Batman v. Superman RT Thread: like standing ovations in rain

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This... was expected.

I always had a tiny sliver of hope for this movie, as well as my own personal reasons for wanting it to get rightfully, critically, slammed. But I'm still praying that it makes bank at the weekend box office.

WB needs to rethink a lot of things, but it sounds like maybe Batman's still salvageable if Suicide Squad does well?

Or perhaps it's time to double down and fix shit in Justice League.
 
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.

I don't think that's the case. Nolan's films weren't chastized for being too dark or unfun, because they were really well made movies. It sounds like this one is just dull.
 
I dont have a hate bonber for Snyder but I have no idea how he kept getting all that work for these movies. All his stuff was pretty average. I wouldnt call anything he has touched great.


Hopefully this is the end for him him the comic movie space.

I envision a road trip comedy with him, Brett Ratner and McG.
 
Wait, people are arguing that critics are too good for comic films?

The same critics that gave an R rated goofy ass comic movie with a giant Russian metal man in it great reviews about a month ago?

Weird. It's almost like they give good movies good reviews and bad movies bad reviews regardless of genre. But that can't be!
 
I am so glad I got to watch this movie before the deluge of all these fucking critics.

Most of them are elitist who think they are above this genre or just want this to be a carbon copy of the Marvel formula instead of something different.
Review threads really are the best.
 
I like the two reviews that try to give it "praise" by saying that at least it's better than Man of Steel.

I will be honest here, I have yet to truely enjoy any of Zack Snyder's film. Yes, that includes Watchmen. He does some nice cinematography, he uses special effects well, but he fails in the one thing that matters, making a movie enjoyable from start to end. And if the reviews in the OP are any indication, he continues that trend here.

He's a wretched storyteller.
 
These reviews are quite abstract in their criticism. It seems that the film lacks any real identity as it tries to present a philosophical narrative whilst balancing CGI fight sequences. Whilst I didn't expect this to redefine the genre, it makes me more curious about the film to try to understand exactly how it fell flat. If it did at all.

Perhaps pacing? Acting? Script?

If you take these reviews at first glance, they seem to imply this film is one step away from inducing a family death.

They sound insulted at the film's portrayal of itself as a thinking man's superhero movie whilst not doing enough to justify it. That doesn't mean it's not a good film.
 
Where are people pulling the Rotten Tomatoes score from? When I go to the site it says "No Tomatometer score yet..."

The 20% score seems taken from Top Critics. The actual percentage seems to be lower than that on All Critics though (which doesn't have a number yet at least on my end).
 
Where are people pulling the Rotten Tomatoes score from? When I go to the site it says "No Tomatometer score yet..."

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Were people expecting Nolan's RT numbers? Be happy with 60% or so. Still can't wait to see this in IMAX.

Don't let reviewers shape what you may possibly think (or not think) about a movie like this.
 
What I don't like about some of these reviews is how they're piling on about the tone.

I don't want a happy, funny DC Universe. That's not the comic world I love.
 
Wait, people are arguing that critics are too good for comic films?

The same critics that gave an R rated goofy ass comic movie with a giant Russian metal man in it great reviews about a month ago?

Weird. It's almost like they give good movies good reviews and bad movies bad reviews regardless of genre. But that can't be!
Something something Marvel humor something something blah blah
 
I don't know, some of the critics calling the movie "humorless" and "not fun", looks like they want another Marvel movie full of jokes and don't like this one because it have a more serious tone

But well, it's a Zack Snyder movie so maybe the critics are right. Tomorrow I will discover
 
I'm still really excited for the Batman stuff. Affleck is like the perfect Batman to me from what I've seen. Really hoping that he'll get solo movies, preferably directed by Affleck himself.
 
What I don't like about some of these reviews is how they're piling on about the tone.

I don't want a happy, funny DC Universe. That's not the comic world I love.

They're not disliking the tone "just because". These are a lot of the same critics who loved Nolan's Batman trilogy.

They're saying Snyder didn't pull it off.

There's a difference.
 
Please just be better than Man of Steel. No one was expecting this to be Dark Knight Trilogy tier, but it shouldn't be hard to beat Man of Steel.
 
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