BvS Share all General Audience Reactions here!

[TDKR1977]

Are people in the US used to having audiences cheering and clapping at cinemas? I ask this because of the "people were silent – they didn't react to anything during the movie" comments. Does that necessarily mean they didn't enjoy the experience?

In my country, we're used to watch movies in silence. There might be some laughs here and there, but that's about it. Everything else is kind of unusual.

Depends. Sometimes audiences here are quiet. Sometimes not.

 

[kaneluan06]

My brother nearly died laughing when Batman just whipped out a gun and started shooting people in the knightmare scene.
And the girl in front of me keep asking her boyfriend about stuff happening and she even though that batman was superman's brother after the "martha" moment.
People just looked very relieved after the film was over tbh

 

[Rocketman]

Not one person I know has disliked Affleck. Universal praise across the board.
I mean, it's like the overwhelming thing everyone agrees on.

Affleck will play this character for awhile, methinks.

 

[antoineflemming]

Are people in the US used to having audiences cheering and clapping at cinemas? I ask this because of the "people were silent – they didn't react to anything during the movie" comments. Does that necessarily mean they didn't enjoy the experience?

In my country, we're used to watch movies in silence. There might be some laughs here and there, but that's about it. Everything else is kind of unusual.

Depends on the demographic of the audience, imo. I'm used to some small groups of people cheering or laughing. But, in my packed AMC theater with probably 200 people, many of them African Americans (I'm black btw) with Batman and Superman shirts, they were cheering and clapping pretty much any time Batman or Superman showed up on-screen. It was weird. A bit over-the-top imo, but I've never seen that before. I didn't even see that when watching the Nolan Batman films. Needless to say, the large audience I was with really enjoyed the film. As did I.

 

[Astorgh]

As of now, I've seen the movie 3 times. The first at the premiere and two more at the theatre. I gotta say the best crowd reactions were at the premiere. People went crazy at some scenes there. At the theatre, some laughs here and there. Nothing beyond there. In this scene:

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Where Batman saves Martha and he says “I'm a friend of your son”

At the premiere that was the scene with the best reaction. At the theatre was one of the only 2 or 3 were people laughed.

Overall, I've heard different opinions. Two cousins loved it. Other cousin just liked it, and his brother didn't liked it at all. My sister liked it. My gf loved it, her mom liked it but said she would never watch it again. A guy I know thought it had cool visuals, while the story was dumb (While talking more with him I noticed he didn't like it because it wasn't like a Marvel movie, so yeah can't trust this guy's opinion at all). Out of the theater I heard a parent ask his (probably 8-10 year old) son if he liked it and he said “YES!”, while most people coming out looked somewhat confused.
I'd say this week I'll collect more reactions.

 

[godisawesome]

I'm going to see it a third time. That alone should warn you that my reports on the two screenings I've had so far are in danger of being biased.

Still:

Crowd 1. Thursday night in a B&B Theater in Clinton, Missouri. A few chuckles, but overall quiet. I can't say whether that was an overall good thing or not. My girlfriend, and English teacher, liked it, but she and the other girl, a Math teacher who also liked it, with us both said they kind of relied on knowledge from Smallville and other films to navigate part of it. My buddy, an art teacher, and myself, an English teacher, both liked it. Overall, still a quiet theater.

Crowd 2. The AMC Legends theater in Kansas City, Kansas. Much more vocal, lots more laughs, and yeah, we did have applause and few (tiny amount) of cheers once Wonder Woman and her kick-ass guitar solo showed up to save the day. That may be a Kansas City, Kansas thing; my third showing of Star Wars this year had people doing the same thing for Rey when she grabbed the lightsaber. A kid up above me started talking when Superman died; I only caught the first part, but he seemed hit with disbelief and kept asking when Superman was going to get up. Biggest laughs were at the Granny's Peach Pie scene (probably had a few people who knew it was coming) and the Martha rescue.

I think my overall assessment of the film as good but not great may be true for regular people as well, but we'll have to wait and see.

 

[Bren]

People just looked very relieved after the film was over tbh

Just got home from watching.... I could easily be wrong (but then my Wife, daughter, folks, 2 friends and my niece are also all wrong) but same here.

Most of the time I hear a lot of chatter in the hallways after the movie. Today... very silent. My group included. Even the 40min drive home.

 

[technobot]

Saw it on Thursday night, and on Friday afternoon with my best friend.

Both viewings, there was a general sense of uneasiness/fidgeting for the first half of the movie. Moreso on the second viewing, I believe the first viewing was full of pre purchasers like myself who had a good idea of what to expect.

The second viewing you could definitely feel a sense of "wtf" with the movie for the first half. It really showed me how the first half of the movie can drag for many people if you're not heavily invested like myself.

During both showings there were definitely some gasps as a result of Batman's carnage. You can infer what I'm talking about, sorry if this is a spoiler for those who haven't seen the movie.

There was almost no laughing during the entire movie, on either showing. Both showings did elicit some chuckles when

Spoiler

Batman saves Martha. "I'm friends with your son..." "I figured... the cape?"

