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Posted: 4/22/2016 2:08:07 AM EDT

The reviews were awful. I watched Kevin Smith's review and a lot of it did sound dumb. Was it that terrible?

This is one of those movies, like the punisher movies, that I cannot figure how it can go so wrong from some such an easy and good premise

Posted: 4/22/2016 2:09:38 AM EDT

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My dad took my two kids last weekend and they walked out after 20 minutes.

Posted: 4/22/2016 2:12:21 AM EDT

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It doesn't sound like a young kid movie, it sounds like it was made for Kevin Smith

Posted: 4/22/2016 2:16:38 AM EDT

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Benjamin seems a bit adrift

Posted: 4/22/2016 2:30:17 AM EDT

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The reviews were awful. I watched Kevin Smith's review and a lot of it did sound dumb. Was it that terrible?

This is one of those movies, like the punisher movies, that I cannot figure how it can go so wrong from some such an easy and good premise

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I don't think Superman vs Batman is a good premise.....

Posted: 4/22/2016 2:31:35 AM EDT

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I actually really liked it and most everyone I know did too. *shrug*

Posted: 4/22/2016 2:34:03 AM EDT

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I want to see it.

Posted: 4/22/2016 2:34:17 AM EDT

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Everything about the DC universe push smacks of clueless executives and creative control being too split up among too many of the wrong people.

What Disney has managed to do with Marvel is nothing short of genius... DC can't pull it off. Even if they have the writers, they seem to lack the support form the producers and other studio folks.

DC got lucky with Christopher Nolan at the Batman helm for a while, but that was a fluke.

Plan is to catch the movie next week. Man of Steel was mehh, I can't imagine this being better.

Posted: 4/22/2016 2:34:17 AM EDT

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Compared to the Marvel standard it was absolute garbage.

Posted: 4/22/2016 2:42:33 AM EDT

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The reviews were awful. I watched Kevin Smith's review and a lot of it did sound dumb. Was it that terrible?

This is one of those movies, like the punisher movies, that I cannot figure how it can go so wrong from some such an easy and good premise

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No. I'm glad the reviews sucked. I went in with low expectations and was very pleased that it was better.

It's a comic movie. Take it for what it is. Truthfully, they got an aweful lot close to the orginal Frank Miller story.

Also, for someone who spent many a pubescent night pining for Linda Carter i think they did a good job casting Wonder Woman.

Posted: 4/22/2016 2:54:10 AM EDT

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My gf wanted to see this, I wanted to see Skullpoopl again.

It wasn't terrible, but it's funny that Deadpool is so much better of a superhero movie than this

Posted: 4/22/2016 2:55:06 AM EDT

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It was meh. Not worth seeing in theaters. So many parts were just pointless. The dream sequences were lame.

Most reviewers said the same thing - they tried to cram 4 to 8 movies into one.

Instead of "Batman v Superman" it could have been titled "2.5 Hour Justice League Setup and Misc".

Posted: 4/22/2016 2:59:48 AM EDT

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No. I'm glad the reviews sucked. I went in with low expectations and was very pleased that it was better.

It's a comic movie. Take it for what it is. Truthfully, they got an aweful lot close to the orginal Frank Miller story.

Also, for someone who spent many a pubescent night pining for Linda Carter i think they did a good job casting Wonder Woman.

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The reviews were awful. I watched Kevin Smith's review and a lot of it did sound dumb. Was it that terrible?

This is one of those movies, like the punisher movies, that I cannot figure how it can go so wrong from some such an easy and good premise

No. I'm glad the reviews sucked. I went in with low expectations and was very pleased that it was better.

It's a comic movie. Take it for what it is. Truthfully, they got an aweful lot close to the orginal Frank Miller story.

Also, for someone who spent many a pubescent night pining for Linda Carter i think they did a good job casting Wonder Woman.

While Gal Gadot wasn't terrible, she'll always be a stick figure. An Amazonian warrior princess doesn't weigh 90 lbs.

Posted: 4/22/2016 3:03:52 AM EDT

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My gf wanted to see this, I wanted to see Skullpoopl again.

