Pssst, I think he's joking... Or at least I hope to god he is.
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DC Cinematic Universe |OT| Superfriends with Benefits
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One of the perks of being a mod! <3
Oh a more serious note, I think the RT thread will probably be winded down soon. The % isn't going to change much by this point, there'll only be another 20-30 reviews more added at most, and we already have the Boxoffice thread, this thread, the OT, and the Spoiler Thread going. It's a bit much!
I heard one other gaffer use it in an off hand way, it might have been you, and I like it way more than Role guy (and I actually like Rope Guy as a nickname). I Hope Shibari Steve wears a scarlet shirt but that will be to on the nose.
Edit: Duckroll can you please put a poll where people can give a score? Witty comments can be up to you. 1-10 scale or 1-5 scale.
Future Foundation
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We're well well well past "a bit much" when it comes to this movie.
No, stop asking about this, it's stupid and we're absolutely not going to do it!
Poodlestrike
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Just realized, this shot from the first trailer was never in the movie
I think it is, she walks into this hotel lobby and sees... I'm blanking on what exactly is on the TV, but it's one of the film's "everybody stares at the news" moments. I want to say it's
when the senate hearing explodes.
Speaking of Suicide Squad, anyone ever pick up on what this tattoo on Scott Eastwood's character could be?
Trying to figure out if that's a military tat or something.
I'm seeing a laurel, I don't recognize the symbol as a whole though...
Why not use the best origin story instead?
<3 Zero Year
Actually there's no way Zero Year could possibly fit in here, lol. But still! Better than Year One.
Actually there's no way Zero Year could possibly fit in here, lol. But still! Better than Year One.
While I liked Zero Year, Year One has a simple elegance that makes it very timeless. It is a bit too much of Jim Gordon Year One, but I'll let that pass for one of the most badass Batman scenes ever.
Ok. lol. I haven't gone into the spoiler thread, the ot thread or even the box office thread.
Poodlestrike
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"You have eaten well" is cool, but the undeniable Gordon focus and the Selina Kyle: Underage Prostitute stuff detracts from the story too much for me to rank it over Zero Year.
I like it just fine, mind, but the first half of Zero year is an undeniable masterpiece, and the second ain't too shabby either.
Well, the spoiler thread is a spoiler thread, it's where you can discuss the movie with no holds barred. But the OT is unusual in that the people who hate the movie have a thread (RT) and the people who like the movie have a thread (this one). So there's not much reason to go there. Once the RT thread is closed it'll become the home for the people who want to talk about how much they hated it.
broncobuster
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Comes off as kind of insecurity. Goes hand in hand with obsessing over rotten tomatoes. Reverse is true when RT is brought out to prove a film is objectively good. No high ground here. I'm guilty of side-eyeing somebody for their opinion, but I'll respect that their opinion is their opinion.
Going into rants about how critics are full of shit and everyone who disliked the movie are just sheep screams of insecurity as well. I've seen more of that than what you're describing but I haven't been in the spoiler thread since I'm not seeing it until Tuesday.
Actually, my favorite scene is part of the "They've got him CORNERED. They've got him OUTNUMBERED. They've got him TRAPPED. They're in TROUBLE." sequence.
Poodlestrike
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Also cool.
"You have eaten well" wins out for me, though. That monologue is just too perfect.
I don't want to sit here berating reviews or anything, but a friend linked me to this Mother Jones review and I read through the whole thing, utterly stunned. I'm being 100% honest when I ask: Is this reviewer completely dense? How on EARTH can the majority of the viewing public understand the plot points of this movie but this critic - who's probably seen 10x more films than any of us - harp on about how every single part of the movie was incomprehensible? I'm reading through it, asking, "Uhh..what do you not understand about that?" And then the constant "(yes this was an actual thing)" yet clearly being hyperbolic about what actually happened.
It's just...ugh. Kind of infuriating. If I hadn't seen the movie and blindly followed reviews, I would have read that and thought the movie was 100% incomprehensible with random things happening the entire time and nothing making any sense. The movie was simple to understand. I didn't even know anything about it other than what was in the trailers, and everything flowed naturally. The only abrupt scene changes were the visions but even those weren't incomprehensible.
I've never felt this level of disconnect from a review. Most of the times I will read it and think, "Oh I guess I can see why you felt that way." Not at all on this.
It's just...ugh. Kind of infuriating. If I hadn't seen the movie and blindly followed reviews, I would have read that and thought the movie was 100% incomprehensible with random things happening the entire time and nothing making any sense. The movie was simple to understand. I didn't even know anything about it other than what was in the trailers, and everything flowed naturally. The only abrupt scene changes were the visions but even those weren't incomprehensible.
I've never felt this level of disconnect from a review. Most of the times I will read it and think, "Oh I guess I can see why you felt that way." Not at all on this.
generic_username
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Lord this movie is such a mess. Poorly developed character motivations, jarring cuts, horrible hamming by Zuckerburg, Henry Cavill incapable of smiling at anyone except Lois Lane.... Such a freaking disappointment. Lord save the DCCU from Snyder please...
Also MoS >>>> this mess. I would take a thousand pa kent tornado scenes over this.
