DC's top movie would rank #5 if included in Marvel's list.
MCU is also stomping on the X-Men:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=xmen.htm
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Thursday, 24 August 2017 16:40 (six years ago) link
Yeah, Marvel easily making a profit on something like Doctor Strange is what DC would die for. I don't quite know what the equivalent would be, perhaps a Shazam film. But so far DC has had to use their big guns, Superman, Batman, the Joker. When, of course, it's Wonder Woman who has been the big hit. It's hard to say what they should do at this point to turn it around, but planning four Joker-films at once (yes, four, according to gizmodo it's Scorceses Joker, Suicide Squad 2, Joker & Harley Quinn, Gotham City Sirens, all planning to use the joker)
Also, I haven't seen Doctor Strange, but it's supposedly not great, but not bad. That sweet spot is something DC can't seem to hit.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 24 August 2017 17:41 (six years ago) link
The Marvel movies have an edge over the DC movies in that you see the heroes figuring out their powers/capabilities as the stories go along rather than coming straight out of the gate as masters of flight/combat/tactics/what have you. For every character like Thor or Scarlet Witch, who appear on screen in full command of their powers and just straight up wrecking shit, you have offsetting characters like Ant Man and Spider Man, who are clearly new to the superhero game and make tactical mistakes or have to figure out a new use for their powers in the middle of a fight. It brings a level of relatability into these movies that DC's general god-mode doesn't have and probably factors into the charisma bump the Marvel movies get over the DC movies.
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Thursday, 24 August 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
^^ And when the DCU did try to do that with Man of Steel they absolutely FUBARed it.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Thursday, 24 August 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
Doctor Strange was bad fyi
xp
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 24 August 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
Like you think any of the films are good
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 August 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
For the record, I would go to a dog for advice on putting together a complimentary color palette before I went to Shakey for opinions on the quality of MCU movies.
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Thursday, 24 August 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link
http://img-aws.ehowcdn.com/640/ds-photo/getty/article/99/191/532221225_XS.jpg
"This is my latest phase."
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 August 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
Looooool, DJP OTM.
― Always Be Cropdusting (Old Lunch), Thursday, 24 August 2017 18:49 (six years ago) link
doctor strange was pretty bad tho
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 25 August 2017 03:02 (six years ago) link
and my MCU stan cred is impeccable
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 25 August 2017 03:03 (six years ago) link
tbf yeah p bad movie
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Friday, 25 August 2017 04:39 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9-DM9uBtVI
why the 90s alt rock cover of "Heroes"? i would rather hear the Bowie original, this just reminds me of TV shows and commercials that go the low budget route and get some random band to cover a Beatles song. then again, didn't they just have another trailer for this with "Come Together"? Thor has the real Led Zeppelin, Guardians of the Galaxy has real 10cc. get your shit together DC. this is embarassing.
this goes for everything else about this trailer (bad cgi, lame mugging, where is this mars? Aquaman can fly now??? i guess there is water in the air...). feels cheap and expensive at the same time, like someone just shit out a bucket of money.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 8 October 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
on the plus side we get to look forward to a team of heroes fighting yet another endless faceless army
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 8 October 2017 16:30 (six years ago) link
I know It's some Fourth World shit or whatever but having them fight a loaf of manbees was not a good choice
― Number None, Sunday, 8 October 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
Looks horrendous obv
god help poor amy adams, appearing for the third time in an utterly thankless supporting role
― ATTACK MY RUSTY TOOLBOX (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 8 October 2017 20:32 (six years ago) link
that's what the money's for
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 8 October 2017 20:48 (six years ago) link
boy does this feel like some also-ran shit. I'm guessing another reprise of Wonder Woman will be the only draw.
― cosmic brain dildo (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 8 October 2017 20:51 (six years ago) link
So red and bro-tastic! YEAAHHHHH!
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 8 October 2017 22:56 (six years ago) link
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/11/justice-league-review
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 11:24 (six years ago) link
stoked for the madnessis it just me or has there been less of a marketing juggernaut around this than usual? i’d pretty much forgotten this was out this week until i saw a billboard yesterday
― wow. that was truly the minecraft of sex. (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 12:26 (six years ago) link
Wait, it's out this week? Would never have guessed. Saw the trailer before Thor and that's the extent I've seen.
I'm partially expecting an embargoed 'secret' final third, like BVS was supposed to have and pulled off to a degree (the WW reveal and the big Doomsday fight), with a resurrected Superman and Darkseid.
― Thomas Gabriel Fischer does not endorse (aldo), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 12:34 (six years ago) link
Justice League more like Enabler League
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
afaict the Big Reveal is going to be that Superman isn't really dead which uh... wow guys, who could see that one coming?
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 15:33 (six years ago) link
Out this week?! I don't think I've even seen a trailer or commercial or ad for it. Like if asked, I would've guessed that it was coming next summer or something. Bravo, WB.
