AccursedTheory said:
They should do an eye test on people who liked and hated BvS. Maybe the big difference is that the people who liked it have super vision, and could see through all the effects to view what was going on, while all the people who hated it just sat, dumbfounded by the haze of concrete dust and glow stick light.
It's kinda funny that you say that! I've seen BvS three times now, each time with different people. The first time, I was like "that wasn't nearly as good as it could have been, but it's better than a 3/10." My big beef was that the effects made the fight scenes hard to process. The
second time I saw it, I was like "wow, this film is actually pretty crap." Then I wasn't really sure why I liked it in the first place.
Then I saw it a third time, and I don't know if it was because I was better rested or in better company, or maybe a better theater, but I had way more fun. Like, 8/10 levels of fun. I started noticing shit in the fights that I literally didn't remember seeing before, and the effects didn't distract me nearly as much (the big Doomsday 360-degree energy blasts are still lazy and boring, though).
I'm not going to tell people to go see the movie two more times "and THEN it'll totally be good, you guys" but I think maybe it was because I could sit back, stop comparing the movie I was watching to the movie I
wanted to watch, and relax a little, the flashy boom-boom effects stopped bothering me as much. Maybe because I was paying so much attention the first two times, because I
wanted to see something good, the flashing lights and explosions made me a little shell-shocked? But if you zoom out and just adjust your focus, the fights are way more fun to watch. Like how when you're looking for ants in the kitchen, you see more of them if you stop looking for individual ants and just look at the kitchen. I don't know, now I'm rambling.
Lightknight said:
I feel like they just made her into an aloof rich girl. Boring and tedious compared to the fierce warrior she's supposed to be.
I didn't get that at all during the Doomsday fight. At several points, she really seems like she's having a blast fighting a twenty-foot rave-lit cave troll. (Rave troll?)
She looks bloodthirsty, is what I'm saying. I think she did a great job of being Wonder Woman when she was, you know, dressed as Wonder Woman and not some random Metropolis socialite.
AccursedTheory said:
I'm starting to wonder if we're even in the same species. There's obviously a wide range of visual and audible preferences inside of the human race, but it seems like everything I find offensive to the senses you find inspiring and pleasing. Am I even human? Maybe that's the issue here.
It's getting really weird.
Man, maybe you
are a robot. The soundtrack for BvS was great. Wonder Woman's theme is like...war drums and electric guitar. It's awesome.
AND NOW I'M FINALLY ON-TOPIC:
The trailer looks...well, it looks good, but that doesn't mean it'll be a good film. I was never optimistic about a Suicide Squad movie to begin with, and Leto's Joker doesn't inspire me with confidence. (If Joker's in a film, he's either stealing the stage or he's a bad Joker.)
I do think that Guardians of the Galaxy-style comedy is a good way to go. I heard about the reshoots; reshoots are normally an incredibly bad omen (see Fantastic Four) but if they're in the right direction...maybe. It
might work. I'm not hopeful, though, considering that WB's last two DC films have been over-marketed, over-hyped, and ultimately not nearly as good as they made you think they'll be.
Holding out for a really good Wonder Woman solo movie. That'd genuinely offer something Marvel missing, considering their irrational unwillingness to greenlight a Black Widow movie.
