Screaming Meat
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The other 10% is huffing tons of cocaine and sexually harrassing child actors, I assume.
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Ben Affleck Is The New Batman
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The other 10% is huffing tons of cocaine and sexually harrassing child actors, I assume.
Oh my, that means it's pretty much over for Affleck. Internet petitions have huge influenece, just remember that one time when.... when.... eh.... uhhh...
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LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world hed rather have. The problem is, Dwyanes not a woman.
Seriously. BatBeard would be awesome.
brandonh83
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To be fair I didn't go see Wolverine mainly due to laziness.
Screaming Meat
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True, but he also ate, smoked, slept, shat and wrote Daredevil. How did that work out?
Ludicrous Speed
Banned
I'll probably check it out once it drops on bluray, but the fact that so many die hard Superman fans thought the movie was shit is telling.
lol, internet petitions
that gif of him in the mask looks better than expected, actually.
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Vestal
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that's why I said cautiously optimistic. This is not Written and Directed by Matt Steven Johnson.
Also in my defense this has been the most putrid summer for popcorn movies since 2008 (which had only TDK and not a goddamn thing else).
brandonh83
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Maybe. I mean, I'm about as far from a Superman die hard fan as you can get and it's the first time I've ever given a shit about anything Superman related. I've always found the property to be cool or whatever, but none of the movies really ever did anything for me, including the Donner movies. I've just always thought that Superman movies should have a pretty basic/easy story, decent characters, a villain that poses a physical match for him, and a lot of fast paced, flashy action. That was Man of Steel in a nutshell IMO.
So yeah I suppose my viewpoint on it is very shallow. I can acknowledge that. But I had a lot of fun with it.
Your post needs a reboot.
Sleeping on it, I suppose it's not that awful. It's not like Man Of Steel raised any bars or anything, anyway. I guess I'm going with low expectations. It's definitely going to be Ben Affleck in a suit, though. He just has that Clooney thing going on where he's unable to disappear into his roles.
aw sheeeeeit
aw sheeeeeit
Screaming Meat
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No, but it does have Zack "Everything I Touch Turns To Shit" Snyder helming instead.
Solideliquid
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He walked away from 50 mil.
Vestal
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point taken.
He's a critical darling because of his directorial skills, it has noting to do with his acting. Even you would admit he's the weak link in both Argo and The Town. Although honestly he wasn't bad in either, but he's not particularly good either.
You've hereby been expelled from the Speed Racer Fan Club!
gutter_trash
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regardless of who the actor would have been, it does not change the fact that Zach Snyder is the director.
So the movie will suck no matter what
So the movie will suck no matter what
Screaming Meat
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Yeah. It will suck in SLOOOOOW MOOOOOTION.
I always do the EXACT same thing. Hehe.
captainnapalm
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He doesn't look too bad in the cowl, but the rest is all wrong. He just gives off this lightweight 'regular American dude' vibe. No real gravitas or weight.
Dawn of the Dead was pretty great and Watchmen was ok, so I think there is a bit hope left.
I Wanna Be The Guy
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My initial reaction to this was negative but after reading a bunch of this thread I've come to the conclusion this is the best possible decision they could have made.
I actually thought he was really good in The Town. In Argo he was just serviceable. But loved him in The Town.
Hope he casts Rebecca Hall in something again in the future.
Screaming Meat
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brandonh83
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How much slow motion did Man of Steel have?
Screaming Meat
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I was thinking 300, Sucker Punch and Watchmen, chief. I haven't had the pleasure of MoS yet.
brandonh83
Banned
Sorry. Pretty fun flick, and the first Zack Snyder movie I've enjoyed since Dawn of the Dead. I loathed 300 and Watchmen.
Legend of the Guardians was just weird. Didn't see Sucker Punch; I have no desire to do that to myself.
It`s difficult to say who`s fault is for MOS problems. Zack, Goyer or Warner Bros? Movie looks like result of too many people with different opinions being involved.
300, Watchmen and Dawn of The Dead are good movies. They are far from being sucky. MOS is quite a mess but it is also a good blockbuster movie. It is not Batman Begins or TDK, but it comes very close to TDKR. In MOS he showed again great sense for visuals and action scenes. And on top of that, he managed to pull a good performance out of Henry Cavill which is great achievement in my opinion.
Screaming Meat
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The Cowboy
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6 months ago I would have been annoyed, but after actually seeing MoS - having Ben Affleck as Batman in the same universe as that movie can't make it any worse.
Do I think he will be a good Batman? - not really, do I care after MoS - not really.
Do I think he will be a good Batman? - not really, do I care after MoS - not really.
Vestal
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you could make that same case for Keaton before he was Batman and he pulled it off with flying colors.
thecouncil
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Yeah, well, whoever's fault it is, all three are back for this movie, so it's not promising.
Anyway, maybe this will lead to a Batman movie written and directed by Affleck. That'd be pretty good.
I hope his Batman also has Argo bangs... like, over the cowl.
Seriously though, its also time for the cowl to have short ears. Maybe that will be part of the TDKR influence this movie seems to want to run with.
bob_arctor
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Oh. So this wasn't all just a horrible dream. Damn.
Goyer`s writing is very poor and he gets too much credit for Batman trilogy. He is nothing without Nolan Brothers. But anyway, going somewhat off topic now.
Turin Turambar
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Of course, Internet doesn't seem to understand what "acting" means and just believe his persona will be just like the one of a previous, totally unrelated movie.
Guys, it's not like doing a Batman is difficulty. You just have to be serious, broody, and shit.
Guys, it's not like doing a Batman is difficulty. You just have to be serious, broody, and shit.
Dark Octave
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The things I did to myself...
I'm excited to see where this cowboy .gif battle goes.
movie is going to be a sh*t show. Synder directing which means he'll just focus on the dark blue/grey/brown visuals while the execs will hire any writer to do a paint by numbers super hero script. Then because it's 2 heroes, we'll get double the crap. 2 villains, 2 love interests, 2 comic reliefs. This will be a disasterpiece for the ages.
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