The Naked Fun in The Superhero Cinematic Civil War Thread - Part 61

[Lily Adler]

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And that's why The Shawshank Redemption is the worst movie ever made.

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Hey I said it was ripping off Shawshank, too!

 

[Kane52630]

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Hey I said it was ripping off Shawshank, too!

 

[Chip Chipperson]

Gunn is probably very glad that Todd said this

I know I would be

 

[Moncton]

Man, I know Gunn wasnt responsible for any of these movies but it CAN'T be fun for him to be going in to the office each week after each one of these DC disasters one after the other after the other. It cant feel good knowing you're the head of a studio of a brand thats completely in the toilet as far as the general audience is concerned.

I personally think one of the biggest takeaways looking back on alot of these failures is that there just wasnt any quality control. DC/WBD had no one TO work with these filmmakers and ensure there was quality control, which was the problem. Dating all the way back to the Snyder days, there was no one around to look at the dailies coming in and be like "um, no, you're not doing that, thats not going to go over well." Or be like "ok, we need to rework this part of the movie." I know, i know, we all want filmmakers to be left alone to their own devices but when you're making huge films based on IP like this, it HAS to be a collaborative process and some of these creatives needed to be told "no," when in the process of making some of these things. But it needs to come from someone who knows what they're doing and not an ignorant studio suit who has no creative bone and just thinks about money.

And this is just the latest example, nobody looked at the Joker 2 dailies and said WTF is this and there's no way we're letting Todd do this.

True, in fact going back to Batman Returns and then B v S, WW84, Shazam 2, and now this it seems like anyone who has a hit film with DC then gets absolute complete control of the sequel and most of the time the directors just go bonkers with their "creative instincts".

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Blade Hoarder]

just saw a post on X with a lot of likes saying Heath Ledger was the superior joker.

Nature is healing.

 

[Kane52630]

just saw a post on X with a lot of likes saying Heath Ledger was the superior joker.

Nature is healing.

Nature just gotta heal a little bit longer.

 

[Filmfreak]

just saw a post on X with a lot of likes saying Heath Ledger was the superior joker.

Nature is healing.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Deck Rickard]

It’s kind of interesting to think about. Evans is a great leading man and can play a good, likable D-bag type. But I feel like he doesn’t really challenge himself in the way that Stan does. Stan plays a lot of scummy abusive husbands but even then, he varies his performances a lot. Evans is kinda stuck either playing the wholesome good guy or the scenery-chewing bad guy. The only thing I’ve seen him in where he played a more subdued and serious character recently was Defending Jacob. He needs to do more stuff like that, and more interesting projects like he did earlier in his career like Snowpiercer and Sunshine.

 

[Sithborg]

Or, he knows his limitations as an actor.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Evans is a talented actor, but I always got the impression that once he got big that he was more interested in enjoying himself than challenging himself for the art.

 

[squeekness]

just saw a post on X with a lot of likes saying Heath Ledger was the superior joker.

Nature is healing.

He's the best in my opinion.

 

[Kane52630]

Evans is a talented actor, but I always got the impression that once he got big that he was more interested in enjoying himself than challenging himself for the art.

I think the last real role he had that wasn't Cap was Knives Out but even before that it was probably Snowpiercer.

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

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Eartha has yet to be defeated.



I love how no one in 60s Gotham wondered how Catwoman became Blackwoman.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

10.5 million dom for Joker on Saturday. Probably looking at a 35-37 million weekend. That’s worse than Morbius.

 

[flickchick85]

10.5 million dom for Joker on Saturday. Probably looking at a 35-37 million weekend. That’s worse than Morbius.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Gunn saw the reception and paid him off - tell them I had nothing to do with it.

WBD paid him enough already.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

10.5 million dom for Joker on Saturday. Probably looking at a 35-37 million weekend. That’s worse than Morbius.

I do love that this is a reaction to a movie that seems to be telling people they suck for liking the original. In a way, this movie is me.

 

[Blade Hoarder]

You can argue who the best joker is but several people topped Phoenix’ Joker.

 

[squeekness]

I do love that this is a reaction to a movie that seems to be telling people they suck for liking the original. In a way, this movie is me.

I loved The Joker, but I still think Heath Leadger was still the best Joker overall. The worst for me is Leto.