It wasn't terrible, but it's funny that Deadpool is so much better of a superhero movie than this

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Deadpool was a great superhero movie because it was a movie about Deadpool and only Deadpool.

Posted: 4/22/2016 3:23:02 AM EDT

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it was long and the batman going crazy scenes were stupid, but other than that i liked it. certainly wasn't as bad as the reviews had said.

Posted: 4/22/2016 3:37:57 AM EDT

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I'll red box it. Marvel is worth paying the price of admission. DC? Not so much. I'll give em $1.50.

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Posted: 4/22/2016 3:40:08 AM EDT

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I walked in halfway through and watched 15 minutes.

It's bad.

Posted: 4/22/2016 3:42:27 AM EDT

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I thought it was the best recent "Superman" movie. It wasn't a batman movie or really a team movie. If I gave it a grade it would be B-. It setup the justice league vs Darkseid movie.

Posted: 4/22/2016 3:44:59 AM EDT

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Everything about the DC universe push smacks of clueless executives and creative control being too split up among too many of the wrong people.

Dan Didio is a soulless dick huffing monster that only exists to destroy my fondest childhood memories.

What Disney has managed to do with Marvel is nothing short of genius... DC can't pull it off. Even if they have the writers, they seem to lack the support form the producers and other studio folks.

DC got lucky with Christopher Nolan at the Batman helm for a while, but that was a fluke.

Plan is to catch the movie next week. Man of Steel was mehh, I can't imagine this being better.

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Posted: 4/22/2016 3:55:28 AM EDT

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Didn't read the reviews but they couldn't have described it too negatively.

Posted: 4/22/2016 4:37:26 AM EDT

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Everything about the DC universe push smacks of clueless executives and creative control being too split up among too many of the wrong people.

Dan Didio is a soulless dick huffing monster that only exists to destroy my fondest childhood memories.

What Disney has managed to do with Marvel is nothing short of genius... DC can't pull it off. Even if they have the writers, they seem to lack the support form the producers and other studio folks.

DC got lucky with Christopher Nolan at the Batman helm for a while, but that was a fluke.

Plan is to catch the movie next week. Man of Steel was mehh, I can't imagine this being better.

As much as DiDio has screwed up over the years, you can't really call this movie his fault. Hell, I wouldn't even blame the director. Snyder and the screenwriters had marching orders from higher ups at Warner and had to reverse engineer a plot out of it. And, for what it was, I'd call it a decent movie.

Posted: 4/22/2016 5:11:14 AM EDT

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I actually really liked it and most everyone I know did too. *shrug*

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yup. Was it the best superhero movie of all time? No.

It is still a good movie.

Posted: 4/22/2016 5:26:47 AM EDT

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I actually really liked it and most everyone I know did too. *shrug*

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I thought it was great, people gush over the Avengers and while i like the Avengers, the age of ultron was far more stupid than B vs S.

Posted: 4/22/2016 5:29:52 AM EDT

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I liked it. People rave at marvel movies, but I don't know why.

Thor sucked
Thor 2 sucked
Iron man was good, but each sequel got suckier
Incredible hulk sucked
Both of them
Fantastic 4 sucked
Both of them.
Ant man sucked
Avengers was okay, 2nd was better
Captain America was meh, 2nd was better
Wolverine origins sucked
Ghost Rider sucked
Ghost Rider 2 sucked.

I like the xmen marvel movies the best.

So yeah, I think BvS was fine in the realm of comic movies.

Posted: 4/22/2016 5:47:41 AM EDT

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I liked it ....Thought it was pretty good . WD

Posted: 4/22/2016 5:57:06 AM EDT

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It was really good.

Thor 2 was worse.

Posted: 4/22/2016 6:07:29 AM EDT

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Shit sounds pretty retarded to me, but I don't know, I didn't see it.

Posted: 4/22/2016 6:21:01 AM EDT

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I enjoyed it.

Posted: 4/22/2016 6:39:56 AM EDT

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Far better than man of steel. That shit was terrible.

