Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread

[bork]

Two separate points we're making here.

There's an obvious connection between toy sales and knowledge in the public eye, especially among the target audience for these characters and movies (kids.)

Just stop.

[Human Snorenado]

On the one hand, Snyder's shitty sepia gritfilter "style" of film making is vomit inducing.

On the other, if you have too many bright colors and lightheartedness, you end up with Speed Racer, which is the worst movie ever made.

Solution: nerds should be prevented from spending money.

[Tasty]

They're not blowing their wad early on anything.  This is leading up to a Justice League movie where they'll all team up to beat some Darkseid ass, I'd wager.

And what would that look like? Maybe they'll show FIVE cities getting blown the fuck up! ...except it'd look exactly the same as MoS's last fight.

As I said, blowing the wad. There's nowhere "bigger" they can go from MoS's final fight. WB's impatience crippling the stakes for the DCU out of the gate.

The armored Batman reminds me of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.

Of course, easy to ride the coat-tails of a respected work than actually try something new.

[Tasty]

Two separate points we're making here.

There's an obvious connection between toy sales and knowledge in the public eye, especially among the target audience for these characters and movies (kids.)

Just stop.

Anecdotal evidence "Everyone knows Batman/Superman" vs. actual data. Hmm....

Spider-Man is more well known than anyone DC.

[nudemacusers]

this isn't c-tier stuff like  iron man

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Iron Man 1 still the best superhero movie

nah not on the level of those top tier dc peeps. crusty moms know who wonder woman is.

and i see you editing out thor. don't think that slipped by me

[nudemacusers]

i'll give you b- on a curve

[Rahxephon91]

Everybody knows who Batman and Superman are.  Who is talking about merchandise sales?



They're not blowing their wad early on anything.  This is leading up to a Justice League movie where they'll all team up to beat some Darkseid ass, I'd wager.

The armored Batman reminds me of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.

That's because it's taken from it. The whole first announcement did nothing but refrence that comic.

[cool breeze]

whenever people bring up thor in a positive light it's about the main dude's body.  ask shaka.

[Phoenix Dark]

only cool thing about Thor:


edit: now that I hear it as an adult...that's kinda stupid. nevermind

[nudemacusers]

rainbow bridge? campy military theme march theme song? guy in tights with muscles?

andrex did you watch this as a kid before golden girls came on y/n 

[Tasty]

No clue what that is.

But I did watch Rainbow Bright

[Tasty]

Never read a Deadpool comic but I am so loving everything about this movie's production right now.

[Madrun Badrun]

I'm mostly excited about it because ryan reynolds is so excited about it.

[Tasty]

I'm mostly excited about it because ryan reynolds is so excited about it.

Yeah, same.

[Great Rumbler]

Hey, can we go back to talking about real movies instead of all this comic book garbage?

[nudemacusers]

ok.just nightcrawler. sucked. completely ignored the origin story. i don't mind changing the character and making it low key but come on.

[cool breeze]

[Tasty]

ok.just nightcrawler. sucked. completely ignored the origin story. i don't mind changing the character and making it low key but come on.

Why did they recast him anyways? Jake Jizzenhall is no Alan Cumming.

[Madrun Badrun]

Hey, can we go back to talking about real movies instead of all this comic book garbage?

It's comic book movies all the way down now.

[Tasty]

Hey, can we go back to talking about real movies instead of all this comic book garbage?

It's comic book movies all the way down now.

[benjipwns]

this isn't c-tier stuff like  iron man

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Iron Man 1 still the best superhero movie

I liked this post, but I have to disagree one spot, Batman Returns is the best best. I just watched it the other week. Still got it. Wacky 90's Burton stuff in Gotham that Batman is all ignoring as he beats the shit out of it has come around to being a realistic portrayal of Batman from the comics. Thanks Grant Morrison!

The main plot around the three characters is still tight, Keaton is a god, Danny DeVito still eats a fish which made me realize the Penguin is basically an early version of Frank.

"I saw her first!"

[Tasty]

Returns has the best Gotham, easily. However the plot is absolute shit-tier with the main villain somehow winning over the people again. A trope that was already dumb when the Joker did it in the previous movie.

[Tasty]

I thought Begins was a lot more fun, personally. More comic beats is probably why. (Burton never read a comic, lolol.)

