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you are in need of perspective man. for real

I predict Suicide squad will have the worst possible outcome as far as these boards are concerned, i.e it will be just solid. 65-75% RT 550-600 mill WW

Marvels success has made them boring so some people around these parts. The only exciting thing they can do at this point is fail spectracularly, or pull off some Force Awakens type box office run, and frankly neither of those things is happening anytime soon. So painting great numbers as 'somewhat disappointing' is the next best thing. lol

How long till the next 'Superhero movie fatigue" article comes out? i give it 2 hrs

I love The Flash but after seeing Arrow, Gotham, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, saying that DC 'owns' TV is a dubious proposition at best. The writing, acting and production value of Daredevil alone kills those shows to be honest. We dont even have to include JJ

Thats very debateable. Daredevil and Jessica Jones are crushing it on Netflix. Luke Cage is coming as well. And its just weird to say that DC is 'winning' comics when both companies have a bunch of critically acclaimed titles right now. Ms Marvel, Vision, Thor, Darth Vader series are all very highly praised title. and i'm pretty sure Marvel is dominating the comic sales right now and Ta-Nehisi Coates Black Panther is the best selling comic of the year thus far

Yeah can we have a Wahlberg, Duhamel and Tyrese lead this thing? that would be a fun group to watch

Anyone who says DC heroes should be serious/somber has obviously never picked up a Wally West or Booster Gold comic before.

True. The Rock is in my top 5 action films ever though. And i strongly believe that Pain and Gain and 13 hrs should have received much better critical reception than they did.

I maintain that no one can craft a large scale action scene quite like Bay. That i'll give him, but man his storytelling flaws are too large to ignore and seeing as storytelling is a core foundation of filmaking i can't possibly put him in the upper echeleon of working directors.

Are u talking in terms of boxoffice reliability or quality filmaking here?

Not Disney, its Ike Perlmutter,CEO of Marvel. dude is a notorious misogynist/racist. He was be3hind that whole Black Widow toy nonsense and almost caused Feige to quit. Thank god Marvel Studios is no longer under his control

This movie is going to have the 5th highest opening weekend of all time at worst, and yet i hear 'disappointment' being thrown around. what the hell?

c'mon man

Marvel fired Edgar Wright and got all kinds of shit for not giving directors enough artistic license. DC says 'hey e're going to be filmaker-driven and let our artists express themselves'. They are two movies in and they've already fired Michelle Maclaren (who has a damn fine resume) and this guy Smith over 'creative differences'. we should let go of the idea of any director having any kind of real freedom when it comes to these gigantic tentpoles. These studios are no different tbh. this is why you should appreciate stuff like Mad Max Fury Road. stuff like that won't happen often

Avengers OW...#never forget #notarecord

I woke up to read that BvS is an art film that wasn't meant to be commercialized. ... Fuck this, back to bed i go

At the same time, its not necessarily a bad thing to portray the heroes in the iteration that has resonated with audiences the most throughout the decades. There are versions of Captain America where he's a sanctimonious insufferable prick, and there's a version of the Hulk where he's a cannibal (i shit u not) but that doesnt mean you should adapt those versions when you're making a movie for a global audience. People love Superman because he's a joyous inspirational figure. Is it wrong to depict him as such especially in our current times where we could us some light and hope?

But Flash is not a grimdark character. Cyborg isn't either. People act live Marvel and DC characters are so categorically different from each other and it couldnt be farther from the truth. They both share the same writers who bring similar sensibilities to the characters they write. Flash needs to be a fun, upbeat guy, very similar in tone to something like Spiderman 2. There's literally no reason to darken his world. That would ironically lead to one of the (misguided) complaints about the MCU, that all their movies are/feel the same

I know. Its almost hilarious to hear coming from them, even if there's some truth to it

Richard Roeper gave this a positive review if that counts for anything

Too late.

That was awesome. I wanted him to go truly apeshit and lay waste to everyone in there..lol. Honestly i woundn't have been mad if the final fight was Chewie destroying Ren in a Revenant-style bear attack.