Go watch it if you want.

Posted: 4/22/2016 6:56:58 AM EDT

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The reviews were awful. I watched Kevin Smith's review and a lot of it did sound dumb. Was it that terrible?

This is one of those movies, like the punisher movies, that I cannot figure how it can go so wrong from some such an easy and good premise

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If you like superhero movies, I'd recommend waiting on a DVD rental.

If you like morally ambiguous garbage, gratuitous sfx usage to cover lack of character development, and a plot line that never really goes anywhere...

See it in the theater...

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:01:39 AM EDT

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Turn your brain off.

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:03:24 AM EDT

[#31]

It was a terrible mess.

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:09:46 AM EDT

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I saw it a couple weeks ago and thought it was really good.

I walked out of there trying to figure out what the real agenda was for the reviewers trashing it.

In this day and age it seems like all it takes is a couple of big reviewers to trash something and the others seem to fall in line for their reputations sake. Then viewers start trashing it too because they've been told it was bad.

Of course I thought the last Agenders movie wasn't that good and it received great reviews.

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:12:38 AM EDT

[#33]

Thought it was good

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:14:30 AM EDT

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While Gal Gadot wasn't terrible, she'll always be a stick figure. An Amazonian warrior princess doesn't weigh 90 lbs.

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The reviews were awful. I watched Kevin Smith's review and a lot of it did sound dumb. Was it that terrible?

This is one of those movies, like the punisher movies, that I cannot figure how it can go so wrong from some such an easy and good premise

No. I'm glad the reviews sucked. I went in with low expectations and was very pleased that it was better.

It's a comic movie. Take it for what it is. Truthfully, they got an aweful lot close to the orginal Frank Miller story.

Also, for someone who spent many a pubescent night pining for Linda Carter i think they did a good job casting Wonder Woman.

While Gal Gadot wasn't terrible, she'll always be a stick figure. An Amazonian warrior princess doesn't weigh 90 lbs.

Tell it to linda carter

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:18:13 AM EDT

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Enjoyed it while watching.
Walking out and talking to my daughter, we slowly started to tear it down.
By the time we got home we both agreed it was rather poor.

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:19:55 AM EDT

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It wasn't bad. It wasn't good. It wasn't very true to the source material. It was visually excellent.

I think you'd have to be ADD to be confused by it... All the motivations are very simple. They aren't explained or well founded but they are very clear.
It's worth seeing.

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:23:48 AM EDT

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I took my wife and kids to go see it. We liked it and had a good time although I had heard about the negative reviews about it before going. Whenever I watch a movie with my kids, I tend to see it through their eyes and can ignore things that would bother me if I was watching by myself.

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:27:01 AM EDT

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There is no possible way that a movie with that title could be worth a damn.

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:28:15 AM EDT

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I liked it. People rave at marvel movies, but I don't know why.

Thor sucked

Thor 2 sucked

Iron man was good, but each sequel got suckier

Incredible hulk sucked

Both of them

Fantastic 4 sucked not marvel ... from Marvel source material but owned and made by a different studio.

Both of them.

Ant man sucked

Avengers was okay, 2nd was better

Captain America was meh, 2nd was better

Wolverine origins sucked not marvel ... from Marvel source material but owned and made by a different studio.

Ghost Rider sucked not marvel ... from Marvel source material but owned and made by a different studio.

Ghost Rider 2 sucked.

I like the xmen marvel movies the best. not marvel ... from Marvel source material but owned and made by a different studio.

So yeah, I think BvS was fine in the realm of comic movies.

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This post exemplifies that the general public has no idea what's going on.

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:34:44 AM EDT

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It wasn't a good movie, but it wasn't as bad as the reviews. It was a visual spectacle that was worth seeing in the theater, but the problem was, you could see it could have been SO much better with another director, a better plot and a more fully realized villain.
Battfleck was good, best part of the movie. Superman was a bit wooden and brooding, which I didn't like. Wonder Woman was well done. Jessie Eisenberg was just fucking horrible as Lex Luthor though, and his "evil plan" was fucking stupid.

