The Dark Knight Rises You Have My Permission To Lounge - Part 9

[Tacit Ronin]

I loved that first shot. You can see the little nuances on the face. It seems they've preserved Brolin's acting with great accuracy.

 

[StarLord]

It can only get better with touch ups until the movie is released, but I am really happy with how he looked in the trailer.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

People are asking why they've made Thanos more human. It's because he is effectively the protagonist in the film. It's hard to care for a guy with glowy purple eyes.

 

[BatLobster]

Protagonist, you say? Have the Russos said that?

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Feige:

A big criticism of ours is that we focus on the heroes more than the villains, I think that’s probably true. I don’t think it will always be true. [...] Thanos in 'Infinity War'... is in a movie that has a lot of characters, you could almost go so far as to say he is the main character, and that’s a bit of a departure from what we’ve done before, but that was appropriate for a movie called 'Infinity War

 

[Brother Jack]

Thanos is good, but he's not Caesar good.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[DoomRulz]

So just out of curiosity, who else applauded when the title flashed and then shouted, "YEAH!!!", at the final reveal? I couldn't help but seriously freak out.

 

[shauner111]

Spoiler

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Fair play to them for making it look genuinely epic. It looks like a movie. Not a 2000's tv show. The locations are also more inspired than abandoned highways, or boring rooftops. Wakanda jungles = attractive.

It doesn't have the concrete smudge look of the last two Russo movies.

 

[BatLobster]

The scope and tone of the trailer are definitely promising. I know the movie will have more humor, but I really hope they get the balance right here. This is a pretty rare opportunity they have on their hands.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

I just realized a lot of the cinematography problems in Marvel are location and production design problems. Is Infinity War better framed and lit than the last two Russo movies? Not really. The Russos know how to film kinetic action but they are hardly Sam Mendes when it comes to sublime composition. It's just that the jungles are inherently better and more epic looking than airports and whatever it's Thanos is fighting Tony on is better than a rooftop.

 

[Awest66]

The scope and tone of the trailer are definitely promising. I know the movie will have more humor, but I really hope they get the balance right here. This is a pretty rare opportunity they have on their hands.

Finger's crossed. I've got nothing against humor but I wish more Superhero films would abstain from going all out action comedy (did enjoy Thor Ragnarok a lot though)

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Winter Soldier was advertised as serious and it was. Civil War was also serious, except the Perter Parker and the airport scene. It was mostly dour and serious every other scene. With the climax being the darkest of all of MCU.

 

[StarLord]

To an extent, Iron Man is serious too. It's just Tony is a p**k of a character, so it comes off like humour.

 

[shauner111]

Winter Soldier was advertised as serious and it was. Civil War was also serious, except the Perter Parker and the airport scene. It was mostly dour and serious every other scene. With the climax being the darkest of all of MCU.

I don't agree that they were serious. The tone was balanced.

 

[BatLobster]

Winter Soldier was advertised as serious and it was. Civil War was also serious, except the Perter Parker and the airport scene. It was mostly dour and serious every other scene. With the climax being the darkest of all of MCU.

I'm thinking mostly of Iron Man 3 and AoU where there was a bit of misleading advertising in terms of tone. You're right though, it hasn't really been as much of problem for the Russos' films- although I was a bit letdown by how the airport scene was played more for fun and laughs when there was a lot of dramatic potential there. The climax helped make up for it though.

 

[shauner111]

oops ignore what i said, you said "advertised".

 

[Tacit Ronin]

I'm thinking mostly of Iron Man 3 and AoU where there was a bit of misleading advertising in terms of tone. You're right though, it hasn't really been as much of problem for the Russos' films- although I was a bit letdown by how the airport scene was played more for fun and laughs when there was a lot of dramatic potential there. The climax helped make up for it though.

I think it's exactly because of the tone of the climax that they went for a lighthearted tone in the middle. And it's superheroes beating each other up. If that doesn't activate someone's inner kid I don't know what does.

 

[Patchwork Man]

Spoiler

The new look is a big step down. The memes are rolling out.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

They can't meme stephen wolf. He would be mistaken for generic WRPG video game baddy #2848493478484

 

[BatLobster]

You guys read that TheWrap article about the behind the scenes clusterf*** of JL? I mean, none of it is surprising, but yeah. Tsujihara and Emmerich deserve to lose their jobs (and their bonuses).

I think it's exactly because of the tone of the climax that they went for a lighthearted tone in the middle. And it's superheroes beating each other up. If that doesn't activate someone's inner kid I don't know what does.

That's fair enough. For me, the movie went a bit off the rails and became a different movie once Peter Parker was introduced, and then resumed being a dramatic film for the third act. I still think it's one of the better MCU films, but that took it down a notch for me.

Random, but I still maintain that the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film is still one of the greatest CBMs of all time. It's the perfect balance of humor, fun and endearing characters mixed with grittiness, stakes and a surprising amount of emotional depth. Most CBMs don't do either as well as it did, and it pulled off both ends of the spectrum convincingly, with animatronic characters to boot. Maybe my nostalgia for it clouds my perception a bit, but I really think it holds up extremely well. It's one of the reasons I get frustrated with the whole "Fun and light" vs "grimdark" debate with CBMs today. There are so many tonal shades to play with in between those two extremes.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Link?

 

[BatLobster]

It's a doozie.

https://www.thewrap.com/justice-league-zack-snyder-batman-v-superman-wonder-woman/

 

[Tacit Ronin]

An individual with deep knowledge of the studio said Silverman didn’t read offer notes on Snyder’s scripts. Another described Silverman’s attitude as “remarkably laissez faire.”

I am quoting the part that will be omitted on the DCEU subreddit. The prevailing truth on there is that Snyder was shackled.