Both showings had people applauding when WW shows up in her full regalia. But it wasn't very loud, they were drowned out by people audibly thinking out loud "wtf".

During the dream sequences, someone audibly shouted out "what was that" on the Friday afternoon showing. And when

Spoiler

Superman died

there was a guy who literally shouted out "what the ****???!?!?!?"

I've said it several times, but having seen two separate showings with two "kinds" of audiences I can say for those two audiences that people seemed to dig the opening

Spoiler

with the montages between the funeral and the death of the Thomas and Martha

. As a personal aside, call me a shill, but it was operatic visually and with perfect notes from the soundtrack. I digress.

Both showings you could tell people started getting tense for the first half because as the second showing reiterated for me, it drags, especially if you're not a giant fan/DC comic nerd. I saw one group of fellas ahead of us on Friday, and they had a knowledgeable DC fan among them who could helpfully point out every reference, the kid was good! I pity the groups who did not have a guide with them. You could tell people were confused, especially with the dream sequences.

I can't stress this enough, but the Omega symbols, the parademons, and the fascist Superman completely flew over the GA's head. Yes, fans like myself can draw their own conclusions but you could sense confusion. And many people didn't know who the guy delivering the warnings was. It was so fast

There was shock at the characterization of Batman. And alot of the scenes we've seen a million times in trailers drew at least some reaction; remember folks there's tons of people out there who have seen maybe one trailer then immediately forgot it. I'm definitely jumping on the bandwagon of the crowd saying "They showed way too much in the trailers!"

I liked the movie. I liked it even more on the second viewing. But many of the flaws pointed out in other reviews do crystallize on the second viewing. The movie is choppy in the first half, and you get a lot of information in snapshots. For the general audience, there is much fan-service that may not register. Specifically, if you do not have a double major in DC comics general knowledge with your second major in The Dark Knight Returns, this movie flies over your head. And the first half is slow if you signed up for a ton of action. There are many threads which have their conclusion inferred, which I can understand is frustrating for many viewers, not just the general audience. The whole "Batman kills/doesn't kill" deserves its own thread, but I agree with the sentiment that while almost nothing is shown explicitly, you can connect the dots ("what happened to that guy, dad?" "he won't be back for Justice League Part 1 if you catch my drift")

 

[Tra-El]

Just sat in my seat for the third time. An entire family sitting behind me. Should get interesting. 4:00 showing. Under about half full.

 

[BH/HHH]

Just sat in my seat for the third time. An entire family sitting behind me. Should get interesting. 4:00 showing. Under about half full.

Enjoy it mate

 

[Light]

I can't speak for the entire audience I viewed the movie with as was predominantly focuses don the movie. It was a quiet theatre so really hard to determine what their feelings was. I did notice the gentlman sat next to me facepalmed at a particular scene and looked at his friend and sighed at a particular scene.

 

[Steamteck]

she even though that batman was superman's brother after the "martha" moment.

Seriously! I mean that's like incomprehensible and I thought he was a bit heavy handed with the reliving the Martha stuff for Bruce. Wow! Even with that he overestimated his audience.

Honestly, I was thinking "you don't have to show that again. Everyone understands by now!"

 

[Ita-KalEl]

From Italy I can report almost the same good reactions that I saw in any other big Marvel movie.
Not more not less. Here people are liking it quite a lot.

 

[BigCityBoy]

Alittle late to the party, but I went to an 2D IMAX showing late Saturday night. Honestly, wasn't much of an reaction at all during the entire movie. Audience was quiet all throughout. However, after the movie was over, I heard some chatter amongst the people as they were coming out of the theater and from what I heard and understood, they enjoyed it for the most part.

 

[Tra-El]

Just got out of 3rd viewing.

Top of the theater was full but some scattered seats here and there. Some people on the bottom but not many.

This was take your kids to see Batman V Supes night. The whole theater was mostly families. All the kids sat like champs and yelled out during the movie. Just a few "whoaaa".

There must of been a couple on date night and the girl next to me jumped out of her seat when the Bat jumped out of Martha Waynes tomb. After that the theater laughed because it scared the crap out of everyone lol. A few laughs here and there.

The theaters biggest laughs was once again Martha and Bruce ' s scene and the "Is she with you?".

People were sad when Supes told Lois he loved her. They knew it was coming. The girl next to me started wiping her eyes with that and the engagement ring.

People walking out were funny. Was in the restroom and a guy has his little boy in there asking him if he saw the dirt rise. He was explaining it to him and said "I'll tell you what I think later, you didn't see the dirt rise?"

Walking to the car was a dude with his son and he said real loud "Wow, Superman got his ÷%2 kicked the entire movie. .." and the kids agreed lol.

That's it for me for atleast the next weekend. I plan on seeing it a few more times for sure. Still got to see it with some people. This 3rd audience was my most fun. They seemed to like it, but was quiet walking out with little whispers.

Wondy got a good response. One guy WOOED from the back.

 

[db85usa]

Walking to the car was a dude with his son and he said real loud "Wow, Superman got his ÷%2 kicked the entire movie. .." and the kids agreed lol.