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:35:17 AM EDT

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It was ok. I'd been just as happy getting it from Redbox.

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:36:06 AM EDT

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I liked it. People rave at marvel movies, but I don't know why.

Thor sucked
Thor 2 sucked
Iron man was good, but each sequel got suckier
Incredible hulk sucked
Both of them
Fantastic 4 sucked not marvel ... from Marvel source material but owned and made by a different studio.
Both of them.
Ant man sucked
Avengers was okay, 2nd was better
Captain America was meh, 2nd was better
Wolverine origins sucked not marvel ... from Marvel source material but owned and made by a different studio.
Ghost Rider sucked not marvel ... from Marvel source material but owned and made by a different studio.
Ghost Rider 2 sucked.

I like the xmen marvel movies the best. not marvel ... from Marvel source material but owned and made by a different studio.

So yeah, I think BvS was fine in the realm of comic movies.

This post exemplifies that the general public has no idea what's going on.

Still somewhat Marvel, just not part of the Marvel MCU project because Marvel had already sold the rights to other studios before Disney bought them up whole. At the beginning of those movies, you'll have the Marvel intro, announcing it as a Marvel film

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:37:28 AM EDT

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Best review EVAR!!

Penguin,

It wasn't that great. I watched the whole thing. I wouldn't pay to see it again.

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:40:13 AM EDT

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I saw it a couple weeks ago and thought it was really good.

I walked out of there trying to figure out what the real agenda was for the reviewers trashing it.

In this day and age it seems like all it takes is a couple of big reviewers to trash something and the others seem to fall in line for their reputations sake. Then viewers start trashing it too because they've been told it was bad.

Of course I thought the last Agenders movie wasn't that good and it received great reviews.

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This x 1,000.

I liked it.

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:41:20 AM EDT

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I thought it was great. What a lot of DC fans don't like about it is the movie doesn't make Superman or Batman out to be the goodie goodit that the comics do. I like the darker heroes anyway so it was all good to me.

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:41:28 AM EDT

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Still somewhat Marvel, just not part of the Marvel MCU project because Marvel had already sold the rights to other studios before Disney bought them up whole. At the beginning of those movies, you'll have the Marvel intro, announcing it as a Marvel film

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No, the characters were Marvel creations. The Marvel writers, editors, etc...had no say in the writing or production of the movie other than the insistence that certain characters not be portrayed in too negative a light. The MCU movies are totally controlled by Marvel, the company, and the final decisions about the movie are made by Kevin Feige.

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:42:48 AM EDT

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It wasn't a good movie, but it wasn't as bad as the reviews. It was a visual spectacle that was worth seeing in the theater, but the problem was, you could see it could have been SO much better with another director, a better plot and a more fully realized villain.
Battfleck was good, best part of the movie. Superman was a bit wooden and brooding, which I didn't like. Wonder Woman was well done. Jessie Eisenberg was just fucking horrible as Lex Luthor though, and his "evil plan" was fucking stupid.

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If his evil plan wasn't to turn Batman against Superman, revealing himself as a manipulative and shameless villain, the movie missed a perfect opportunity to build that character.

Posted: 4/22/2016 7:44:02 AM EDT

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No, the characters were Marvel creations. The Marvel writers, editors, etc...had no say in the writing or production of the movie other than the insistence that certain characters not be portrayed in too negative a light. The MCU movies are totally controlled by Marvel, the company, and the final decisions about the movie are made by Kevin Feige.

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Still somewhat Marvel, just not part of the Marvel MCU project because Marvel had already sold the rights to other studios before Disney bought them up whole. At the beginning of those movies, you'll have the Marvel intro, announcing it as a Marvel film

No, the characters were Marvel creations. The Marvel writers, editors, etc...had no say in the writing or production of the movie other than the insistence that certain characters not be portrayed in too negative a light. The MCU movies are totally controlled by Marvel, the company, and the final decisions about the movie are made by Kevin Feige.

We're arguing over semantics. I'm saying there are different ways to interpret "Marvel film."