Larson will be able to work as much as she wants. Look at Mark Ruffalo and Scarlet Johansson, they show up in a ton of other movies. Hemsworth, Pratt, and Renner all work fairly consistently in other movies as well. I think Evans and RDJ simply aren't interested in working too many other gigs.
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Larson will be able to work as much as she wants. Look at Mark Ruffalo and Scarlet Johansson, they show up in a ton of other movies. Hemsworth, Pratt, and Renner all work fairly consistently in other movies as well. I think Evans and RDJ simply aren't interested in working too many other gigs.
ElBoxyBrown
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I'm gonna listen to their review after seeing the movie but dam, that review has to be worth a listen. Korey has reached peak no fucks to give for the DCEU.
old manatee
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I would never fault anyone for taking one of these jobs. I just wish these super hero movies were better considering how much top-notch talent is perpetually tied up in one franchise or another.
ThoseDeafMutes
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Can't really top Doc M for that archetype. Superman is being portrayed as more human than both of them, despite having some shades of that sort of thing.
Couldn't have typed it better.
SchrodingerC
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Korey unleashes the nerd rage and it was glorious. That last third of the film really pissed him off.
Sho_Nuff82
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Now that I think about it, after two films I can't think of a single bit of inspiring or memorable dialogue uttered out of Superman's mouth. Yeah, Superman as reluctant and introspective is new for films, but that's not necessarily interesting. Nearly all of Cavill's script has to read like this:
Superman: *grimaces*
Superman: *broods*
Superman: *yells*
Superman: *furrows eyebrows*
Superman: *grimaces*
Superman: *broods*
Superman: *yells*
Superman: *furrows eyebrows*
Nicktendo86
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Well, this is a disappointment then. Saw the extended cut of Batman v Superman for the first time the other day as well, first time I've seen the film in any format. What a fucking shambles.
ElBoxyBrown
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Does he cry during the review? Sound broken? I know Korey can get really passionate about his nerd shit.
Edit: Fuck it, I gotta hear this review.
Absolutely
Diprosalic
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Yeah
Evans went Cap2->AoU->Cap3 and he still did a bunch of movies before and after.
RDJ did The Judge and has other projects lined up. They all have plenty of time to do other stuff.
Something like Room barely takes a month to film so more than enough time for Larson to get het indie stuff done.
SchrodingerC
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He was more annoyed and angry than sad. He liked majority of the film, even with its noticeable flaws, but the ending juat set him off.
It was a great review btw.
I think I like movie Vision more than movie Manhattan, but I do think Billy Crudup's performance in that movie is really underrated when you consider how much more praise is showered on Rorshach and Comedian's portrayals.
RDJ is really just interested in doing Marvel, his own production company's projects and maybe Sherlock Holmes. Guy has had a years-long taste of fame and fortune and doesn't want to go back to anything less. And after the road he took to get there, can't say I blame him.
It's that voice of his.
DJ Lushious
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Well, that's sort of what I was trying to say about my opinion. It's not the worst movie I've ever seen, nor is it the best, but it was a good popcorn flick. For all of the talk, and given that it is Zack Snyder, I was expecting it to be Owls of Ga'Hoole bad.
In response to the bolded, I can see that, too. Is this why comedies normally get critically panned? Is this the kind of criteria that is applied?
The theatrical is spectacularly bad.
One of the few truly great moments in BvS. Getting the ground view of the Black Zero crashing into the World Engine was incredible. The 'Gods Among Us' montage was also pretty great.
AyaisMUsikWhore
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Poor SS. I'm still waiting for the day I can actuall give my hats off to a DCEU movie. I don't see it with Wonder Women and I'm definitely not seeing it in Justice League. Welp
Father_Brain
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Well, sure. Nothing lasts forever.
(And I don't expect or want it, but it sure would be interesting if Doctor Strange were that film, given that it's the first Marvel Studios production without any creative involvement from the Perlmutter side of the company.)
ThoseDeafMutes
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JL is your best bet considering it has had the most time to course correct after the reaction to BvS. WW could also be very good. I'm not expecting anything anymore though.
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I want WW to be good, then again: the thought of Snyder (after all the shit he got) turning it around with Justice League fuels my erection.
