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    The Batman | March 4, 2022 | Warner Bros. | Certified Fresh on RT | 7th Most Profitable Movie of 2023

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    1 hour ago, TheDarkKnightOfSteel said:

    How is this a fair critique? BATMAN IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE KID FRIENDLY BECAUSE it's a comic book movie. I hope to God this same critic won't review Sandman.

     

    Fans are destroying her in the comments section. Some of her answers:

     

     

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    That’s not why I gave it a 2.5/5. I didn’t know what this movie and character were trying to accomplish. That was the movie’s job – to help me understand. Whether it’s kid-friendly or not is just for informational purposes. But I do get super annoyed when movies that aren’t for kids market to kids and make toys for kids when it’s not meant to be for kids.

     

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    I could give specific details on why I didn’t like The Batman. Not only because of its darkness, but because of certain plot holes and that parts that are supposed to be ‘frightening’ weren’t scary at all, unless you’re a child. But I don’t discount that people do and will enjoy The Batman. Isn’t that why different types of movies are made to entertain different audiences?

     

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    But movie reviews aren’t objective, they’re subjective. That’s what an opinion is. Just because I don’t like it doesn’t mean others can’t. At the base of it, the story was unoriginal and couldn’t hold my attention. There are dark films that don’t resonate with me but I can appreciate for other reasons.

     

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    While yes, you are correct and my niche is parent reviews and giving information regarding how kid-friendly a film is, that’s not how I base my score on Rotten Tomatoes. There were definitely things I liked about the movie – the acting, a different style of superhero.

     

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    I don’t mind the hate. My critique of it needing more humor is based on what I like. And that’s why I don’t traditionally like DC movies. However if this story was so atypical and original, then I might have left the theater thinking, ok, maybe not for me but that was still really good. And it didn’t. But I get where you all are coming from even though you haven’t seen the film.

     

    SHANG-CHI WEEKEND THREAD | NO SPOILERS | 75.38M 3-Day, 94.67M 4-Day. Record for Labor Day! | Tony Leung saved the theater! | Get Vaccinated and Wear a mask.

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    35 minutes ago, Gavin Feng said:

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/shang-chi-and-the-legend-of-the-ten-rings-china-snubs-marvels-first-asian-superhero-film-8553n7997?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1631010512

     

    can anyone show me the full article?

     

    The first blockbuster Marvel superhero film with a Chinese lead character has been so far snubbed by China, even though it has been modified to appeal to audiences there.
    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was released worldwide on September 3.
    China’s censors are yet to approve the film, however, fuelling speculation that it may not be shown in the country at all, despite its success in the North American market, where it raked in a record $90 million (£65 million) over the four-day Labour Day weekend.
     
    Marvel Studios are hoping it can repeat the cross-cultural success of Black Panther, featuring an African superhero, which grossed $1 billion worldwide and won the company its first Oscars in 2019.
    Based on comics, the film was controversial in China before it cast leading roles because of Fu Manchu, Shang-Chi’s traditional arch-enemy and father, who has been seen as an insulting villainous stereotype by many Chinese people.
    Marvel overhauled the Fu Manchu character and cast Tony Leung, a well-liked actor in the Chinese-language markets, to play the new role of Xu Wenwu as Shang-Chi’s father.
    In an interview with a Chinese film critic last month, Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Pictures, said that there was no Fu Manchu in the film.
    “This character is very offensive, and we don’t want to touch it,” Feige said. The new character, Wenwu, “cannot even be called [a] villain”, he added. “This is a story of [a] father-son relationship, with misunderstandings and conflicts.”
    Still, many Chinese believe the film can never disassociate itself from Fu Manchu, a character originally created by the English author Sax Rohmer and later seen as an embodiment of Western bias against the Chinese.
    Shi Wenxue, a film critic based in Beijing, told the Global Times, a party-run newspaper: “The role of Fu Manzhou is a treacherous representation of the ‘yellow peril’ stereotype in the West. Chinese audiences cannot accept a prejudiced character from 100 years ago is still appearing in a new Marvel film.”
    The lead character of Shang-Chi, a master of kung fu, originally debuted in American comics in 1973 and was said to have been inspired by the popularity of Bruce Lee. However, others in China say that the new film also shows western stereotypes in the casting of its hero.
    The Chinese were initially excited when Marvel Studios said it would only cast an actor of Chinese heritage for the leading role.
    Yet the choice of Liu Simu, a Chinese-Canadian born in China, failed to please some critics, who see him as “not Chinese enough”. Others have argued that Liu, 32, has the looks of what the westerners consider to be Chinese and would only deepen western stereotypes of the Chinese people.
    Marvel Studios was previously accused of “whitewashing” casting for its 2016 film Doctor Strange, featuring the British actress Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One, who in the original comics is portrayed as an East Asian man.
    Many remain unconvinced that foreigners can produce a film about a Chinese superhero, arguing their understanding of Chinese culture is superficial.
    Over the past decade US studios have increasingly turned to and pandered to the Chinese market — estimated to be worth $9 billion last year — to make up for a fall in domestic box-office takings. However, Marvel’s trouble follows Disney’s lack of success in China last year with Mulan, its $200 million live-action remake of the 1998 animated film. Despite a plot based on Chinese folklore and efforts to appeal to its intended audience, including a tweaked story and predominantly Chinese cast, the film was criticised for its depictions of Chinese culture and history, and shunned by viewers.
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