Smokey_Run
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I love the notion the film is declared a mess when it's 10 months from release. Granted, that amount of time gives the suits at WB enough time to put together 10 different cuts to compete with Jenkins' cut.
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DC Extended Universe |OT2| A League of xX-=DaMaGeD=-Xx Gentlemen
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Hems is great though. He not only has the physicality, but he nails the humor as well. The scene between him and Loki on earth in the SHIELD base is some damn fine acting.
I don't hate Gal, and I think she bounces off Ben well enough, but she's got a lot to prove. I'm hoping Patty Jenkins can extract the best from her
YesNOnoNOYes
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i like you and your positivity! :>
johnnydrama
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Patty seems very confident about the film.
BadAss2961
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It's clearly bullshit. People taking the word of some disgruntled ex as gospel. Spouting the same stuff i've already seen from dudes on message boards.
Box office thread is pretty quiet since Squad is still winning. So former employee is the new go to spot for some good ol' WB/DC hate.
Ayer was super confident in Suicide Squad. Rightfully so though, imo.
broncobuster
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She's not wrong.
Even if you don't want to believe her, El Maybe and Faraci also calling foul on the letter. But between them, there's a 33% certainty the letter is fake. Drat.
Smokey_Run
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It feels like there are two camps internally at Warner Bros. One that is the status quo and the other that seems to be hell bent on negative press to force a change in executives or finally force a purchase of the entire company.
TropicalFish
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I still prefer shirtless Aquaman tbh.
Movie blogs continue to prove they are literally garbage.
http://www.slashfilm.com/wonder-woman-in-trouble/
Run an article on a paper thin flame post by a supposed former WB employee.
They don't even question whether this is a real employee or not, they just take this at face value. They then run Patty Jenkins' rebuttal, and then follow that up with "All that said is anyone really shocked to hear Wonder Woman might be in trouble?"
These sites are literally a joke. Fucking disgrace.
http://www.slashfilm.com/wonder-woman-in-trouble/
Run an article on a paper thin flame post by a supposed former WB employee.
They don't even question whether this is a real employee or not, they just take this at face value. They then run Patty Jenkins' rebuttal, and then follow that up with "All that said is anyone really shocked to hear Wonder Woman might be in trouble?"
These sites are literally a joke. Fucking disgrace.
Anything for clicks man. I wouldn't even link it, just screencaps. Don't give them the clicks they want. It's fucking disgusting.
Your profile picture makes me sad.
It's a shame, to get a good $1b+ movie this is just 1/3 of it.
I lost an avatar bet, I'm not wearing it because I want to lol
I dont understand what all the hooplah is about that letter. There wasn't a single thing in there that wasnt already known, nor was it already rumored before. It was just one person complaining about how poor the movies have been, except with an added twist of sympathy for ex-employees. Is there even a shred of proof she's a real employee? I really don't get it
Even just waiting a year for Wonder Woman is hard, how did we ever manage the 3 years for BvS?
Like what people have said, news about how DCEU is failing is hot right now; it's what gets clicks.
Like what people have said, news about how DCEU is failing is hot right now; it's what gets clicks.
Nope, but how could the enthusiast media go 10 months without a base for prejudice against the next DC movie? impossibru!
I mean I get that...but still. Especially the thread here. Everyone took it as gospel. Shit could be straight from 4chan for all we know
Just watched BvS UC with my parents and they both liked it a lot. My dad had seen Man of Steel on HBO, but my mom didn't so I had to catcher up a bit while the opening was happening. Even at 3 hours long, they both stayed awake (they're 64) and were able to follow what's happening just fine. Only thing they didn't catch was Flash's first appearance. I had to tell them after the movie was over. It's interesting to get a completely different perspective on movies like this from people that aren't die hard comic book fans. My dad grew up on DC and will watch the occasional Flash/Arrow episode if he's home from work. So he knows "enough" about the DC universe to know who's who. My mom is a total casual. Doesn't know crap about comics, but enjoys the movies.
