Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted April 18, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 18, 2013 Get out of it! Dark Knight Rises was bad because it was just a badly written film. Nothing to do with how "Batman" it was or wasn't.  True enough, an extra 20 minutes of Batman kicking arse and behaving more like Batman wouldn't have gone amiss though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted April 18, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 18, 2013 The only good part of Dark Knight Rises was right before Hathaway blows up the bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 First Class was the best of the X-Men films, I've never cared too much for the comics so I couldn't care less how close it was to them, it was the only one that I had fun watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members quote the raven Posted April 18, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 18, 2013 Early tweets say Iron man 3 is awesome, some say better than avengers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted April 18, 2013 Moderators Share Posted April 18, 2013 Get out of it! Dark Knight Rises was bad because it was just a badly written film. Nothing to do with how "Batman" it was or wasn't.  True enough, an extra 20 minutes of Batman kicking arse and behaving more like Batman wouldn't have gone amiss though.   Am extra twenty minutes off anything would have just made it yet another twenty minutes too long! ...and wouldn't have solved any of the script problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamp Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Am I the only one not enthused about a Superman movie purely because of the character? I watched the Superman movies as a kid because it had a bloke flying about and that was fun, I watched the New Adventures series because it was funny in places and was an alright drama with silly bits thrown in. But the character of Superman is just errgh. He's an alien who has one weakness and flies around in a silly costume. That's alright when you're a kid but as an adult its meh, and presenting a serious character based film on what I can't help but see as a really lame hero doesn't really appeal to me. That said I'm sure it'll be visually stunning and maybe I'm wrong and they'll knock it out of the park but I just struggle to see the point of a Superman movie that isn't designed for seven year olds to stare at a TV screen on a Sunday afternoon round their grandparents looking at the guy dressed in really silly colours lifting up buildings or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted April 18, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 18, 2013 I think that's selling the character of Superman too short, I know lots of adult comic fans who don't like him because he's too powerful or too much of a goodie but that's his charm for me, there's loads of characters who can go toe to toe physically with him in the comics so him being so powerful isn't that much of an issue and the fact that he's such a clean cut character adds to his appeal for me, there are loads of antiheroes in comics and Superman stands out as the ultimate good guy who always wants to do the right thing, when he's written by someone decent there are loads of things you can do with him. Superman/Batman is one of my favourite comic series ever because of the way they play the two personalities off each other, it's great. Also he's the original Superhero, the perfect first one that started it all, he's one of the most iconic characters of all time, it's fun to see new interpretations of him just because of that if nothing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalaxyV.2 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Superman is too easy to knock, but there's an incredibly complex and interesting character there. I always think back to David Caradine's Superman speech in Kill Bill Vol.2, sums it up perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Rob Lowe Posted April 18, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 18, 2013 (edited) I'm not having the criticism being leveled at Snyder here over Watchmen. Who else could have done a better job - as a fan of the novel himself - than what he did? The inclusion of the most cringeworthy sex scene of all time wasnt necessary and the cgi (fires at the screen) gore was retarded too. You're right about it being a thankless task though. It was way too rushed and really should have been a HBO series or something. As a single film it would have always been impossible. Â It was an average at best film though. The Man of Steel trailer looks great but Watchmen's looked even better. I think it'll be a beautiful film with an average script. Â Am I the only one not enthused about a Superman movie purely because of the character? Ive always found Superman to be a horrifically dull character. The trailer shows some possibly interesting origin stuff though and Lois Lane is played by someone attractive so thats another plus. I'll probably wait for a good torrent or DVD though, the Watchmen burn still hurts. Edited April 18, 2013 by Rob Lowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted April 18, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 18, 2013 I always think back to David Caradine's Superman speech in Kill Bill Vol.2, sums it up perfectly. Â That sounds absolutely awful. I'm watching Kill Bill soon as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalaxyV.2 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Should check it out. It is in context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thicko Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Woah, wait a sec. There are people that didn't like Dark Night Rises? That's blown my mind. I'm no film expert, admittedly, and I've always been more of a Marvel than DC fan, but Dark Night Rises was just an awesome film in its own right, without the comic book link. Â I've heard a, hopefully bollocks, rumour today the Robert Downey Jr won't be playing Iron Man in Avengers 2. Can anyone quash this quickly, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted April 18, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 18, 2013 Woah, wait a sec. There are people that didn't like Dark Night Rises? Â Do you live on Earth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thicko Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 (edited) Last time I looked. I've just never encountered anyone who's seen it that didn't like it. I have, however, met many people that wouldn't even considered watching it. Â What is your issue with me? Â Actually, apologies, it was Chest Rockwell that last gave me shit. I get you mixed up. Edited April 18, 2013 by summerslam1990 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathrey Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Dark Knight Rises was crap, I know lots of people who didn't like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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