB cares about at this point.

 

[AmaterasuOni]

so their impressions are null and void now? seems to me that most people that have seen it so far have liked/loved it and critics are for the most part elitists that hold up their noses at any of these films.

No, it's a bad movie in a bad way. I enjoy good bad movies. This is not one of them.

 

[RustyNails]

Only one man can save the DCCU now

This image never fails to get a laugh out of me

 

[WhateverItTakes]

Probably because despite its quality it made them money. This one will too. The brand is bigger than everything else in this case.

Still, you'd think they wouldn't be blind enough to know it was the brand that pulled in those numbers, cus it certainly wasn't by word of mouth. And the only way to pull in more punters would be to make the next film critically acclaimed. Which so far ain't happening, not nearly.

 

[StriKeVillain]

I thought it would be bad. But not this bad.

YIKES!

 

[Tabby]

Because fanboys are just excited to see their fav characters on screen. Things like plot dialogue, and story cohesion don't matter to them on the first viewing. Its only on repeat viewings that they allow themselves to see the flaws.

The opposite happened to me with MOS. I hated it at first and grew to love it.