FlareKnight
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- May 29, 2012
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After seeing the movie again...mostly feel the same. It's an ok movie with some flaws.
Had a lot of good things in there. Liked the overall style, visually was good (minus Doomsday), and did give some awesome Batman action scenes. Wonder Woman was a solid addition that didn't have too big a presence, but basically just enough.
There's some interesting possibilities with what they did with Batman. You almost have the potential for the Justice League movies to be a kind of redemption story for him. Clearly he's tossed the "no kill" rules out the window and has really gone to some dark places. It could be really interesting using Superman and then the Justice League to kind of pull Batman back a bit and get him back on the path he started on. Not to the point where he's kind of given up.
I still am not sold on this path for Superman. Didn't like how they tried to do both Batman v Superman and the Death of Superman. It's too soon! The DCCU hasn't earned the Death of Superman yet! You can't go from people burning Superman scarecrows to a planet in mourning. I feel like that's something you go for after Justice League 2 or something (not part 2, actually Justice League 2).
Not sure I like the route they've gone with his character in general. I get that it's tough to make Superman as normal an interesting character. It was like the challenge in making someone like Captain America an interesting character. But, I just don't like them turning him into Batman. Always dark, always brooding, maybe happy for 3 minutes of the movie. Nor do I necessarily like the possibility that they are setting up Injustice here. Let's really make it so Superman is so on the edge that if Lois dies....all of humanity gets to die. Her having a pulse is literally the only thing between peace and annihilation. Someone put Lois in a padded cell on a remote island! She must live no matter the cost!
But, it's not like the whole thing was bad either. I like the idea of this movie. That all the mess from Man of Steel leaving a ripple effect was good. Superman not approving of a Batman who has crossed the line is also good. Batman worrying about humanities safety (and being right) is good. A lot of the fight between them was good.
But then you have Luthor....I mean what the heck was that? Was this Jim Carrey's the Riddler who got taken into the future and put on a wig? This guy was utterly ridiculous. And I still think Doomsday looks like a worse version of the cave troll from LOTR.
I don't know. Maybe I'm too hard on this thing. But, I do hope Justice League turns out well and I'm excited to see Suicide Squad. Maybe this is the necessary evil of a movie that has to cram too much into a film to make the whole DC Universe work.
Had a lot of good things in there. Liked the overall style, visually was good (minus Doomsday), and did give some awesome Batman action scenes. Wonder Woman was a solid addition that didn't have too big a presence, but basically just enough.
There's some interesting possibilities with what they did with Batman. You almost have the potential for the Justice League movies to be a kind of redemption story for him. Clearly he's tossed the "no kill" rules out the window and has really gone to some dark places. It could be really interesting using Superman and then the Justice League to kind of pull Batman back a bit and get him back on the path he started on. Not to the point where he's kind of given up.
I still am not sold on this path for Superman. Didn't like how they tried to do both Batman v Superman and the Death of Superman. It's too soon! The DCCU hasn't earned the Death of Superman yet! You can't go from people burning Superman scarecrows to a planet in mourning. I feel like that's something you go for after Justice League 2 or something (not part 2, actually Justice League 2).
Not sure I like the route they've gone with his character in general. I get that it's tough to make Superman as normal an interesting character. It was like the challenge in making someone like Captain America an interesting character. But, I just don't like them turning him into Batman. Always dark, always brooding, maybe happy for 3 minutes of the movie. Nor do I necessarily like the possibility that they are setting up Injustice here. Let's really make it so Superman is so on the edge that if Lois dies....all of humanity gets to die. Her having a pulse is literally the only thing between peace and annihilation. Someone put Lois in a padded cell on a remote island! She must live no matter the cost!
But, it's not like the whole thing was bad either. I like the idea of this movie. That all the mess from Man of Steel leaving a ripple effect was good. Superman not approving of a Batman who has crossed the line is also good. Batman worrying about humanities safety (and being right) is good. A lot of the fight between them was good.
But then you have Luthor....I mean what the heck was that? Was this Jim Carrey's the Riddler who got taken into the future and put on a wig? This guy was utterly ridiculous. And I still think Doomsday looks like a worse version of the cave troll from LOTR.
I don't know. Maybe I'm too hard on this thing. But, I do hope Justice League turns out well and I'm excited to see Suicide Squad. Maybe this is the necessary evil of a movie that has to cram too much into a film to make the whole DC Universe work.