This is exactly what happened at my 2nd visit to the theater. My son couldn't sit still in his seat at the sight of Batman pounding on Superman saying, "Superman is getting his butt kicked, what a wimp!!!" One kid behind us asked his mom why Batman was being a big bully, lol.

 

[Golgo-13]

Despite having one of the worst movie experiences of my life watching this movie, i enjoyed it.

The girl behind me came in drunk, put her feet up on my chair, kept kicking it, i asked her to stop, she then got up every 10 minutes to throw up in the trash can right at the front of the movie screen for everyone to see. Her and friends kept giggling and talking…..

 

[Tra-El]

Despite having one of the worst movie experiences of my life watching this movie, i enjoyed it.

The girl behind me came in drunk, put her feet up on my chair, kept kicking it, i asked her to stop, she then got up every 10 minutes to throw up in the trash can right at the front of the movie screen for everyone to see. Her and friends kept giggling and talking…..

"See, the movie was that bad it made her sick lollolol11lol11"
^-Haters.

Very sorry to hear that. I dread those experiences. Haven't had one in years.

 

[Kobra]

The only thing i heard was a kid shocked at Batman's brutality:

"ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?"

He wasn't happy. Which made me happy.

 

[CGNefarious]

On the note of clapping at American theaters, this movie is only the second time I've actually heard clapping in a theater (to my recollection). Normally theater experiences for me are relatively quiet affairs, unless it's a comedy. Then people laugh.

 

[AnneFan]

Here's two of my own reactions.

I was tearing up at the opening montage, and also at the end.

Didn't think I would, but there you go.

 

[NJCaliboi]

I'm just of the mind that there's too much overreaction on both sides for me to believe ANY of the supposed reactions here. Chances are I suspect most people's individual experience is being projected onto everyone around them. These "audience reaction" threads are always kind of silly to me. People that like or love the film are going to say "The vibe was great, people were buzzing." People that hated it are going to say that no one had any positive feelings, there was booing or crying or what have you. Silliness all around.

What a dumb thing to say when there are a good number of people who say their theaters were completly silent with no reactions one way or the other.

FYI my submission was 100% accurate. I hadn't seen the movie when I created the thread so I took pride in making sure I gave the most accurate description I possibly could, minus any exaggeration.

Yes of course there are tons of BS stories in here, no question about it-- but a few exaggeration (on both sides) doesn't make the real stories any less real.

 

[Leenie]

Meh. Theater reactions don't really mean a thing in terms of the quality of a movie most of the time.

There's one movie theater near me where the audience is DULL almost every time I go, no matter what movie it is. I saw Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part II on opening day, and ... Crickets in that theater. I kid you not. My brother and I were the only ones who clapped and cheered for Neville. And, on the flip side, the audience in that same movie theater applauded at the end of World War Z (which is a POS movie, in my opinion).

I also remember the audience being pretty much silent during Captain America: The Winter Soldier (at a different theater I went to), but when I walked out, I heard people talking about how much they loved it.

So yeah, sometimes the reactions vary, and those reactions can mean anything.

Now I remember seeing Batman & Robin with my grandmother and my brother back when I was 11. That experience contained one of my favorite movie theater going experiences ever: A dude decided to walk out during the Poison Ivy gorilla suit dance scene. Before he left the theater, he shouted "This movie sucks!" Pretty sure that guy's reaction meant he hated the movie.

 

[Aejej]

Just got out of 3rd viewing.

Top of the theater was full but some scattered seats here and there. Some people on the bottom but not many.

This was take your kids to see Batman V Supes night. The whole theater was mostly families. All the kids sat like champs and yelled out during the movie. Just a few "whoaaa".

There must of been a couple on date night and the girl next to me jumped out of her seat when the Bat jumped out of Martha Waynes tomb. After that the theater laughed because it scared the crap out of everyone lol. A few laughs here and there.

The theaters biggest laughs was once again Martha and Bruce ' s scene and the "Is she with you?".

People were sad when Supes told Lois he loved her. They knew it was coming. The girl next to me started wiping her eyes with that and the engagement ring.

People walking out were funny. Was in the restroom and a guy has his little boy in there asking him if he saw the dirt rise. He was explaining it to him and said "I'll tell you what I think later, you didn't see the dirt rise?"

Walking to the car was a dude with his son and he said real loud "Wow, Superman got his ÷%2 kicked the entire movie. .." and the kids agreed lol.

That's it for me for atleast the next weekend. I plan on seeing it a few more times for sure. Still got to see it with some people. This 3rd audience was my most fun. They seemed to like it, but was quiet walking out with little whispers.

Wondy got a good response. One guy WOOED from the back.

Saw it again tonight. Applause for Wondy's intro, of course. After the nuke hit, I heard a kid down front go "Superman's dead?!"

Chuckles/laughs for Perry's "Where does he go? Kansas?"; a few of Luthor's lines; and the "cape" line, of course.

 

[Xiewin]

Went with three other friends. One kept laughing at how ridiculous the editing was, the other left due to all the violence, and another just flat out hated it.

In fact, I saw about 6 people leave the theater early, and no one seemly laughed at the jokes.

a few minutes before the film ended, people just started leaving. It was as if it was a chore for the audience to sit through.