BvS The Batman v Superman Positivity Thread! [SPOILERS]

[Unbreakable Lex]

here's a point of positivity in a way...

How come no one who was pissed about Superman killing Zod is upset that he killed Doomsday?

Doomsday was a huge brainless monster. Zod looked like Michael Shannon.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Doomsday was a huge brainless monster. Zod looked like Michael Shannon.

My, was he terrifying... They did amazing job on him.

 

[combocaz]

Things I liked

+Flash Cameo was ace (So hype to see Ezra's Flash)
+The single tracking shot of Batman fighting the Superman soldiers in the dream sequence
+Wonder Woman's entrance is enough for the price of admission
+The Black Zero event from Bruce perspective was chilling
+The opening scene of Bruce parent's dying is right up there with Zack's Watchmen scene
+Batman on a purely aesthetic level is perfection

I loved all those.

 

[HauntedKnight]

I've skimmed the threads, but I don't think I've seen this touched on:
Loved when Lex was giving his speech to the crowd and was fumbling talking about Zeus and all that and Wonder Woman rolled her eyes lol

 

[Tra-El]

Haunted, I spoke about that in the Lex thread! Great response of laughter from my crowd. He was SO frustrated lmao. So well done.

 

[HauntedKnight]

Haunted, I spoke about that in the Lex thread! Great response of laughter from my crowd. He was SO frustrated lmao. So well done.

Sorry, too many threads to skim! Great scene.

 

[Decepticonus]

here's a point of positivity in a way...

How come no one who was pissed about Superman killing Zod is upset that he killed Doomsday?

Because who gives a **** about Doomsday?! Really, hehe.

 

[Broseph44]

Ah finally a thread where I can discuss this movie that I loved without having to scroll pasts posts of arguing and hate.

 

[Jumpman]

I've skimmed the threads, but I don't think I've seen this touched on:
Loved when Lex was giving his speech to the crowd and was fumbling talking about Zeus and all that and Wonder Woman rolled her eyes lol

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who caught that. That had me rolling.

 

[Broseph44]

I've skimmed the threads, but I don't think I've seen this touched on:
Loved when Lex was giving his speech to the crowd and was fumbling talking about Zeus and all that and Wonder Woman rolled her eyes lol

Yes! Totally caught that haha

 

[OutOfBoose]

Ah finally a thread where I can discuss this movie that I loved without having to scroll pasts posts of arguing and hate.

Welcome. )

 

[mathmatik]

Is there any ways these days to just go see a movie, be entertained and END OF STORY? People getting mind-****ed tearing the whole movie apart. Yeah it has flaws. But who gives a ****. Its a movie about BATMAN AND SUPERMAN. Its like watching TITANIC and being all upset cause the boat Sinks. Going to watch it again tommorow in Dbox.

 

[OutOfBoose]

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who caught that. That had me rolling.

I saw that too. Hilarious. And people on my view didn't caught that, because they don't know WW's origin, who she is. It was an amazing Easter egg.

 

[Broseph44]

Welcome. )

Glad to be here OutOfBoose

 

[Mai]

Just got back from the cinema, thought I would post in this thread as I only have positive things to say about the movie.

Visuals was amazing, Ben played Batman brilliantly but I never had any doubt in him. My god Wonder Woman! Wish the movie had more of her!!
There was a lot to take in but I feel as though comics can be the same, theres often a lot going on.
The battle between Doomsday and the trio was amazing too. Snyder always develops on action scenes in my eyes.

I cant wait untill the next time I can watch it

 

[kguillou]

You know, as someone who for months and months was saying "they better not kill off Superman or this movie is ruined!!!" and I actually ended up really liking how they executed everything. Sad and emotional, but not the depressing letdown I thought it would be.

 

[Consona]

Another moment I loved was when Superman did not know how to fight when he was under the influence of kryptonite. Just a great attention to detail. He's insanely strong guy but without any training because he doesn't need it (at least he thought so until this point t. So he was just trying to throw some punches like a noob while for Batman it was no problem to take him down.

 

[Mr. Wayne]

Having slept on it I like it even more than I did last night. There are flaws to be sure but that was fun. I'm definitely going to see it another 2-3 times. Incidentally do any fellow New Yorkers know when the 4DX showings at the Regal Union Square theater are going to be available to the public? Info is hard to come by on showtimes.

 

[Forever Evil]

The scene with The Flash talking to Bruce was so damn cool.

 

[Tra-El]

Doomsday was a huge brainless monster. Zod looked like Michael Shannon.

[BLACKOUT]Yeah, plus, they had a very specific scene explaining from the military that Doomsday is unkillable and God have mercy on them. Plus, Supes sacrificed him own self this time. [/BLACKOUT]

Huge, huge difference.

 

[Broseph44]

So much freaking awesome stuff I don't even know where to begin haha.

 

[OutOfBoose]

So much freaking awesome stuff I don't even know where to begin haha.

I felt just as overwhelmed. Still do.

 

[ThePhantasm]

Here's my (mostly positive) review:

Just saw the movie. A few things:

1 - The critics are right. There are some flaws in the film. The most notable is the editing and pacing. You can tell that the 3 hr version is going to be the full story. The film definitely feels trimmed. However, while this is bad enough to be noticeable in places, it was not bad enough to detract from the film for me.

2 - The acting performances and the themes of the film are powerful and well executed. I had long conversations about the film with my father after we saw it together. Its not a generic summer blockbuster - there's a lot here that's meaningful.

3 - BvS is a better story than MOS, but MOS was perhaps better executed.