Hype completely deflated about this universe for now. Maybe I will slowly start regaining it once we get closer to Suicide Squad's release. I never thought I would say this but I am not looking forward to a live action justice league.
Also MoS >>>> this mess. I would take a thousand pa kent tornado scenes over this.
Hype completely deflated about this universe for now. Maybe I will slowly start regaining it once we get closer to Suicide Squad's release. I never thought I would say this but I am not looking forward to a live action justice league.
I wonder how people would react if they hear that it has the best worldwide opening among comic book movies. Guess it only matters if the movie has good legs, so I hope it does.
GravityInsanity
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Wait where's Avatar? If I'm not mistaken isn't that the high selling movie of all time?
broncobuster
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I said as much in my post. Both sides are guilty of behaving badly. Although one point I'd argue, the posts you're speaking to happened after they saw it. In truth, I'm surprised there wasn't much in the way of preemptive defense. I love TDKRises, but good lord, people sent death threats before it hit theaters. Jeez. With BvS, I see the "Critics got it wrong! Film was good!" post time and time again.
I'm not surprised, some people just couldn't wait to hate on it. The critical reception just validated the hate and it cut them loose.
Poodlestrike
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I mean...
Yes, both sides can be bratty, and lord knows both sides instigate shit.
But I dunno, I haven't seen anybody who likes the movie accuse someone who dislikes the movie of being morally degenerate. I can't say the same for the reverse. There's a different level of vitriol, when you weigh the average.
Wait this happened? Really?
Heads up, the whole cast and Synder will be on Conan this Thursday. They shot a cool cold open for it which you can see here
http://teamcoco.com/video/conan-bat...n?playlist=x;eyJ0eXBlIjoibGlzdCIsImlkIjoiMiJ9
http://teamcoco.com/video/conan-bat...n?playlist=x;eyJ0eXBlIjoibGlzdCIsImlkIjoiMiJ9
Poodlestrike
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Yeah
Granted, just the once, that I've seen.
But one dude did feel the need to hop into the spoiler thread to share his opinion that people who enjoyed the movie were basically Trump supporters.
Future Foundation
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Except when he smiled at his mother. And the mother who's baby he saved from the fire in Mexico. And Bruce when first meeting him. And Lex when first meeting him.
generic_username
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Sure he did. Looked like a pretty painful smile though. Must not be easy to smile for this superman.
WTF, really? Surprising considering how a lot of people turned on that movie.
I think I saw that same poster in the RT thread. I think they got it from an especially toxic review.
Yeah must be hard for him to smile when he keeps helping people and they look at him like a false god and murderer.
Poodlestrike
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I think with the Mexico scene he's more uncomfortable with
the way they're kind of treating him like an actual god
Yeah. I mean, in either way, he's looked as somebody he doesn't want to be seen as.
Look, I wouldn't mind a more lighthearted world for Superman (similar to the world of Superman Returns), but the world he's surrounded by in this movie doesn't allow him to be happy in his role of Superman. Yet, anyway.
generic_username
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He does not look like he actually enjoys saving people. Same grim face again and again. Does not open his mouth for anything. No wonder people doubt him. The movie could very easily pose the interesting question of how the world should react to Superman without undermining Superman's core essence and making him dumb.
Although the only person he really seems to like saving is the damsel in distress Lois Lane though.
Look at what's so funny about truth justice and the American way? Does not pose the exact same question but does pose a question - Does the world need a hero like Superman? It accomplishes that without deviating from what makes Superman awesome.
I was going to see it again Friday but I think I can make Thursday instead. Maybe I'll do both. Who knows.
Anyway, what is your favorite part of the movie?
Mine was when
Anyway, what is your favorite part of the movie?
Mine was when
Wonder Woman got knocked back and dropped her sword. She looks back at Doomsday and she has this big smile on her face and in that moment they sold me on her. Batman and Superman are like super serious either avoiding death or trying to keep up and Wondy is having a party. It was such a nice contrast to everything else in the movie. I'm so stoked for her movie now.
generic_username
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For me the opening credits was my favorite. I loved it!
Poodlestrike
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Gotta be when
Wondy dropped into the Doomsday fight. That shit was just too hype for words.
I loved that scene as well but for vastly different reasons than my favorite.
Yep. While I didn't really like the theatrical version of this movie, it was a great commercial for the Wonder Woman movie coming out next year. I am excited for that one.
Did it have an opening credits sequence? I can't recall. I thought it just got right into it with Bruce's origin.
That was the opening credits sequence.
generic_username
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Yeah... thats what I meant! Even though we have seen it a countless times it still hit me. Dat music....
Beautiful Lie is an amazing track. If it wasn't for Wondy's theme it would be my favorite.
Oh okay, I guess I just didn't think of it as a "credits" sequence.
Oh, yeah, it was extremely well done. I LOVED the bit with
the pearl necklace
Ive been listening to Beautiful Lie all day. So Good.
generic_username
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Wonder Woman's theme is great. Also for me Ben Affleck is Batman. I cannot imagine anyone else anymore.
Cavill's acting emotion.
I felt it when he was standing in that fire, I felt it when he said goodbye to Lois, I felt it when he cried in pain when Lex showed him those pictures.
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