I was shocked that my dad even guessed that the Knightmare sequence was a dream right when it started. He didn't know about Darkseid though, so I had to fill them in on that after the movie was over.
And for myself, seeing the UC for the 2nd time, made me like the movie even more. I'm still picking up little things here and there.
I was shocked that my dad even guessed that the Knightmare sequence was a dream right when it started. He didn't know about Darkseid though, so I had to fill them in on that after the movie was over.
And for myself, seeing the UC for the 2nd time, made me like the movie even more. I'm still picking up little things here and there.
GringoSuave89
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yup, keep walkin'
Nice. I have a similar anecdote with my parents. I ended up watching BvS with them one night because my dad wanted to see it. My dad used to read Justice League comics as a kid so he's a little familiar with everything going and I didn't have to explain much to him. My mom doesn't know much of anything about superheroes except the movies she's watched with Keaton Bats, Reeves Supes, and Baleman. She got lost during BvS because she didn't know who was what and how. That's when my dad told me that my mom had never seen MoS. She was watching BvS thinking it was a sequel to the first Reeves Superman movie.
Once that was established, my dad took the movie off and basically told me to hand him MoS so that my mom could see it lol.
My mom isn't much for superhero movies. She thinks they're silly but to my surprise she ended up really liking MoS. And when they saw BvS, both of them got really into it. It helps that Ben Affleck is in it because they really like his movies. My mom got a bit sad at the end in the scene where Lois gets the ring from Martha.
The next day my dad was talking up BvS to my sister. The way he described put a smile on my face.
He was like: "It's really good. It's a serious movie."
tbh though, this thread focuses on the negative stuff as much as anywhere else
There's not much else to focus on
I miss watching JLU. Tried watching just Batman shows but it's just not the same. I want WW and Supes. Out of movies to watch too. Hows Superman vs the Elite?
There's not much else to focus on
Pretty much.
On the flip side, it's not like it would be any better if we just ignored the negatives. We'd start looking like the DCEU subreddit, lol.
I remember when the negative reviews started to hit really bad... Ayer made that tweet and the subreddit had a thread titled something like, "Look! Ayer is standing tall with us!" I about threw up in my mouth.
(<- Not really but this is the internet.)
Smokey_Run
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There's not much else to focus on
This is true. It's hard to focus on other stuff when a good chunk of the articles or news surrounding the films are negative.
I will say, while they should be concerned with the critical and public reception of these films, they have to see the silver lining at the box office. Sure we can talk about disappointments with terrible legs, but if they got their shit together and produced quality films, they could break the box office. You could have easily been looking at a movie above a billion and another movie closing in on a billion with your second and third films in the universe. It's clear people want to see these characters, just WB and co. are shitting the bed on delivering quality films.
broncobuster
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Definitely see the hug box attitude some places and I'll never understand it.
Mentioned it in another thread, there's something to be said for Suicide Squad's 2nd week drop after the huge opening. Imagine the business BvS and Suicide Squad had the potential to do if they were well regarded.
Mentioned it in another thread, there's something to be said for Suicide Squad's 2nd week drop after the huge opening. Imagine the business BvS and Suicide Squad had the potential to do if they were well regarded.
When it's all said and done I can see SS getting close to 500 million WW. Great reviews could have pushed this closer to a billion though. Just so much left on the table.
YesNOnoNOYes
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Lord Virgin
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Nah, dude is trash and serviceable as Thor at best.
YesNOnoNOYes
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He was great in Rush :>
Superman vs the Elite is awesome, watch it ASAP.There's not much else to focus on
I miss watching JLU. Tried watching just Batman shows but it's just not the same. I want WW and Supes. Out of movies to watch too. Hows Superman vs the Elite?
More like the general public is not yet convinced, we truly need a critical hit.
