Justice League MOS vs BvS vs JL

[Blood Spider]

Not surprising MOS ran away with the poll. Its a dreadfully dull movie, but its a masterpiece compared to the other two.

So true.

MoS - 5 out of 10

BvS - 2 out of 10

JL - 1 out of 10.

 

[Brutikus]

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

 

[Captain Marvel]

None. They were all terrible.

 

[kguillou]

1) Batman v Superman: like Bladerunner i did not like this movie at first. It was incredibly polarizing and confusing. A couple rewatches of the UE turned my opinion completely around and I think its nearly a masterpiece. Dont beat me up, y'all just my opinion. The movie just resonates with me and I love the dark, brooding, political thriller/drama tone of it. It feels like an epic, one that boils and brews and erupts into a crazy climax. The movie has flaws and some things that still bother me but the good vastly outweighs the negatives for me. 9.5/10

2) Man of Steel: the movie that made me a Superman fan after being left with blue balls in Superman Returns. One of the most exhilerating cbms I've ever watched. 9/10

3) Justice League: Look, i dont think its a BAD movie. Not by any stretch. It has its charms, the character interactions are good and theres some cool action sequences. But the movie's seams show way too much, and movie feels incredibly blah-zay. It lacks the ambition of the prior two movies. 7/10

 

[harlequinade]

The poll is misleading. JL is not Snyder directed movie. It is a mix of butchered movies. So in that case MoS wins. But it wins only because it's slightly less of a mess than BvS was, and that's probably solely because it focused on one main character instead of two

But out of 3 going with the rating I gave each I'm gonna go with JL. It's the worst made movie but it was more entertaining than the other two. I actually cared about the characters. In comparison it took me 3 days last week to rewatch MoS...

 

[wampa1]

Justice League is unwatchable, MoS is dull, BvS is a train wreck.

So, BvS it is.

 

[markjoedelonge]

1) Batman v Superman: like Bladerunner i did not like this movie at first. It was incredibly polarizing and confusing. A couple rewatches of the UE turned my opinion completely around and I think its nearly a masterpiece. Dont beat me up, y'all just my opinion. The movie just resonates with me and I love the dark, brooding, political thriller/drama tone of it. It feels like an epic, one that boils and brews and erupts into a crazy climax. The movie has flaws and some things that still bother me but the good vastly outweighs the negatives for me. 9.5/10

2) Man of Steel: the movie that made me a Superman fan after being left with blue balls in Superman Returns. One of the most exhilerating cbms I've ever watched. 9/10

3) Justice League: Look, i dont think its a BAD movie. Not by any stretch. It has its charms, the character interactions are good and theres some cool action sequences. But the movie's seams show way too much, and movie feels incredibly blah-zay. It lacks the ambition of the prior two movies. 7/10

My exact thoughts.

 

[_Superman_]

1) Batman v Superman: like Bladerunner i did not like this movie at first. It was incredibly polarizing and confusing. A couple rewatches of the UE turned my opinion completely around and I think its nearly a masterpiece. Dont beat me up, y'all just my opinion. The movie just resonates with me and I love the dark, brooding, political thriller/drama tone of it. It feels like an epic, one that boils and brews and erupts into a crazy climax. The movie has flaws and some things that still bother me but the good vastly outweighs the negatives for me. 9.5/10

2) Man of Steel: the movie that made me a Superman fan after being left with blue balls in Superman Returns. One of the most exhilerating cbms I've ever watched. 9/10

3) Justice League: Look, i dont think its a BAD movie. Not by any stretch. It has its charms, the character interactions are good and theres some cool action sequences. But the movie's seams show way too much, and movie feels incredibly blah-zay. It lacks the ambition of the prior two movies. 7/10

Agreed expect MOS is top for me and SvB is a close second. I also agree with JL. My main issue with JL is know everything I know about the BTS drama and how there is another movie out there that was the movie I was expecting just really puts a damper on the whole thing.

 

[kguillou]

I'll tell you what tho, if everything I'm seeing and hearing about Snyder's JL is correct then I think that movie could easily top both MoS and BvS for me.

 

[_Superman_]

I'll tell you what tho, if everything I'm seeing and hearing about Snyder's JL is correct then I think that movie could easily top both MoS and BvS for me.

Agreed

 

[Aurakles]

i'll tell you what tho, if everything i'm seeing and hearing about snyder's jl is correct then i think that movie could easily top both mos and bvs for me.

Yes

 

[Shadow Moses]

I will never understand how WB let Synder run this into the ground. Complete brand distruction. It's like letting Joel Schumacher direct a team up movie after Batman & Robin. Total incompetence. One flop and you should be out of there. Just take a look at Disney. You mess up once and you're out of there. You create something good and they give you another go. We need a Chris Nolan-type director to revive Batman and Supes again. At least they still have Jenkins with WW.

 

[markjoedelonge]

I will never understand how WB let Synder run this into the ground. Complete brand distruction. It's like letting Joel Schumacher direct a team up movie after Batman & Robin. Total incompetence. One flop and you should be out of there. Just take a look at Disney. You mess up once and you're out of there. You create something good and they give you another go. We need a Chris Nolan-type director to revive Batman and Supes again. At least they still have Jenkins with WW.

But they did get rid of Snyder. Their mistake was not waiting to see how BVS would be received and giving him the go ahead to do JL, and then fumbling after BVS's poor reception to bring in a new director to reshoot major portions of the movie. It all resulted in a very bland, forgettable product. Which is really hurtful as a fan to see.

 

[kguillou]

Also, you know, none of Snyder's films flopped so....yeah. If either MoS or BvS actually LOST money I'm sure Zcak would've been outta there quick. Just because his films didnt make as much as maybe could have lets please not over exaggerate how his films performed. None of them were "flops." JL is the only flop in the DCEU.

