Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

[Brian G.]

It's Batman v Superman, yes. But me, i've never been a big Superman guy, nothing interesting about him really.

I'll wait until Cap v. Iron Man (Avengers 2.5?)

That's fine, but you couldn't believe that we saw it last night so I answered why.

 

[Nick]

That's fine, but you couldn't believe that we saw it last night so I answered why.

It wasn't anything to do with the movie really, I was just surprised so many went to the Thursday showings, that's all.

 

[Brian G.]

It wasn't anything to do with the movie really, I was just surprised so many went to the Thursday showings, that's all.

Cuz it's Batman Vs Superman.

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

Thursday gross is 27.7M, just ahead of AOU's Thursday gross.

 

[JungleSkip]

Thursday gross is 27.7M, just ahead of AOU's Thursday gross.

This weekend was always going to be huge. The question is how well it holds up

 

[Milla4Prez66]

The word of mouth has potential to kill this movie's box office performance. As it should, because this movie sucked. I'm a huge fan of the entire comic book/superhero genre but this one was just too messy and poorly written. They were clearly more concerned about setting up their universe than making a good movie.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

HBO has the animated DC movies, I'll stay in and watch those....

 

[JungleSkip]

HBO has the animated DC movies, I'll stay in and watch those....

A bunch of them showed up on Netflix in the past few weeks. Justice League War and Son of Batman are both pretty dang good

 

[brianlo]

I had the 'pleasure' of seeing this on Wednesday at a preview (non-studio sponsored). So probably one of the rare screenings so far that haven't been slammed with comic fans, midnight night pre-sales/whatnot. Aka very much a slice of general audience.

I don't think this movie is going to play well to the general audience at all. Those are the people who will keep the numbers up on Saturday/Sunday and next weekend.

There were elements that left me utterly confused and I probably had a better grasp of some of the comic elements than 95% of the audience. The dream sequences I had to explain to the group after.

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The Flash part even I wasn't sure what was going on, but connected that perhaps it might be the Flash, needless to say no one else managed to get it

My theatre also boo'd after the credits (when there was no post-credit scene). Regardless of the underlying reason, there was booing - at a free movie, which is pretty deserved.

In the desire to not copy the MCU, I think having the JL segment interrupted the flow of the movie was a horrible decision. That would have been a worthy post-credit or at least post-end scene.

Worst part of the whole movie:

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The 'your mom's Martha, my Mom's Martha... did we just become best friends? Yuuuuupppp!

In the end, what really sticks with me is that this feels like a 2.5 hour movie that is based on a 10 episode TV show. Way too many plot lines, way too garbled and yet somehow it feels like none of them really resolved and are just dropped. This reminds me of the Last Air Bender's translation to movie. Garbled, non-sensible, most of the characters just are complete misses of the source material. Simultaneously too much going on and yet somehow nothing really happens. Jumping from plot point to plot point only to drop them for a CG battle.

All said, it's still watchable. I think that's why every review seems to be around a 2/4, D etc. Even the positive reviews hover around a 6-7.

A 5/10 is where I'd go. Watchable, but not something I would talk anyone into seeing. At the same time, if you really love comic books and DC I would never try and talk anyone out of seeing it.

 

[USO92]

Loved it. Eisenberg, Affleck, and Gadot killed it. I have a few plot point complaints and CGI complaints but overall, well done. I loved the Batman they presented in this movie. I wont go see it in theatres again (length) but definitely one I would see again later down the line. 6/10

 

[Brian G.]

Loved it. Eisenberg, Affleck, and Gadot killed it. I have a few plot point complaints and CGI complaints but overall, well done. I loved the Batman they presented in this movie. I wont go see it in theatres again (length) but definitely one I would see again later down the line. 6/10

6 out of 10 is loving it?

 

[drumset333]

Yeah, after talking to some people who saw it but have have very little comic book knowledge they didn't know what was going on for a lot of the movie. In a way they felt that it was really inaccessible to them.

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For example when in the nightmare sequence with the Omega symbol or lex Luthor at the end. They had no idea that was talking about Darkseid. They sorta knew who wonder woman was no idea who cyborg or aqua man were. To someone who knows the comics pretty well these were awesome moments but will probably leave average moviegoers confused.

 

[amityboattours]

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No one in this movie operates at an intelligence point above a toddler. Superman goes to convince Batman that he needs his help...and then promptly attacks him and doesn't bring up that he needs his help again until right before Batman is going to kill him.

Superman, who also can hear Lois from anywhere in the world when she's in trouble doesn't seem to care that his mom is getting kidnapped.

Batman, who's beef with Superman exists because he had a huge fight in a city, leads Doomsday back to Gotham off an empty island...because reasons. Yea, yea, they say that part of town is "uninhabited", but he's still leading the creature closer to a population center.

Oh, and Lois almost dies in a way just as dumb as Pa Kent when she throws the spear into the convenient water pit (for no reason), minutes before she decides she needs it.

ALL OF THESE. Also...

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The lack of imagination in introducing the rest of the JLA, compared to how Marvel go about setting new characters up. Seriously, clicking files open on a PC?? That's the most interesting way you could possibly come up with to show this in the medium of Film?!

I think people are being way too kind here and are reviewing the 'experience' of having seen this movie, rather than the actual movie itself.

This is a very poor movie, by any definition.

 

[Teebin]

Goodness, this is funny:

 

[JungleSkip]

Goodness, this is funny:

Considering how great that man is as a filmmaker, I feel like he has to be fairly embarrassed by the final product here

 

[Scott W.]

Considering how great that man is as a filmmaker, I feel like he has to be fairly embarrassed by the final product here

If a stand alone Batman film comes out, I'd love to see him direct. This must be bringing back a lot of memories from doing Daredevil.

 

[Jymmymack]

If a stand alone Batman film comes out, I'd love to see him direct. This must be bringing back a lot of memories from doing Daredevil.

He IS directing any solo Batman film. It was the only reason he signed on.

 

[Jymmymack]

Goodness, this is funny:

This is better than the movie.

 

[misterID]

If a stand alone Batman film comes out, I'd love to see him direct.

Ben Affleck Confirms ‘Batman’ Solo Movie?

 

[DK745]

Eh. I liked the film (though I also liked Man of Steel.) Not saying it's perfect, but certainly not the 30% or whatever it has on Rotten Tomatoes.