Corpsepyre
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Got out of the film a while back. Overall, I thought it was fine as summer entertainment. I went in with absolutely zero hype, and it ....ended up being alright. I sure do have my gripes, but it's definitely not the disaster so many said it was. Here are some pros and cons of the film that I could pick out for myself. Yes, MYSELF. These are my views.
+ The team worked well with each other, even though they spent more time establishing certain characters than the rest. David Ayer knows how to work around actors, given his previous films.
+ Will Smith as Deadshot, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn and jay Hernandez as El Diablo were the standouts.
+ Jai Courtney's Captain Boomerang deserves a pro mention on its own. The guy didn't suck here!
+ The opening montage sequences were quite cool.
+ Jared Leto's Joker. While this could have been a +/-, I think he did a fine job, given the few scenes he was in. He was reminiscent of the Joker from some of the comics, so I didn't have problems seeing him being played the way he was. I DO want to see MORE of him, hopefully in the upcoming Batman film. The world needs more of Leto's Joker, and without any edits.
+ The bar room scene. Now, that's something i wanted more of.
+ Slipknot A.K.A Rope Guy. LOL.
- Not a single memorable action sequence, or 'THAT' moment, from what I can recall.
- Action sequences edited haphazardly. Film definitely needed a better action choreographer.
- The mission itself wasn't too thrilling. I wonder why they didn't just make a film adaptation of Batman: Assault on Arkham. Superior in every aspect.
- Bullet-sponge enemies and less than compelling villains. I can't stand these. I had problems with such enemies in the two Avengers films, and I have problems with them here as well. It's time we got more out of comic book villains and grunts. While DC has way better villains than the competition, they were a complete misfire here, save for Leto's Joker.
- A number of characters not given enough screen-time or development.
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So, there you have it. I won't put any score to it. Film could have been much, much better. However, I came out entertained. Good riddance this is over with. Let's see what Wonder Woman and Justice League bring in 2017.
+ The team worked well with each other, even though they spent more time establishing certain characters than the rest. David Ayer knows how to work around actors, given his previous films.
+ Will Smith as Deadshot, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn and jay Hernandez as El Diablo were the standouts.
+ Jai Courtney's Captain Boomerang deserves a pro mention on its own. The guy didn't suck here!
+ The opening montage sequences were quite cool.
+ Jared Leto's Joker. While this could have been a +/-, I think he did a fine job, given the few scenes he was in. He was reminiscent of the Joker from some of the comics, so I didn't have problems seeing him being played the way he was. I DO want to see MORE of him, hopefully in the upcoming Batman film. The world needs more of Leto's Joker, and without any edits.
+ The bar room scene. Now, that's something i wanted more of.
+ Slipknot A.K.A Rope Guy. LOL.
- Not a single memorable action sequence, or 'THAT' moment, from what I can recall.
- Action sequences edited haphazardly. Film definitely needed a better action choreographer.
- The mission itself wasn't too thrilling. I wonder why they didn't just make a film adaptation of Batman: Assault on Arkham. Superior in every aspect.
- Bullet-sponge enemies and less than compelling villains. I can't stand these. I had problems with such enemies in the two Avengers films, and I have problems with them here as well. It's time we got more out of comic book villains and grunts. While DC has way better villains than the competition, they were a complete misfire here, save for Leto's Joker.
- A number of characters not given enough screen-time or development.
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So, there you have it. I won't put any score to it. Film could have been much, much better. However, I came out entertained. Good riddance this is over with. Let's see what Wonder Woman and Justice League bring in 2017.
Corpsepyre
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Yeah, that's just crazy talk. People saying that have obviously not watched that film.
xXCrazyCostaXX
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Has anyone on here not seen the killing joke yet, I bought digital and bought the blu Ray (I know it's unneeded) and would like to give the code to someone that's actually wanting to see it.
I;ll take the code please. havent seen it yet.
xXCrazyCostaXX
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Going to send you a PM
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