shauner111
Avenger
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I went in thinking it was going to be the worst thing since Green Lantern, for DC. The first scene had me worried that critics were right when i saw young Bruce floating with bats. Several seconds later, i heard "In the dream...they brought me to the light..", i was like OK good. Zack didn't lose his mind!
After the movie, i thought critics went too harsh on it, but most of the criticisms seemed legit to me. And i also found more problems, especially after viewing #2. Major editing issues throughout, which wasn't a case of nitpicking. It's obvious even if i didn't read that from Rotten Tomatoes. Lack of logical motivations, not much character development, zero heart or fun, both heroes acting depressed throughout the movie, pretty looking women thrown into scenes out of convenience instead of logic, every male character acting like an a-hole towards each other, one-dimensional hammy villains straight out of a Shumacher-Batman, crammed easter eggs and subplots, dream sequences that fans would understand but the majority of moviegoers would scratch their heads at, a childish fight between the two leads with a terrible bridge between the fight and the "Dawn of Justice" part. There seems to be a seductive quality to the comic booky visuals in this movie that brings fans and non-fans in, but at the same time a lack of understanding with comic book characterization. He promotes a more comic book accurate universe, but then shows us that it's nothing more than a Zack Snyder experimental version.
What's funny is, the first act is actually a pretty good set-up. Minus the editing issues, which could be fixed in a different cut.
So, of course critics affected me somehow. But i've been disagreeing with critics a LOT lately so i still went to see and expected to enjoy it. I mean, i thought Hail Caesar was one of the worst Coen Brothers movies and they gave it great reviews. I figured the critics didn't "get" how dark Bats v Supes it was. But they were right.
The early percentage was more accurate though. 40-45 instead of 29.
After the movie, i thought critics went too harsh on it, but most of the criticisms seemed legit to me. And i also found more problems, especially after viewing #2. Major editing issues throughout, which wasn't a case of nitpicking. It's obvious even if i didn't read that from Rotten Tomatoes. Lack of logical motivations, not much character development, zero heart or fun, both heroes acting depressed throughout the movie, pretty looking women thrown into scenes out of convenience instead of logic, every male character acting like an a-hole towards each other, one-dimensional hammy villains straight out of a Shumacher-Batman, crammed easter eggs and subplots, dream sequences that fans would understand but the majority of moviegoers would scratch their heads at, a childish fight between the two leads with a terrible bridge between the fight and the "Dawn of Justice" part. There seems to be a seductive quality to the comic booky visuals in this movie that brings fans and non-fans in, but at the same time a lack of understanding with comic book characterization. He promotes a more comic book accurate universe, but then shows us that it's nothing more than a Zack Snyder experimental version.
What's funny is, the first act is actually a pretty good set-up. Minus the editing issues, which could be fixed in a different cut.
So, of course critics affected me somehow. But i've been disagreeing with critics a LOT lately so i still went to see and expected to enjoy it. I mean, i thought Hail Caesar was one of the worst Coen Brothers movies and they gave it great reviews. I figured the critics didn't "get" how dark Bats v Supes it was. But they were right.
The early percentage was more accurate though. 40-45 instead of 29.
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