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[bananafactory]

You cant be surprised, you just cant, I feel genuinely sorry for Batman and Superman fans that these are the films they get.

Honestly. Everything these reviews are saying was heavily hinted at in the trailers and marketing. There was always a possibility it ended up better than that, but how can you be totally surprised at these reactions?

 

[Good Job Bob]

Get George Miller on Justice League.

 

[Lashley]

Yikes.

I'm still excited but have always had low expectations.

 

[Uzumaki Goku]

*Sighs*

Remember the really awesome animated film "World's Finest". Couldn't they have just made a live action version of that?

 

[BiGBoSSMk23]

Those review quotes are so ambiguous and contradictory

So, the superhero escapism genre is in dire need of a break, but audiences should reject this for being more of a philosophical drama?

Also, Marvel, the sole culprits of superhero exhaustion (if that's even a thing), can rest easy because they'll be the ones to finish driving the genre into the ground?

I'm going to see this anyway. Fuck the critics lol

 

[hipsterpants]

A-atleast SS will be good guys right??

If they cant salvage this with the bo, than I think its a wrap for the dccu. Hopefully suicide squad does well, it would be a shame for us to lose our wonder woman movie and flash because of zack snyders failings.

If I'm not mistaken WW already finished filming.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Well, shit. This is gonna be a wild ride.

 

[massoluk]

DESPAIR.

God damnit, Zack Snyder.

 

[santi_yo]

Damn. So sad

 

[inm8num2]

It's very early, but after so many positive reactions (yes, yes I know screening reactions are usually positive) I would have expected it to get better marks out of the gate.

Still some 200 reviews to go!

 

[hal9001]

If there’s any justice, dawning or otherwise, at the multiplex, audiences will reject Zack Snyder’s lumbering, dead-on-arrival superhero mélange, a $250 million tombstone for a genre in dire need of a break. It’s supposed to be the glorious ramp-up to a new crime-fighting franchise, DC Comics’ Justice League, but you’ll wish this strenuously empty movie had boned up on a few lessons beforehand: There’s zero humor or self-deprecation, as there was in Joss Whedon’s pitch-perfect The Avengers; no performance of unlikely depth, like the one Heath Ledger pulled off in The Dark Knight; and no animating spirit of decency, a trait Christopher Reeve’s Superman had in spades.

Seems like critics dislike this film for not being the film they want it to be rather than what it is. Again. Why complain that it has no humour or is not Donner version you grew up with ffs.

 

[Meus Renaissance]

It can't be worse than MoS though

 

[mreddie]

humorless, not fun.

Well fuck, seems like critics really don't want variety.

Dark heroes can be done, Affleck is getting praise, it's just rationale is non existent.

 

[Phediuk]

Literally this year's Fant4stic lmao.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

I saw a screening last night. The movie has exactly one joke in it. I am not kidding.

Does that mean the "no joke" policy rumor was true?

 

[Mariolee]

Don't worry guys!

Remember, WB said the movie is too smart for us!

Except they didn't.

Man, these reviews are disappointing.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Variety's review was mixed.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

I'll be honest, I really don't care to much regards the reviews going into this film as I quite enjoyed Man of Steel a lot so I sort of have an idea what I'm getting into, that the sort of depressing more grim dark MOS tone gets transferred over to Batman v Superman where it seems more fitting.

 

[jett]

Get George Miller on Justice League.

What did George Miller do to you to deserve Snyder's sloppy seconds?

 

[Einchy]

Yeah, I'm sure that's the issue.

They must all be Marvel fanboys, too. It's not possible for critics to just do their jobs.

 

[Officerrob]

YIKES!!! Looked bad, but this is much worse than I thought

 

[Spizz]

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

so much for those positive first impressions

so their impressions are null and void now? seems to me that most people that have seen it so far have liked/loved it and critics are for the most part elitists that hold up their noses at any of these films.

 

[HowZatOZ]

How? How does this even happen? I'm seeing it at the midnight release and I'm still super keen but just how does a movie like this review so badly? Even Age of Ultron did alright and that wasn't the greatest movie.