In a cruel twist of fate, it was Perlmutter all along who was keeping Marvel's shit together.
I think it'll be a Flash. A relatable, likeable lead character, with Geoff Johns and the new guard in on the ground floor, helmed by promising director and a story put together by Lord and Miller. They might be course correcting with JL, but I can see that leading to the same tonal inconsistencies that SS seems to have. Flash sounds like it'll be their Spider-Man and that that's been the intention right from the start.
Atraveller
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You mean C130 crashing into Black Zero, right?
Yeah I get that. It's not like horrible start to finish! As for bolded to an extent. Certain genres will tend more to ignore such things if they don't think it matters for their intended audience. So you'll get lapses in dumb comedies and so on and critics jump on that.
I do try and give some leeway particularly if the film is clearly not trying to say much. My issue with BvS is behind the popcorn flick it clearly is trying to do so but failing. I'd probably prefer Snyder didn't overreach himself trying to be deep and meaningful and just try and delver a full on popcorn flick. I think the result would have been better.
Suicide Squad clearly has same issues. DC is either going to have to support right talent if they want to go that route or drop it and go for mindless fun. Right now they're stuck in the middle doing neither well.
Piku_Ringo
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AyaisMUsikWhore
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That's very true. I think this would be the best time to really reconsider whatever that movie currently looks like because the trailer just did not do any justice for me. I'm not in love with the new Flash, Cyborg looks really cheaply made and Aquaman has just killed my whole hype for this movie. I really really hope they start doing some reshoots or something. I would like one of my favorite cartoon shows at least be well done in a live action movie 😢
I'm really starting to think, is it hard to capture the world of DC in a live action movies? Is the universe that complex that they really have to tone it down for these movies?
No it's not hard at all if you hire talented directors and writers and give them enough freedom.
ThoseDeafMutes
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I just pray that they don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. I can just imagine a room full of suits completely misreading the situation and trying to force everything into their own simplified understanding of "the mahvel formula".
whatsinaname
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Score has now moved from Class I obese to Overweight.
29%
Yeezus H. Christ
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30% is the new bar to clear for DCEU films
ThoseDeafMutes
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Man of Steel dominating
Yeah you're right. For some reason I misremembered them being on Zod's dropship when they set off Kal's pod. I also thought Zod's dropship was the Black Zero for some reason.
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If you're planning on watching this movie, you have to ask yourself a simple question:
Do I like the movie?
Then go watch the movie to answer that question for yourself. Do you want a movie that 80% or 90% of people like, or do you want a movie you yourself will like?
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Do I like the movie?
Then go watch the movie to answer that question for yourself. Do you want a movie that 80% or 90% of people like, or do you want a movie you yourself will like?
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Evans is mostly a matter of being open enough to be able to get another directing gig, since that's where he wants to be as a filmmaker. There are some projects that RDJ has been trying to get off the ground, including a Pinocchio adaptation, but he's certainly not strapped for cash these days.
Rush was amazing. I don't give a damn about formula 1 or race cars in general but that movie made me want to watch anything related to racing that I could find.
Dash_Riprock
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If you're planning on watching this movie, you have to ask yourself a simple question:
Do I like the movie?
Then go watch the movie to answer that question for yourself. Do you want a movie that 80% or 90% of people like, or do you want a movie you yourself will like?
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The hipster, contrarian mentality fans adapt sometimes is amazing.
Kill Your Masters
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Whut.
I haven't even seen the movie. How can I be a fan?
How is anything I said remotely in the contrarian, hipster fan mentality?
kek.
BronsonLee
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@ me next time you bastardo
Sho_Nuff82
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If you're planning on watching this movie, you have to ask yourself a simple question:
Do I like the movie?
Then go watch the movie to answer that question for yourself. Do you want a movie that 80% or 90% of people like, or do you want a movie you yourself will like?
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How can you like a movie you haven't seen?
You can be excited about it, or be intrigued by the trailers, or be a fan of the talent or the IP, but you can't actually say "this is a good film" before you've sat in the chair and the 120 min runtime.
I sure as hell didn't. Just like with BvS, even though it looked pretty uninteresting from the trailers, I never thought that it would get killed by critics like this.
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