― Home of the Ill-Considered Gravy Spigot (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
thrilled to see this movie starring a batman who groped a woman on tv and was tight with harvey weinstein, a wonder woman who’s only just been accused of horrible behaviour in the wake of a friend’s rape and a co-director who apparently preyed on the young, attractive stars of his popular tv showsoh and an alfred who thinks gay marriage should be outlawed because it’ll encourage men to marry their sons for tax reasons
― wow. that was truly the minecraft of sex. (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
ok wow THAT is a take I had not heard before (re: Irons)
― Simon H., Wednesday, 15 November 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
To be fair, if this were my son, the thought would enter my mind as well:
https://www.out.com/sites/out.com/files/2015/02/26/max-irons-teaser1.jpg
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 16:26 (six years ago) link
just remembered ilx’s ‘gay marriage to alfred: your thoughts’ thread and now i have some thoughts
― wow. that was truly the minecraft of sex. (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 16:29 (six years ago) link
thrilled to see this movie starring a batman who groped a woman on tv and was tight with harvey weinstein
and the opening to BvS has him saving women from a sex dungeon ffs. real hero right here
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 16:37 (six years ago) link
i saw one of these billboards yesterday
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BcUA-1jH1Eo/Wf4p-XLXEiI/AAAAAAACpns/E2TiJ1Fq55o9IrB2OYYr7ZvqgvSZPi5JwCLcBGAs/s800/justice%2Bleague%2Bmovie%2Bbillboard.jpg
how would anyone ever notice this gloomy ass lineup of a poster? they're lit about as well as harry lime in a vienna doorway.
my awareness of this film is pretty nil while w/Thor: Ragnarok i was aware of so much of the film: cast, basic premise, the look of the film, the good jokes, etc. and that's just from passively coming across it.
― omar little, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
Wait, what's this about Gal Gadot? Hadn't heard about that and can't find any info elsewhere.
― Home of the Ill-Considered Gravy Spigot (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
That poster is on the side of loads of London busses at the moment so I've studied it a fair bit. If they're going for bold and heroic then why is it so dull? If they're going for dark and serious why are they all wearing such stupid outfits? Isn't being good at mythic visuals supposed to be Snyder's 'thing'? Horendous.
― chap, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
it looks like they're trying for Alex Ross irl but it's just crowded & static
― cosmic brain dildo (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 17:42 (six years ago) link
it looks like they're annoyed that it's taking so long for the elevator to get to the top floor.
― omar little, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 17:43 (six years ago) link
And Aquaman's farted.
― chap, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 17:44 (six years ago) link
Re Gadot, there's this
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jasonwells/medium-post-gal-gadot?utm_term=.fvrA0V88n#.sypgoVrr9
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 17:49 (six years ago) link
Can we take this opportunity to bash Rotten Tomatoes some more? They're now holding off on revealing scores for selected movies. Also relevant is that Warner Bros. owns 30% of RT. O_o
https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/11/14/16648850/justice-league-rotten-tomatoes-score
― jmm, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 22:31 (six years ago) link
just one more reason to destroy RT
― Simon H., Wednesday, 15 November 2017 23:11 (six years ago) link
DCEU fanboys slay me
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 16 November 2017 00:38 (six years ago) link
the Zune tattoo of fandoms
Three guesses as to who wrote this sentence, and the first two don't count: 'It’s one of those wondrous Zack Snyder extravaganzas that fulfill the aesthetic potential of comic-book graphics and achieves essential cinema kinetics."
Answer.
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Friday, 17 November 2017 14:22 (six years ago) link
say what u like about armond, at least he’s consistent
― wow. that was truly the minecraft of sex. (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 17 November 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
please inscribe this on my headstone
Like Sternberg, Snyder can similarly shift into grave spirituality (profound metaphor), as he does in the expanded-time sequence where Batman loses his catapult gun and Wonder Woman loses her sword
― wow. that was truly the minecraft of sex. (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 17 November 2017 14:50 (six years ago) link
Is it wrong of me to want to see another DC train wreck over a competent but generic Marvel movie?
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Saturday, 18 November 2017 23:06 (six years ago) link
Probably. Why watch either
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 18 November 2017 23:09 (six years ago) link
I got Moviepass so now that money ain't a thang, I am seeing this movie solely so I can aggravate my butthurt DC friends by saying it sucks.
and also throw candy at people in the 2nd row and blame it on the person I'm with
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Saturday, 18 November 2017 23:11 (six years ago) link
This was fine, even good! My standards for this kind of stuff isn't very high. But you know, if you absolutely hated Batman vs. Superman you should probably stay home like you were going to anyway.
