Spidey Freak Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 9 hours ago, Daniel Dylan Davis said: The Enchantress plot itself almost felt shoehorned in, and was probably added by the WB, considering that David Ayer's original plan was to make a much more smaller 70m budgeted film. Nopes, Enchantress & bro was Ayer's idea because he has gone on record talking about loving the story from the Ostrander run where they transported people to other dimensions and so decided to make them the main villains despite their obscure status. It's possible he originally envisioned a less CGI-festy and more lower budget James Wan-esque horror take on the characters, but the plot was his idea. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 5 hours ago, Arlborn said: Fun mess are the words I keep coming back to right now. Which seems kind of perfect for a movie featuring Harley Quinn. Not so perfect for a franchise starter and creating goodwill for a shared cinematic universe however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 "I didn't like this part of the movie : It s all studio s fault !!! Studio Meddling is evil !!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Can you transform the poll in the version where we can see who voted what, Mods ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 11 hours ago, Daniel Dylan Davis said: though a happy pop song being played over footage of Superman's footage, did provide for some unintentional laughs. I just want to know how the hell people are thinking Rolling Stones' Sympathy for the Devil is a "happy pop song." @CJohn said this too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morieris Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 I was so very ready for this movie...and very early on, within the first ten minutes, I went. "......Oh it really is edited this way." I think that should have been my first warning. And for the first thirty minutes, it was okay! I could get with it and was mildly interesting despite the lack of attention on...4.5 people of the Squad. Then at the 45 minute mark, it turns into 30 minutes of a slog through a city. It felt like I was watching a boring Let's Play of some random shooter with bad guys. And the big problem is, it's not like F4ntastic where I had to really dig deep to see the potential, so much of it was right there, and it felt like someone just hacked it to garbage. I was going to be okay with this cinematic universe move by DC, more so that most people were. "Hey, at least it takes one movie to bring all these people together instead of Marvel's 5? 6?" But nope, Marvel had the right idea in that setup. Joker was actually okay for me, mainly because he has maybe 10 minutes of screentime, and most of that time he's just walking around. It's when he opens his mouth to say some nonsense like before Harley's Christening I had to mutter "Oh good lord." Besides Katana, Harley (& I wish she had permanently stuck with the accent in the latter half of the movie for the entire thing), and Amanda..I know acting is supposed to look effortless but I felt everyone else phoned it in hardcore. But I guess it's hard to gauge from maybe two minutes of screen time in total for half the cast. In my Most Anticipated of 2016 list, this sat at #4 and was the only live action film to make it, and it was just dull. I was ... well, more engaged with BvS at least. D+ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted August 7, 2016 Author Share Posted August 7, 2016 2 hours ago, 4815162342 said: I just want to know how the hell people are thinking Rolling Stones' Sympathy for the Devil is a "happy pop song." @CJohn said this too. That was the moment I though "fuck this is gonna be all like this isnt it?" and it was. Spotify Squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Wait, Sympathy for the Devil is the Superman song? What the actual FUCK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 12 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said: Wait, Sympathy for the Devil is the Superman song? What the actual FUCK? Yes. Unbelievable, really. Although "Sympathy for the Devil" needs to be retired from being used in movies so much at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlborn Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 5 hours ago, Spidey Freak said: Which seems kind of perfect for a movie featuring Harley Quinn. Not so perfect for a franchise starter and creating goodwill for a shared cinematic universe however. Wasn't this a Harley Quinn solo movie anyways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 2 minutes ago, filmlover said: Yes. Unbelievable, really. Although "Sympathy for the Devil" needs to be retired from being used in movies so much at this point. Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus. This movie sounds so goddamn bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Just now, WrathOfHan said: Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus. This movie sounds so goddamn bad. It's not so much bad (since there are some pretty good moments, plus Smith, Robbie, and Davis are very good with what they're given) as it's just dumb and something that obviously got chopped to death in the editing room. There was definitely potential for a good movie here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPink Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 To be fair, Sympathy for the Devil is for Amanda Waller, it just happens to show the aftermath of Superman's death as well. Also, STOP PLAYING THAT DAMN SONG IN MOVIES 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1stpierre Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 5 hours ago, The Futurist said: Can you transform the poll in the version where we can see who voted what, Mods ? It's set that way, just go to show results and on the right side you'll see numbers with that little head icon. Just click on the numbers and you'll see the names of who voted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 46 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said: Wait, Sympathy for the Devil is the Superman song? What the actual FUCK? It starts playing when Waller is introduced and continues into the brief shot of the funeral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morieris Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Wait, was Cara voicing Enchantress too or just June. Some of it sounds the same but it was just so garbled I could hardly understand her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 36 minutes ago, Morieris said: Wait, was Cara voicing Enchantress too or just June. Some of it sounds the same but it was just so garbled I could hardly understand her. They probably autotuned her voice. I'm still laughing over how completely misleading this movie's marketing was. It made Enchantress look part of the Suicide Squad and The Joker as the actual villain. The songs were completely out of place and only thrown in to ape Guardians of the Galaxy as well (at least in that movie, the songs felt well-integrated). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 I thought the first song used "House of the Rising Sun" felt appropriate enough to introduce Belle Reve. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 (edited) 7 hours ago, Spidey Freak said: Nopes, Enchantress & bro was Ayer's idea because he has gone on record talking about loving the story from the Ostrander run where they transported people to other dimensions and so decided to make them the main villains despite their obscure status. It's possible he originally envisioned a less CGI-festy and more lower budget James Wan-esque horror take on the characters, but the plot was his idea. Still doesn't change the fact that The Enchantress felt out of place. They should have either dropped The Enchantress's plot or done something altogether different with the character instead of the CGI fest we got. 5 hours ago, 4815162342 said: I just want to know how the hell people are thinking Rolling Stones' Sympathy for the Devil is a "happy pop song." @CJohn said this too. Sympathy For The Devil isn't a happy pop song per say, but it still doesn't feel like the appropriate song to play over footage of Superman's funeral. The overuse of the songs was my biggest problem anyway, since most of them felt out of place. Edited August 7, 2016 by Daniel Dylan Davis 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 another overused song they used was Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...