 

[_Superman_]

Also, you know, none of Snyder's films flopped so....yeah. If either MoS or BvS actually LOST money I'm sure Zcak would've been outta there quick. Just because his films didnt make as much as maybe could have lets please not over exaggerate how his films performed. None of them were "flops." JL is the only flop in the DCEU.

Correct and for the most part JL wasn't even his movie but the studios movie giving the fans what they wanted.

 

[harlequinade]

Also, you know, none of Snyder's films flopped so....yeah. If either MoS or BvS actually LOST money I'm sure Zcak would've been outta there quick. Just because his films didnt make as much as maybe could have lets please not over exaggerate how his films performed. None of them were "flops." JL is the only flop in the DCEU.

Yes....but not the only embarrassment....

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Just watched MOS on 4K, damn it looked even more beautiful, I love that movie, and BvS for that matter, such a damn shame how JL turned out.

 

[Pennywise]

Man of Steel

 

[Spamtron]

MoS was the best Superman movie to date... And I loved the original Donnerfilm, but it definitely had it's issues. MoS corrected many of those issues for me as a Supes fan.



Snyder's cut of BvS was also awesome... and management should've kept out of it entirely.


JL- again, management has all the blame on what happened to this one. Synder left more to his own creates awesomeness like Watchmen. You see the trend on the quality of Synder's output, the less mismanagement from above the better final movie we get.

 

[GreenKToo]

Mos for me, followed by BvS. I still think Bryan Cranston in the role of Lex would possibly have saved this film. We will never know.








JL.

 

[lordofthenerds]

Justice League, which isn't to say I think it's a good movie. It was remarkably generic as a comic book movie, but far more enjoyable to watch than the other two. Man of Steel became a sanctimonious, slog to sit through. BvS was more entertaining than MOS, but it had obvious issues concerning plot, character motivations, and a number of flat-out bizarre/laughable moments.

 

[MAN O STEEL]

For me personally, JL is my favourite of the three. Now please hear me out on this before roasting me lol. My main problems with MOS and BVS, although far better made movies than JL by a country mile, is that those movies just took themselves way to seriously for comic book properties. I'm not talking about jokes, or more smiling or any of that petty nonsense that people who love BVS and MOS like to pin on those of us who don't, I'm nearly talking about storyline and tone. When I watch MOS and BVS, I never feel like I'm having fun watching my favourite characters on screen. Everything feels heavy and dour and sombre. I just never felt like I was watching superheroes and that left me feeling empty. Superman is my all time favourite character bar none. When I watch MOS though I'm left feeling like I haven't really watched a Superman movie. Felt like a serious war film with Sci Fi elements and Superman, a character that should have some levity to him sidelined as a sad guy who has to do what he does as apose to wanting to do what he does. Once again JOR EL telling him you can be this and that and do this instead of Clark travelling the globe and seeing first hand the good of people and realising that's what he wants to do, not has to do. I just simply find it hard to re-watch MOS because it feels lifeless to me as a Superman movie. BVS is just flat out a boring political thriller, that's it. Takes itself waaaay to seriously and it's a borderline depressing movie to watch. It's a slog to get through. JL for all its faults atleast knew what it was. It was a fun ride that just simply missed out on some of the epic scale and characterisations of the prior two movies. That's my thoughts.

 

[kingcharmingman]

After some time,
Still MoS the best, it has no director cut drama, the story fully about man of steel no other obligational hero introduction, it was a focused film and what we see is what we get. Complete menu.

JL still the second, although it was not good enough, no memorable moment (except when flash run behind superman), but it was better. I watch this several times without hating it cos i know this bad JL become this because of the previous film.

Bvs still lowest, this movie was the reason we got bad JL. Lots of subplots, lots of obligatory introduction to future films which eventually useless in JL. The director cut ruined everything, not because it was bad but because it was good that people now choose to wait for digital director cut than go to theater. I watch this now with bit of regret.

 

[DOBSON10]

Man Of Steel. One of my favorite CBM's. It has some flaws (Lois Lane shoehorned/contrived to arrive for/be in action scenes, Adams being a poor Lois and having no chemistry with Cavil, the kiss & drone scenes, the Jor-El GPS scene, some bad dialogue here and there) but overall it was a very good movie to me. Zod is one of the few villains in these CBM's that actually felt like a real threat. Cavil is great as Superman, though he could've used a few more lines. The action was great, the visuals were great, the story was good enough to keep me interested the entire way. First Flight, Smallville fight, You Are Not Alone and yes, the Zod necksnap are all great scenes.

Batman Vs. Superman. It just dragged in too many spots, Eisenberg is GOD AWFUL, the story was stupid, Affleck was average at best, the reason for Batman/Superman fighting was not good enough, the fight was actually underwhelming, Martha!!, Doomsday was awful, Dream Sequence was horrible, pointless and shouldn't have made final cut, Death of Superman was unnecessary and way too early in the Franchise. Not an awful movie but just too many bad decisions and horrendous villains.

Justice League. This movie is just kind of there, there is nothing particularly awful about it, other than Ezra's awful take on Flash and a handful of crappy jokes (thanks Joss), but there is nothing remotely memorable about it either. Not horrible, but not good.

Man of Steel by a mile.

 

[lordofthenerds]

Reading over this thread, it seems there are plenty of people who think MOS and even BvS are great movies. The same can't be said for JL. Would it be fair to assume that there are as many people who love Justice League (believe it's a great, top-tier comic book flick) as there are those who love Batman & Robin? Nearly everyone would say the former is better than the latter, however.

I think this speaks to Justice League's unique level of mediocrity - the result of playing things safe to such an extreme degree.