― Nhex, Sunday, 19 November 2017 07:51 (six years ago) link
tbd if you didn't absolutely hate batman v superman your opinion is pretty suspect
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Sunday, 19 November 2017 07:59 (six years ago) link
too late, you now must watch nothing but the Snyder Cut for the rest of the weekend
― Dana Jel Pey (DJP), Friday, 26 March 2021 20:44 (three years ago) link
let's just accept that I The Secret-ed jon's vaccination into manifesting and have a mod delete everyone's all our posts
― armoured van, Holden (sic), Friday, 26 March 2021 21:01 (three years ago) link
lol at the people of earth burying their mother box in a four-foot hole in the woods
Put a bit of effort in lads
― Number None, Saturday, 27 March 2021 14:52 (three years ago) link
I just found out that the guy who plays the scientist who kills himself is the same guy who played the scientist who kills himself in Terminator 2.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 29 March 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
yes they hired miles dyson to play miles dyson, one of my favorite things about the movie lol
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 29 March 2021 16:29 (three years ago) link
Woo boy.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/ray-fisher-opens-up-about-justice-league-joss-whedon-and-warners-i-dont-believe-some-of-these-people-are-fit-for-leadership
Among other things:
The tension only escalated when the issue of having Cyborg say "booyah" arose. That phrase had become a signature of the character thanks to the animated Teen Titans shows, but the character had never said it in the comics or in the original script. Fisher says that Johns had approached Snyder about including the line, but the director didn't want any catchphrases. He managed the situation by putting the word on some signs in his version of the film, as an Easter egg. But Johns' rep says the entire studio believed the booyah line was "a fun moment of synergy."Fisher says he doesn't see the word in itself as an issue, but he thought it played differently in a live-action film than the animated series. And he thought of Black characters in pop culture with defining phrases: Gary Coleman's "Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?"; Jimmie Walker's "Dy-no-mite!" As no one else in the film had a catchphrase, he says, "It seemed weird to have the only Black character say that."With reshoots underway, Fisher says Whedon raised the issue again: "Geoff tells me Cyborg has a catchphrase," he told him. Fisher says he expressed his objections and it seemed the matter was dropped — until Berg, the co-chairman of DC Films and a producer on the project, took him to dinner."This is one of the most expensive movies Warners has ever made," Berg said, according to Fisher. "What if the CEO of AT&T has a son or daughter, and that son or daughter wants Cyborg to say 'booyah' in the movie and we don't have a take of that? I could lose my job." Fisher responded that he knew if he filmed the line, it would end up in the movie. And he expressed skepticism that the film's fate rested on Cyborg saying "booyah."But he shot the take. As he arrived on set, he says, Whedon stretched out his arms and said a line from Hamlet in a mocking tone: "Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you." Fisher replied, "Joss — don't. I'm not in the mood." As he left the set after saying just that one phrase for the cameras, he says, Whedon called out, "Nice work, Ray."
Fisher says he doesn't see the word in itself as an issue, but he thought it played differently in a live-action film than the animated series. And he thought of Black characters in pop culture with defining phrases: Gary Coleman's "Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?"; Jimmie Walker's "Dy-no-mite!" As no one else in the film had a catchphrase, he says, "It seemed weird to have the only Black character say that."
With reshoots underway, Fisher says Whedon raised the issue again: "Geoff tells me Cyborg has a catchphrase," he told him. Fisher says he expressed his objections and it seemed the matter was dropped — until Berg, the co-chairman of DC Films and a producer on the project, took him to dinner.
"This is one of the most expensive movies Warners has ever made," Berg said, according to Fisher. "What if the CEO of AT&T has a son or daughter, and that son or daughter wants Cyborg to say 'booyah' in the movie and we don't have a take of that? I could lose my job." Fisher responded that he knew if he filmed the line, it would end up in the movie. And he expressed skepticism that the film's fate rested on Cyborg saying "booyah."
But he shot the take. As he arrived on set, he says, Whedon stretched out his arms and said a line from Hamlet in a mocking tone: "Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you." Fisher replied, "Joss — don't. I'm not in the mood." As he left the set after saying just that one phrase for the cameras, he says, Whedon called out, "Nice work, Ray."
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 17:26 (three years ago) link
Hooooly shit. In a single wild statement, Geoff Johns used his Black First Wife, Asian Second Wife, and Mixed Race Son as political body shields https://t.co/ng9ooQcprS— Allison Kilkenny (@allisonkilkenny) April 6, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 17:36 (three years ago) link
Also, he's pals with Akira Yoshida.
― armoured van, Holden (sic), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 18:03 (three years ago) link
But Johns' rep says the entire studio believed the booyah line was "a fun moment of synergy."
"this is a dog who gets biz-zay, consistently and thoroughly"
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 00:20 (three years ago) link
Remember how the Bale Batmans had all of the 'POW! ZAP!' onscreen graphics whenever he fought dudes, same thing basically
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 00:55 (three years ago) link
Patterson Batman better have Bat Shark Repellant, is all I'm saying.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 12:56 (three years ago) link
Is there a Flash thread for the 2023 film? Anyway, just watched this expecting to turn it off -30 minutes in. The opposite! I thought it had a good heart and actually honored its comic book origins. Ezra Miller's schtick is what it is, the cameos/callbacks are fun and, wonky as it is much of the time, i found this way more entertaining than the Spiderman film that mined a similar Multiverse Blah Blah vein a few years ago.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 20 July 2023 22:06 (nine months ago) link
You had me until the end there - the three-Spider-man / Molina / Dafoe / Foxx film was great fun, I thought.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 21 July 2023 12:21 (nine months ago) link
I enjoyed the Spidey film but thought this one was less "movie fan service-y", more "let's do something you'll find in a fun, goofy DC comics mini-series".
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 21 July 2023 16:07 (nine months ago) link