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Jul 26, 2016 - 9:05 AM
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Warlok
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I like it too. (Which surprises me.) And it gets better with each viewing. It's a much better film than MOS. I must admit, the fight with the creature at the end might bring eye-rolls from some (I know it did from me on first viewing), but this *is*, after all, a story based on comic books.
To me, the 3-hour cut is even better....
Good to hear I`m not alone!  The extended edition shall be viewed soon`ish - looking forward to seeing the differences & additions.
I thought (SPOILER, in case this entire thread wasn`t!...) the fight against the Doomsday creature was handled in a way that was above the usual approach. The audience understood what was going on with each major infliction upon it, the heroes knew what was going on, and therefore nobody needed to state it, beating us over the head with the obvious /inferrable. Yay. Treating us like smart pee-pole.
Also salute the great debut for Gal Gadot: she was the nastiest & most lethal of the team. Nice to see.
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Jul 26, 2016 - 11:57 AM
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drop_forge
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Glad you liked it, Warlok!
I presume you watched the Ultimate Edition, or did you watch the theatrical cut? I saw it several times in the theater. One of the best CBMs yet. Not everyone likes Zack's approach, but their reasons usually fall into the stock "too dark," too gritty," "not enough humor" nonsense. Zack said three years ago that this film would be tonally on par with Frank Miller's landmark 1986 series The Dark Knight Returns — and he delivered!
BvS features the best filmic Batman yet, and Wonder Woman was the film's biggest highlight (even the film's strongest critics liked her). Thematically, the film is on point. Eisenberg's portrayal of Lex turned out to be a bone of contention for many people, but since the film still grossed 872 million worldwide, they didn't speak for everyone.
Of course, the Ultimate Edition added thirty minutes of footage that should not have been cut from the theatrical print, but the studio wanted more showings, because showings means dollar signs.
The score by Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL (who's responsible for that great Wonder Woman theme) was awesome.
Here's to the DCEU!
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I disliked the film quite a bit and thought it was truly awful and nonsensical on many levels, mostly the writing... but sticking to positives--
The opening ten minutes or so were well done and established Batman's hatred of Supes very well.
I was surprised how much i liked Wonder Woman. She's great looking, but i thought she did well with her limited screen time and looked good in action.
I did think Affleck made an excellent Batman and was the highlight of the film. Jeremy Irons was great too, so i'll be happy to see him have more time on screen also. I'm looking forward to what the Batman film will bring (and which composer).
The music was pretty decent in spots, too, though i have still to listen to the album i bought to get into it properly.
A couple of the Batman fight moments were decent. More on the crunchy, brutal side, which was nice. Bats getting shot point-blank in the back of the head was a bit of a surprise.
The futuristic vision scene was pretty good and looked nice. Just don't look at the fight scene too hard as it makes no sense - everyone with guns running right up to Bats and doing there best to somehow not fire their guns.
Oh, and the obligatory Batman parents death scene was actually beautifully shot.
This was the extended edition i watched, so not sure what was in the original cut. it actually didn't feel like 3 hours or whatever it was. It didn't really drag or was difficult to watch, despite me not liking it.
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Jul 26, 2016 - 12:27 PM
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Warlok
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Glad you liked it, Warlok!
I presume you watched the Ultimate Edition, or did you watch the theatrical cut? I saw it several times in the theater. One of the best CBMs yet. Not everyone likes Zack's approach, but their reasons usually fall into the stock "too dark," too gritty," "not enough humor" nonsense. Zack said three years ago that this film would be tonally on par with Frank Miller's landmark 1986 series The Dark Knight Returns — and he delivered!
BvS features the best filmic Batman yet, and Wonder Woman was the film's biggest highlight (even the film's strongest critics liked her). Thematically, the film is on point. Eisenberg's portrayal of Lex turned out to be a bone of contention for many people, but since the film still grossed 872 million worldwide, they didn't speak for everyone.
Of course, the Ultimate Edition added thirty minutes of footage that should not have been cut from the theatrical print, but the studio wanted more showings, because showings means dollar signs.
The score by Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL (who's responsible for that great Wonder Woman theme) was awesome.
Here's to the DCEU!
Dear double-posting Bastard,
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Ummm - cough - when my brother and I sat down to watch this, we fully intended to view the extended version. In went the disc, Play was pressed, and BEHOLD moving pictures. After what seemed like a shorter timespan than we had anticipated, I investigated further to discover I had neglected to, ummm, look in the case, to see the extended version disc beneath the normal one. (SLAP)
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Jul 26, 2016 - 12:31 PM
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drop_forge
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Dear double-posting Bastard,
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Ummm - cough - when my brother and I sat down to watch this, we fully intended to view the extended version. In went the disc, Play was pressed, and BEHOLD moving pictures. After what seemed like a shorter timespan than we had anticipated, I investigated further to discover I had neglected to, ummm, look in the case, to see the extended version disc beneath the normal one. (SLAP)
I loved the theatrical cut (well, duh). The Ultimate Edition simply brings more goodness to the table.
Again, glad you liked the movie because you actually watched it and liked it and didn't jump on the haters' choo-choo in spite of whatever.
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