Inferno313
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Eh, I'd say one looks like a movie, the other looks like an overly-produced VFX demo film. To each their own.
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The New JL Trailer is Everything Wrong With DC's Dark Movie Universe
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Eh, I'd say one looks like a movie, the other looks like an overly-produced VFX demo film. To each their own.
More_Badass
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I don't get this. It wasn't trying to capture those things, so it wasn't really a failure to do so.
You shouldn't fault something for not doing what it's not trying to do. That's like saying because The Road was post-apocalyptic, it should have had more Max Max-style elements.
I feel like batman v superman and man of steel were establishing that the core of this take is grimdark and serious.
Suicide squad was probably once a pretty decent movie with a weird ass tone, and it was already pretty different than the other movies. I have real high hopes for WW
I'd be fine with batman being a more relaxed guy until shit gets real, and superman being morally grey so the Injustice movie adaptation can happen
Also I prefer the visual direction of the DCU and the way their characters act, everyon in marvel is cracking jokes like Spider-Man nonstop and I'm not a huge fan of the art direction.
thehypocrite
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Meh. I actually like the look. I don't want them to have the TV show aesthetic of the MCU.
broncobuster
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I thought Sucker Punch was garbage, but it did drastically change scene to scene to separate the realities or dances or dreams or whatever the hell was happening.
Yeah, this is why I like Snyder so much because he's willing to embrace the kind of weirdness that made people walk away from comics in the first place. Nolan was concerned with how to make Batman work in a crime story and he largely succeeded with movies like The Dark Knight. And then when he tried to get fantastical in Rises, it ended up kind of backfiring on him. The ambition of the story couldn't work under the rules he had already created so stuff like a punch to help fix your back ended up feeling too silly and contrived. Mind you, I adore all those movies, but I can see how that version of Batman clashes with the popular depictions of the character.
Nolan's Batman is a little more than a guy in a suit who knows some karate.
thecouncil
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Besides TV shows looking great these days, what does 'it looks like a TV show' mean?
Does every movie outside the DCEU look like a TV show?
Does every movie outside the DCEU look like a TV show?
According to some here...yes
Future Foundation
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Now show the one where he turned the African desert into a fucking Poland Spring Box.
moltonasty
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The JL trailer was way more entertaining than the Homecoming trailer IMO
The last thing I'm worried about are visuals when it comes to a Zack Snyder joint
The last thing I'm worried about are visuals when it comes to a Zack Snyder joint
It's weird that he only does that for the superhero stuff.
Dawn of the Dead and 300 actually had variance of color and saturation.
Future Foundation
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No one knows anymore. It's the how-do-I-sound-ike-an-asshole way of saying "I don't like how this looks"
Why do they need to do what the MCU is already doing? Why do people want MORE of the same? Why is it so bad to have different options? We already have 15(?) MCU movies with more on the way. What's so terrible about a handful of comic book movies that do something different?
Inferno313
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People rightfully criticized The Avengers as looking like a TV show, which to be fair, is an issue with that particular film that probably stems from Whedon's history in television. People who don't understand anything about cinematography took that to mean NOT using crazy color grading and extensive stylized CG in every scene is television quality cinematography.
Wag
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Then I wonder where the hell his coloring sensibilities came from.
Dark Knight most likely, that and the sepia tones of 300.
George Oscar Bluth II
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DCEU fans gettin' real riled up
PanSexual_Peacock
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I think when people say that they're referring to the lighting in the films. Most TV shows usually lack any dramatic lighting. Everything is too lit. that's probably where the "looks like a TV show" criticism comes from.
Movie envy. It's gonna be real sad when Guardians 2 gets just as much critical acclaim as the first.
Well for 300 he really has traded blue for yellow. DotD is really the last (only?) Snyder movie to appear somewhat colorful. After 300 he just fell in love with abusing digital color timing (particularly teal and blue) and never looked back.
Flat lighting.
It's a shame because, while very rough, I felt Man of Steel held a lot of promise.
BvS magnified he mistakes of MoS even more, to the disservice of any thematic goal it was working toward. Suicide Squad was a misstep in every respect.
Not the best track record. The entire universe feels rushed and sloppy.
BvS magnified he mistakes of MoS even more, to the disservice of any thematic goal it was working toward. Suicide Squad was a misstep in every respect.
Not the best track record. The entire universe feels rushed and sloppy.
DontBeThatGuy
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Snyder being ass is the reason why serious, dark and "bleak" isn't working.
Leo_Sagittarius
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Don't get me wrong, I know he wasn't, that's why I mentioned the "grounded" rules, clearly Nolan had his own spin in mind he wanted to implement, and he accomplished that greatly.
The point I was making is that although they were well crafted movies, it's not what personally makes me tick regarding what I like about a comicbook movie. I like the more fantastical side of things in Snyder's movies, even if they have that subdued color palette.
Inferno313
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Wtf? OP is just some dude on a forum, he's not a journalist or anything. He isn't obligated to be unbiased, everyone has their own biases.
Nah, not enough slang and gifs that don't really convey anything.
Strangelove77
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Ah, so that's why the other thread got made. How subtle.
illmatic22
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Nolan to Snyder is a big fucking downgrade. I could never talk myself into liking Snyder's DCEU films.
You'll have to pardon LionPride. He has known the taste of being damaged.
Discotheque
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Bronx Man with that classic Marky Mark shit. You're projecting too much dawg.
Yep. I like BvS but the problem here is the filmmakers and post production moreso than the tone. Logan done shitted on the game and that was probably the most bleakest major superhero film I've ever seen.
I'll gladly welcome more stuff like BvS if it's done better. Or on the other hand more stuff like spiderman 2.
Yep. I like BvS but the problem here is the filmmakers and post production moreso than the tone. Logan done shitted on the game and that was probably the most bleakest major superhero film I've ever seen.
I'll gladly welcome more stuff like BvS if it's done better. Or on the other hand more stuff like spiderman 2.
Believe me, if we're still fans after the triple critical combo we took, at this point we couldn't care less about critical reception lol
Stone Ocean
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Lots? Those where 3, and literally 1 of them had any actual action. All 3 major actions scenes took place at night.
DontBeThatGuy
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BvS being overstuffed, ugly trash with ruined characters made me appreciate MoS more, actually. At least that had Zod and his minions.
obvious troll is obvious
The color point gets a little tiring. Just turning the light up would not suddenly fix BvS.
Brooding heroes is also not a problem if it's executed right. Similarly do fun and jokes not mean it's automatically good. Im not sure why people assume Snyder would suddenly perfectly execute a jokey movie if he'd just try
Brooding heroes is also not a problem if it's executed right. Similarly do fun and jokes not mean it's automatically good. Im not sure why people assume Snyder would suddenly perfectly execute a jokey movie if he'd just try
Future Foundation
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George Oscar Bluth II
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I MUST HAVE MY WAR.
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