[Phoenix Dark]

Batman Begins


The Dark Knight


The Dark Knight Returns

[benjipwns]

I wouldn't say the Joker "won the people over" so much as he dropped [fake] dollar bills from the sky.

Returns establishes that Max and his family have outsized power in Gotham, the new mayor is weak for a multitude of reasons, and that the city is fucked up enough that people will back the heroic recently discovered to be true urban legend if you plan his appearances well enough. (Also, why they frame Batman...)

Burton understood the perverse mental illness of the Batman mythos. Who watches a super hero movie to have fun and see action when you could be brooding at the sadness?

Also, Batman Returns has the greatest scene in maybe any movie ever. When they show Bruce Wayne just sitting in the dark waiting for the Bat Signal to light up. 

[Tasty]

Begins is really good but the final act is kinda ehh.

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just like every other nolan movie

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I loved the final act. Brought everything full circle. Dat music too.

[Phoenix Dark]

everyone knows Batman Returns has the GOAT Batman soundtrack.

[benjipwns]

Hey, can we go back to talking about real movies instead of all this comic book garbage?

This looks like it could be mildly enjoyable to me:



EDIT: Guess it came out in the US last week. "IN LIMITED RELEASE" So...probably will get from the internet store only. 9% on rotten tomatoes, excellent. Sounds perfect.

[cool breeze]

well Paul blart mall cop 2 is at 0% on rotten tomatoes.  it has that going for it.

[benjipwns]

I dunno. Simon Pegg is cool but I can't say I enjoyed most of his stuff without Edgar Wright at the helm.

It looks average to me.

I like Big Nothing, so I like average Simon Pegg films.

Why does it even exist? Was the first movie that popular to warrant a sequel? Was it even a cult hit?

As of November 1, 2009, when combined with box office results and total DVD sales, the film has grossed a total of US $227,126,523.

On $26 million budget.

[Joe Molotov]

The first one made a decent chunk of money and was cheap to make.

Idiots deserve to be catered to sometimes too, man. 

[benjipwns]

Not everything can be a high brow Marvel film or Avatar, the proles need something to watch too.

[cool breeze]

sorry to interrupt the Paul Blart talk,
 

[fistfulofmetal]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzack snyder

[benjipwns]

imagining the panic of leaks causing companies to release stuff early is always amusing to me

edit: batman holding a sniper rifle and batplane shooting people

ABSOLUTE FAILURE CONFIRMED

$75 million box office, tops

[Phoenix Dark]

meh

the amount of unnecessary CG of basic shit

Why does the cop car have to be a complete cg render? Why does the statue? It just makes ordinary stuff look fake as fuck.

[fistfulofmetal]

edit: batman holding a sniper rifle and batplane shooting people

in it's defense, that's probably the rifle from Dark Knight Returns which is like a grapple thing iirc

[Great Rumbler]

I hope it's like the old Batman comic from the 30's where it's like "Batman! You just knocked that man into a vat of acid!!" and Batman's like "Oops! Lol!"

[Joe Molotov]

[nudemacusers]

meh

the amount of unnecessary CG of basic shit

Why does the cop car have to be a complete cg render? Why does the statue? It just makes ordinary stuff look fake as fuck.

this cg statue?

[Phoenix Dark]

welp

[jakefromstatefarm]

Begins

the entire first act is

and yeah, it def peters out, but I still love the stinger

[Tasty]

sorry to interrupt the Paul Blart talk,
 

So fucking lame. We don't even get a good look at the suit or get to hear Batfleck talk (sans robo voice.)

Was the new Alfred saying "turns good men cruel"?

[Rahxephon91]

It's a fucking Teaser. You know, to tease...Not fucking blow it's load. Could you stop complaining for one second?

[Tasty]

Was the new Alfred saying "turns good men cruel"?

Yes, that was clearly Jeremy Irons, Jesse Eisenberg, and Holly Hunter talking.

Cast as Alfred, Lex, and , respectively.

I definitely heard Eisenberg. I was iffy about him at first but he should be a good Lex.

[Tasty]

It's a fucking Teaser. You know, to tease...Not fucking blow it's load. Could you stop complaining for one second?

Nope.

