The third act definitely dragged for a bit, but it doesn’t kill the movie, and the ending suggests a promising future. I think they can afford to go a little lighter for the next one, as long as its not done to an excessive degree like with the Schumacher Batman movies and Justice League.
I’m seeing it tomorrow. Hopefully I won’t feel the runtime. To my amazement, I managed to sit through the Snyder Cut in one sitting, but those were unique circumstances.
I know it doesn’t exactly matter, but I’m a bit bummed that the RT score isn’t in the 90s range. Some of the reviews are saying things like “we don’t need another Batman film,” which is an unfortunate thing to hear.
That’s what I’ve been predicting. The past four DC movies have all gotten a B+, so it’d be nice to have something break the trend, even if an A- is nothing special for a superhero movie.
“This movie is bad because the world sucks right now” only serves to date the review. If critics believe the movie is too dark and bleak to enjoy, just say that. Why do they have to try and be trendy?
I just remembered that some of the negative reviews for TDK back in the day complained about it being too dark as well. This is practically a tradition with Batman movies at this point.
I like Superman and I wish he could have more at the moment than a CW show, but we don’t need to build up to an alternate universe version of the Justice League. Just focus on the Batman mythos.
I don’t understand how the Academy can be this out of touch. If you want to make the ceremony shorter, cut back on the skits and montages and don’t introduce any pointless new awards categories that are voted for by Twitter. It’s not rocket science.