 

[JTripper]

humorless, not fun.

Well fuck, seems like critics really don't want variety.

This is all DEADPOOL'S FAULT

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

It's very early, but after so many positive reactions (yes, yes I know screening reactions are usually positive) I would have expected it to get better marks out of the gate.

Early impressions are almost always positive

 

[Lights and Waves]

Snyder needs to be blackballed. Suicide Squad and the Batman solo movies will save DC.

 

[Colonel Nasty]

Get George Miller on Justice League.

Bring in Amell, Gustin and Beniost too

 

[jaekeem]

Seems like critics dislike this film for not being the film they want it to be rather than what it is. Again. Why complain that it has no humour or is not Donner version you grew up with ffs.

because if a film takes itself super seriously, but isn't actually good, then it just becomes an awful exercise in pretension

 

[Dalek]

Jesus Christ.

I was trying to be optimistic. My brother in law just texted me this:

Zack Snyder has been given a free ride for way too long.
Zack Night Shamalan

 

[Strike]

Uh oh.

 

[iMax]

 

[vasametropolis]

I honestly don't believe it and won't. How could it possibly be that bad?

 

[BeforeU]

the fuck?

I booked IMAX seat for this on Friday. God damn

 

[Nakazato]

ZS is a hack 300 hundred wasn't even good. Hell the Dawn of the Dead remake is only service able. I saw sucker punch cause my wife wanted to it was a horrible fucking movie. ZS is done if the reviews keep coming like this

 

[Ashodin]

Funny thing is, Suicide Squad will end up being the best superhero movie of the year. So they will simultaneously put out the worst and the best.

 

[WhateverItTakes]

It'll probably be enjoyable-ish at worst.

Still I don't understand. If it has the same problems as man of steel then why why why did they still have Snyder on the project? Surely DC's people aren't dumb enough to have the same thing happen twice right? I'd hope at least with the money being thrown around.

 

[Plinko]

Y'all ready for another batman trilogy?

With Bale/Nolan? Yes, please!

 

[Knuckle Sandwich]

How could you mess up Batman vs. Superman? How?

Ugh, fuck it. At least i'll be going into the theater tomorrow night with lowered expectations. It can't possibly be worse than I am fearing.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

It can't be worse than MoS though

It can ALWAYS be worse, Bobby.

Always.

 

[Lingitiz]

Bring in Amell, Gustin and Beniost too

Amell...you mean this guy?

 

[Jarmel]

Holy fuck, this might be Rotten?

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Stop it, stop it, it's already dead!

 

[Kud Dukan]

so their impressions are null and void now? seems to me that most people that have seen it so far have liked/loved it and critics are for the most part elitists that hold up their noses at any of these films.

Seriously?

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

Those review quotes are so ambiguous and contradictory

So, the superhero escapism genre is in dire need of a break, but audiences should reject this for being more of a philosophical drama?

Also, Marvel, the sole culprits of superhero exhaustion (if that's even a thing), can rest easy because they'll be the ones to finish driving the genre into the ground?

I'm going to see this anyway. Fuck the critics lol

Just because a movie is different doesn't make it good

 

[Tabby]

How? How does this even happen? I'm seeing it at the midnight release and I'm still super keen but just how does a movie like this review so badly? Even Age of Ultron did alright and that wasn't the greatest movie.

Because people were set on hating it before. I don't see why people would want to admit they were wrong.

 

[Khezu]

I pretty much hated MoS, so I was expecting this to be kinda bad.

Not this bad though. lol

 

[nhlducks35]

Time to make a movie version of this:

 

[ElephantShell]

RT scores fluctuate like crazy, especially this early.

Obviously at this point it isn't going to hit 90%+ but it likely won't stay this low either.

 

[PR_rambo]

I really want to be wrong about BvS, but if this is as mediocre as initially feared then get Snyder the hell out. What hope will the rest of the the DCEU have under his hand?