What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

JGuy Grungeman · 03-26-2016, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

Meanwhile 9.1 on IMDB after 11,400 votes. Who the hell cares about Rotten Tomatoes anymore? That's like relying on Pitchfork to tell you what music is good

To be fair, 9.1 is expected because the first ones rating something on Imdb will usually be people expecting it to be really good before it comes out or people who really love it. I've seen it happen a lot. But it quickly dropped down to 7.6 from 90,000 votes. Still a good rating, but it might drop lower.

The Batlord · 03-26-2016, 06:31 PM

Batman v. Superman

Disclaimer: Don't like spoilers, then don't read.

Honestly, if I wasn't such a comic book fanboy, who wasn't so committed to liking every comic book movie just because I desperately want the comic book movie universe to continue to rule the world, I might just call this movie a piece of crap. But I am, so I find it hard to not pull my punches.

First of all, at least the first two-thirds of this movie is a setup for the fight at the end, with everything else being a collection of, at best, mildly entertaining scenes building up to a climax that never even had the decency to deliver. So the entire movie just ended up feeling like otherwise pointless set up for the upcoming Justice League movies. I was kind of expecting this, so my expectations weren't really dashed, but my hopes certainly were.

The other big problem, and the one that makes me leery of the future of this potential franchise, is that it fell to many of the same pitfalls as any team comic book: the characters didn't have enough time to have any time to shine on their own or have story arcs of any depth, leaving the movie to rise or fall by just how epic the overall story was -- which I have already said was mediocre at ****ing best.

The first five minutes of the movie was actually pretty sweet: Bruce Wayne is trying to save people in Metropolis from the fallout of the final battle from Man of Steel, which leads him to distrust Superman and search for a way to defeat him. His story arc never evolves after this, and even when he decides to team up with Supes, it's because of a totally lame and contrived Convenient Plot Device that doesn't at all resolve his original motivation for trying to fight him.

Superman is boring.

Wonder Woman is there.

Lois Lane is there as well.

Lex Luthor is Heath Ledger's Joker, just without the Clown Agent of Chaos motivation (his actual motivation is who-the-****-cares?)

Then Doomsday is there.

Then Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman fight Doomsday.

I imagine, due to how lame and poorly choreographed that fight scene is, that the script for it was basically the above sentence.

What a piece of crap. If this isn't just a rushed stumble on the stepping stone to bigger, better, and more well thought out things, but a sign of just how the rest of the Justice League movies will be handled, then Marvel has absolutely nothing to fear. I'm gonna go watch the Wonder Woman animated movie to wash the taste of boring out of my mouth.

P.S. Don't even worry about whether or not Ben Affleck is a good Batman, because he was not given the opportunity to either rule or suck. He was just kind of there, the same as every other character from the movie.

DeadChannel · 03-26-2016, 06:57 PM

Told you so.

**Frownland** · 03-26-2016, 07:02 PM

You can't trust indie critics either, just see the movie for yourself to fund the industry and form your own opinion.

The Batlord · 03-26-2016, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadChannel

Told you so.

Go watch the movie or suck dick. Unless you read comic books already, in which case, we all kinda knew it would, we just didn't want to admit it.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 03-26-2016, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

P.S. Don't even worry about whether or not Ben Affleck is a good Batman, because he was not given the opportunity to either rule or suck. He was just kind of there, the same as every other character from the movie.

Did you forget the sweet montage of Affleck working out? If that didn't tighten your pants up...

innerspaceboy · 03-27-2016, 12:09 AM

Tonight was my first-ever screening of Citizen Kane. For whatever crazy reason it took me this long to see it but holy sh*t... everything makes sense now.

FRED HALE SR. · 03-28-2016, 03:18 PM

Watched The Champions a heart wrenching movie about Michael Vick's Pitbulls and the uplifting tail of the placement of them into homes and rescue centers. While it seems a bleak and horrible premise for a movie it turned out to be incredibly inspiring. It really changed my perception of people in general and was fantastic to watch.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...17868183,d.amc

Black Francis · 03-28-2016, 03:43 PM

Ive been catching up on the super hero flicks i missed, specifically Age of Ultron and Deadpool.

Deadpool was alright but i thought it would be better, the action sequences weren't that exciting and the story was generic as hell but the humorous way they approached the story made it a decent flick.

Age of Ultron on the other hand had very little going for it, the action sequences were great but it had alot made up convenient plots to tie up loose ends for exmpl that whole thing with the Black widow calming the hulk down and their forced in romance. that was silly and unnecessary imo and so was the reason for creating Ultron, the reasoning of tony starks creating him felt half assed and rushed and Ultron himself felt more like a comic relief than a villain.

I haven't seen Batman V Superman but that's the next one on my list.

innerspaceboy · 03-28-2016, 03:48 PM

Just came upon what Reddit described as the worst scene ever filmed - the basketball scene from Catwoman. After being thoroughly dumbfounded by what I'd just witnessed, I further subjected myself to the cinematic stinkpile by watching the jewel robbery scene.

WHO THE HELL thought that movie was a good idea?

03-26-2016, 07:02 PM	#16244 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	You can't trust indie critics either, just see the movie for yourself to fund the industry and form your own opinion. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

03-28-2016, 03:18 PM	#16248 (permalink)
FRED HALE SR. Neo-Maxi-Zoom-Dweebie Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: So-Cal Posts: 3,752	Watched The Champions a heart wrenching movie about Michael Vick's Pitbulls and the uplifting tail of the placement of them into homes and rescue centers. While it seems a bleak and horrible premise for a movie it turned out to be incredibly inspiring. It really changed my perception of people in general and was fantastic to watch. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...17868183,d.amc __________________ " I slashed and burned thru my 15 minutes of fame."

03-28-2016, 03:43 PM	#16249 (permalink)
Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	Ive been catching up on the super hero flicks i missed, specifically Age of Ultron and Deadpool. Deadpool was alright but i thought it would be better, the action sequences weren't that exciting and the story was generic as hell but the humorous way they approached the story made it a decent flick. Age of Ultron on the other hand had very little going for it, the action sequences were great but it had alot made up convenient plots to tie up loose ends for exmpl that whole thing with the Black widow calming the hulk down and their forced in romance. that was silly and unnecessary imo and so was the reason for creating Ultron, the reasoning of tony starks creating him felt half assed and rushed and Ultron himself felt more like a comic relief than a villain. I haven't seen Batman V Superman but that's the next one on my list. __________________ "Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A

03-26-2016, 06:57 PM	#16243 (permalink)
DeadChannel Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Canada Posts: 1,259	Told you so.