[Rahxephon91]

Well I'll just sit back as you have an aneurysm over movies with characters called Batman, Superman, and Captain America.

"Oh no they've made Superman dark in the movies. How dare they! Even though comic books are all about putting characters in whatever situation and story possible"

Superman can't be dark! Just like Batman and Daredevil can't be lighthearted!

I also like this notion that only Batman can be dark.

Does anyone not read the current Wonder Woman?

Does no one watch Arrow or know his background as a liberal crimefighter man.

There's more then just Batman who can fit the tone DC has apparently ushered. Also while Superman may not be the best fit, it's not like DC has taken a terrible angle. Much of the DC universe has always focused on the fact that yes Superman in our world is crazy. Even the damn Justice League cartoon had many subplots about metas and the danger of them. It's fantastic that BatmanVsuperman is running with that premise. It's a story that hasn't been done in the movies and it's extremely worthwhile.

I also like this notion that DC only has Batman.

It's like:

Um you people realize The Flash now has a pretty successful television show?

Which was made because of another successful tv show called Arrow?

Which follows the long history of successful DC shows from Smallville to Justice League that featured plenty of DC characters.

No one gave a fuck about the Guraidans of the Galaxy. Now Groot is a household name and little girls want to be Gamora.

You're telling me that can't happen to the Suicide Squad with such stars as Will Smith and the Joker...I mean Jared Leto? That movie has plenty of potential.

No one cared about Thor. You doubt that Wonder Women can't be successful in a world where Thor is? If your entire point for it being successful is the really dumb "oh dude is hot" you don't think Hot chick with violence can't work? That stupid Scarlet Jo brain movie made millions.

No one gave a shit about Captain America and Chris Evans dosen't have that much star power yet the movies have done well. You don't think a good Flash or Green Lantern movie can survive in a world where a meh Captain America and a good Captain America movie did well. Why?

[nudemacusers]

the best part is nobody reads comics so these movie adaptations will become the de facto standard. dark supes ftw

[Tasty]

the best part is nobody reads comics so these movie adaptations will become the de facto standard. dark supes ftw

I can't wait until the sequel!

[Rahxephon91]

Superman Red and Blue wasn't dark.

[Joe Molotov]

It was just bad.

[Tasty]

It was just bad.

Just like Man of Steel! Q.E.D.

[Nibel]

Complain about unfinished CG effects of a movie that will come out in a year, brehs

Complain about the lack of substantial content in a teaser, brehs

[Tasty]

I just wanted to see more Batfleck is all.

You guys wanna see how to do a teaser right, showing awesome shit and yet not giving a thing away?

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[Great Rumbler]

How is Batman v Superman not a teaser done right? It shows that people kinda hate Superman and Batman's got a robot suit so he can fight him. That's basically 100% of what you need to know.

[Tasty]

They've never said they're brothers in the movies. Speculation during when First Class came out put him as Scott's father.

[Rahxephon91]

I think a teaser should be pretty evocative and well a tease. That Avengers teaser posted might as well be a trailer. It's not edited or cut in a specific way. Really dosen't give a tone or a feeling. It really does reveal plenty of things. It's not giving you a small glimpse that really makes your mind go "wtf" and try to connect the dots. It's just a simple trailer.

[Rahxephon91]

Havok could still become Corsair. I mean hey it would explain where he is during the rest of the series instead of killing him off panel like the rest of the First Class cast.

Still, the movies don't care about the cosmic part of X-men so I doubt they would ever uee them.

[Stoney Mason]

Watched Babadook.

Occasionally you are on the wrong side of the opinion on a movie and this one of those cases for me. I can intellectually appreciate what the movie is going for. And there are absolutely elements I like of it, like the pop-up book stuff and the two really good performances of the leads. But deep down you either feel a movie or you don't and for me Babadook is one I can appreciate intellectually but I didn't really "feel" it whatever that means.

I can totally see somebody else feeling it and thinking its great. But for me it was an average movie experience. I think I'm just more meat and potatoes when it comes to my horror. This is like an artsy horror film to a degree and maybe artsy doesn't quite work as strong for me when it comes to that genre.

[Tasty]

Babadook took its concept much farther than It Follows did, and is in general the "scarier" film. I love them both though, and would probably say I liked It Follows ever-so-slightly more.