State your unpopular film related opinion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Part 32

No, I agree. I had some definite issues with it. It's no Dark Knight.

 

And it's also no Batman Begins or The Dark Knight Rises either if you ask me. I'm hesitant to rank it above Burtons movies as well but I go back and forth on that. Either way, I just can't get totally on board with some aspects of this iteration yet. The emo stuff was a little too edgy for me.

 

No need to run, I wouldn't call that unpopular. I love The Batman, I'd personally call it the best "Batman movie" while I still consider The Dark Knight to be the "best movie that Batman is in", if that makes sense. That being said, I think that your opinion falls under what the majority of people thought of The Batman. People generally liked it but it wasn't as acclaimed as TDK, it also didn't take pop culture by storm the way TDK did.

 

I thought the entire last act after Riddler was captured felt really tacked on, like studio executives thought the movie didn't have enough action and forced it in there. It is out of place with the rest of the film. I also had issues with a lot of the characters and performances. It was like they were robots. I think this mostly works for Batman, but almost the entire cast (Riddler being an exception) performs this way. Yes, the visuals are great but it is film that seems overly reliant on them to the expense of the human element. Classic style over substance.

 

You hit the nail on the head. I had trouble connecting with all the characters for that very reason. The movie plays in a way where it expects you to already know those characters beforehand. But we don't, because it's a new interpretation. It's just way too stoic overall. I feel like Andy Serkis' Alfred is the only character that I felt genuine emotion for. It's integral that we care about these characters and latch onto them. I didn't even feel much in the final scene with the flare. People act like it was revolutionary to have Batman do something heroic at the end. I mean, he did that all throughout TDK trilogy.

I think for me, it's just a movie that is nice to look at but not much else. I was kind of let down by the detective elements too, and the overall edginess. I felt like Pattinson's Bruce Wayne was a one note ******* too haha. I liked his Batman though. I just hope the sequel surprises me a bit more and doesn't play it so safe.

 

i like Grease 2 more than i like Grease

 

Steven Soderbergh sucks ****ing donkey nards.

 

You know, after the last few years... I'm starting to look back fondly at movies like Iron Man 2 or Thor: The Dark World.

 

You know…you’re right. Dark World was bad, but I saw it all the way through at least. I tapped out of Love and Thunder after just 1 hour. Couldn’t tolerate the rushed, choppy narrative and terrible humor. When those goats came in, I legitimately thought Marvel was trolling the audience. Couldn’t believe what I was seeing

 

I mean, there hasn't been an instantaneously cool as f*** scene like this in the MCU in a long while.
At least not something that felt tangible and set in a real environment. Even good scenes like the ones in Shang Chi were CGi over-load.
And the less is said about L&T and Quantumania the better.

 

Love Traffic and like Sex, Lies and Videotape, rest very lacking.

Syriana, Three Kings and Good Night and Good Luck are probably the only really good films Clooney has made.

 

People seem to love Shang Chi but the entire third act gave me a headache. I hope superhero movies are considerably diminished within the next decade. We’re way, way past the peak.

 

I agree. As much as I liked Shang Chi, the fight scenes could've used some grittiness. The bus scene was cool but the fake background takes me out of the movie. They could've used some old school Jackie Chan's approach to filmmaking.
The main problem for me is that everything looks fake. There's not an ounce of realism.

 

I would’ve loved a retro 70’s style Shangi Chi instead of this modern day CGI nonsense we got.

 

With the recent news that Damon Lindelof left the Star Wars project and this makes it yet ANOTHER announced thing that fell apart... I wonder if they should just stop announcing things.
Like, just make the damn movie and start promoting it once you know is done. I really hate this new trend of rumors and "insiders say..." and "sources tell..." of things that should be kept in the studio's offices.