4 - This is not like "Watchmen." Don't listen to that critique. The film is dark, but not that dark. I'd say its about as dark as The Dark Knight. The film is definitely not nihilistic like Watchmen and there are plenty of beautiful and heroic moments. The ending is very redemptive and hopeful in nature.

5 - The cinematography is beautiful, the special effects are as good or better than what we saw in MOS. My worries about Doomsday after seeing him in the trailer were absolved by the film - he looks great here and in context he really works.

6 - There is indeed humor in the film. I wouldn't say it works as well as in the Marvel films, because something is off about the comedic timing. Another editing problem. However, there was one comedic beat in the finale that had my whole theatre laughing.

7 - Speaking of the audience, my theatre was packed. There were four moments of audience response at the appropriate times. I was surprised because the last time I've seen an audience that "into" the film was during the Fellowship of the Ring. Here's the parts where they responded (spoiler tags):

[BLACKOUT]When the bomb is about to go off in the senate hearing[/BLACKOUT], the audience murmured uncomfortably and one guy across the aisle said loudly to his buddy "something bad is going to happen."

[BLACKOUT]When Batman saved Martha and Martha made her wisecrack[/BLACKOUT], the audience laughed. And by the audience, I mean everyone. That moment landed very well.

[BLACKOUT]When Wonder Woman showed up[/BLACKOUT] the audience reacted in various ways. Some people oohed, someone in the back said "hell yeah" which made me laugh.

At the end of the film there was scattered clapping. It wasn't one of those whole theatre clapping moments, but it was more than one group of people. Last time I heard clapping in a theatre was at the end of The Dark Knight Rises, I think.

8 - The critics were wrong. Yeah, yeah, I know - in point #1 I said they were right. But the thing is, the pacing, while flawed, was not as bad as the pacing in Age of Ultron. The film, while dark, was appropriately dark and certainly not humorless or hopeless as I'd been led to believe. I have criticisms of my own about the film (regarding one or two things I won't spoil here), and the film isn't perfect, but it isn't 30% on RT bad. It really doesn't deserve that score.

9 - The moments that need to work really do work. Zack Snyder delivered. This isn't a Nolan film. Its not as clean in execution or as cerebral in atmosphere. But I found it deeply meaningful. There's lots of little things that the film doesn't beat you over the head with. Hopefully you'll catch them. And I found the film more emotionally arresting than any superhero film I've seen in a long time.

So, for what its worth, I loved it. I'm going to wait until my second viewing to decide on a rating, but I'm leaning toward 7/10 at the moment.

 

[TDKR1977]

Well...leaving the house. Viewing number 3. Woooo hoooo!

 

[TDKR1977]

Here's my (mostly positive) review:

Just saw the movie. A few things:

1 - The critics are right. There are some flaws in the film. The most notable is the editing and pacing. You can tell that the 3 hr version is going to be the full story. The film definitely feels trimmed. However, while this is bad enough to be noticeable in places, it was not bad enough to detract from the film for me.

2 - The acting performances and the themes of the film are powerful and well executed. I had long conversations about the film with my father after we saw it together. Its not a generic summer blockbuster - there's a lot here that's meaningful.

3 - BvS is a better story than MOS, but MOS was perhaps better executed.

4 - This is not like "Watchmen." Don't listen to that critique. The film is dark, but not that dark. I'd say its about as dark as The Dark Knight. The film is definitely not nihilistic like Watchmen and there are plenty of beautiful and heroic moments. The ending is very redemptive and hopeful in nature.

5 - The cinematography is beautiful, the special effects are as good or better than what we saw in MOS. My worries about Doomsday after seeing him in the trailer were absolved by the film - he looks great here and in context he really works.

6 - There is indeed humor in the film. I wouldn't say it works as well as in the Marvel films, because something is off about the comedic timing. Another editing problem. However, there was one comedic beat in the finale that had my whole theatre laughing.

7 - Speaking of the audience, my theatre was packed. There were four moments of audience response at the appropriate times. I was surprised because the last time I've seen an audience that "into" the film was during the Fellowship of the Ring. Here's the parts where they responded (spoiler tags):

[BLACKOUT]When the bomb is about to go off in the senate hearing[/BLACKOUT], the audience murmured uncomfortably and one guy across the aisle said loudly to his buddy "something bad is going to happen."

[BLACKOUT]When Batman saved Martha and Martha made her wisecrack[/BLACKOUT], the audience laughed. And by the audience, I mean everyone. That moment landed very well.

[BLACKOUT]When Wonder Woman showed up[/BLACKOUT] the audience reacted in various ways. Some people oohed, someone in the back said "hell yeah" which made me laugh.

At the end of the film there was scattered clapping. It wasn't one of those whole theatre clapping moments, but it was more than one group of people. Last time I heard clapping in a theatre was at the end of The Dark Knight Rises, I think.

8 - The critics were wrong. Yeah, yeah, I know - in point #1 I said they were right. But the thing is, the pacing, while flawed, was not as bad as the pacing in Age of Ultron. The film, while dark, was appropriately dark and certainly not humorless or hopeless as I'd been led to believe. I have criticisms of my own about the film (regarding one or two things I won't spoil here), and the film isn't perfect, but it isn't 30% on RT bad. It really doesn't deserve that score.

9 - The moments that need to work really do work. Zack Snyder delivered. This isn't a Nolan film. Its not as clean in execution or as cerebral in atmosphere. But I found it deeply meaningful. There's lots of little things that the film doesn't beat you over the head with. Hopefully you'll catch them. And I found the film more emotionally arresting than any superhero film I've seen in a long time.

So, for what its worth, I loved it. I'm going to wait until my second viewing to decide on a rating, but I'm leaning toward 7/10 at the moment.

Agree with most your points, and loved it even more the second time. 3rd time tonight...