Comic Book Movies

[gunswordfist]

Hopefully it wasn't so bad that he suddenly dropped dead after the experience.

[GregX]

I wanted to drop dead after the experience.

[Dr. Insomniac]

It's not the fact that it was bad that got me. It was how unbelievably angry it was at everything. The movie felt like a fatalistic preacher bellowing out loud about the sins of the world and how it can be only cleansed through hellfire. It was as if I were a watching a despaired man's confrontation with his Messiah, and the result only made him plunge deeper into agony. Like some 14-year-old tryhard who wants to be the next Dostoevsky but with characters he watched on TV. It has all of the pathetic nihilism of a Lars von Trier flick churned through the subtlety of a YouTube video.

All that said, I laughed when Batman took a bathroom sink and then hit Superman in the head with it.

[GregX]

So, here's my review.

http://gregxb.blogspot.com/2016/03/zack-snyder-is-piece-of-shit_27.html

I suppose this is less a title and more a statement of fact.

[Dr. Insomniac]

I just want to mention that after a life of telling Clark to let children die and not to save him from a tornado, Pa Kent went on to farm for rocks as purgatory.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Sounds like exactly what I expected it to be and then some.

DC needs to ditch Snyder already.

[Daikun]

Deadpool becomes the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.

By close of play yesterday, Deadpool had amassed $745,974,060 to overtake the previous record holder, The Matrix Reloaded, which earned $742.1 million back in 2003.

[gunswordfist]

Hmm..did not know Matrix Reloaded was the record holder.

[GregX]

In which I briefly take on the "Zack Snyder is a visual genius" lie.

http://gregxb.blogspot.com/2016/03/visual-genius.html

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

In which I briefly take on the "Zack Snyder is a visual genius" lie.

http://gregxb.blogspot.com/2016/03/visual-genius.html

This is something that bothers me in general about when I hear or see people say that a movie is "beautifully shot" or "has excellent cinematography" or "brilliant visual story-telling" in regard to big-budget blockbusters which seem to confuse good special effects in and of themselves with those other labeled qualities. That isn't to say that there aren't plenty of big-budget films which have that sort of artistic value to them, but you definitely won't find those qualities in a Zack Snyder film (granted, I still haven't seen BvS, as I refuse to pay money for a ticket of my own accord, but I've seen enough of his other work). Any schmuck with a massive budget and expensive equipment to work with can make "big" or "grandiose" looking shots. It takes a lot more skill to make a visually brilliant shot, though, and that has much less to do with money than some people may think.

When I think of a film having great visuals in a manner completely separate from simply just having good special effects, I tend to think of scenes along these lines:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPAloq5MCUA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4seDVfgwOg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X05TDsoSg2Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdSKot0psNg

And going back specifically to Snyder, some people argue that at least he creates kick-ass action scenes. I disagree with this notion even more than him being a good visual story-teller. I personally find his over-use of slow-motion in films like 300, as well as his over-indulgence of chaos and destruction in movies like Man of Steel, to be highly obnoxious and honestly kind of boring to watch (though, to be quite honest, this is a problem that a lot of modern big-budget Hollywood films have, even from better directors). I'm not even going to get into stuff like John Woo's earlier Cantonese films, or classic martial arts films, or some other modern works from pure action films with better choreography, stunt coordination, and camera work which leave him and Bay and several other modern directors completely in the dust. Instead, here is a scene from the same genre as his most recent two films, and here are two scenes from a certain Netflix series which has far superior action to anything in Man of Steel.

[Daxdiv]

I watched it a few days ago and still trying to absorb it and my opinion is that it was pretty meh. I didn't like it, but at the same time didn't hate it. Maybe it's because I'm not much of a DC guy and all, but it felt like something that exists. I will admit that it did feel like they were trying to cram 3 flicks into there at once, probably should have dialed that back a bit.

[GregX]

We're living in a world where Deadpool will potentially make more money than a movie with Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. Let that sink in.

It needs to make well over $800 million just to break even, and it's not likely to get there. It's nose diving at the box office.

[Peanutbutter]

We're living in a world where Deadpool will potentially make more money than a movie with Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. Let that sink in.

It needs to make well over $800 million just to break even, and it's not likely to get there. It's nose diving at the box office.

What's the current tally?


My best friend wants to see this badly, so I'm likely seeing it at some point in theaters, unless he decides to bootleg it. At this point, I'm willing to see it just so I can have my own opinion but I'm not going in with any expectations. It does suck that the first movie we get with both Superman and Batman had to suck, but WB has always been a backwards studio. Really, there was no reason they couldn't do a new Superman film back in the 90s. Yeah, Cage's film would have likely sucked but they had to have other people who wouldn't have dropped the ball so hard like Schumacher or Snyder. We should have already had a Batman vs. Superman movie a decade ago, same with a WW movie.

[GregX]

It took a 68% dive this weekend, but I'm betting when the numbers come in, it will be higher than that. It's bombing overseas. It's getting awful word of mouth, it's doing hardly any repeat business...

It still hasn't made it to $700 million. And, as I said, if needs to do at least $800 million to break even... and that's the lowest estimate. It might eventually make a profit, but it won't be at the theaters. And if it does, it will be a minuscule $50 million, which for a movie like this is a disaster.

So apparently Zack Snyder is stronger than Darkseid, cause he single-handedly destroyed the DC universe.

http://deadline.com/2016/04/batman-v-superman-box-office-second-weekend-gods-not-dead-2-1201729796/

[GregX]

And the final numbers for the weekend came out. 69% drop.

https://twitter.com/GiteshPandya/status/717003757687611392

This is a disaster for WB.