I’ve liked the current iteration, but there’s absolutely no reason that you have to like it.
The danger with big budget stuff is they market test all the creativity and risk out of it.
Spider-Man is a boy that appeals to boys. There’s nothing really meaty, edgy or morally ambiguous about him.
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To be clear, I like all the other Marvel stuff (not you, X-Men).
I even enjoyed British Capt…England What If?
I just can’t with Spider-Man. It’s just incredibly dull to me.
The orginal spidermans with Tobey were top notch (less so the 3rd one). The 2nd one still stands up as one of the best comic book films ever made
The new ones with Holland suck. Too much unfunny comedy, no real threat, each one turns into a mini avengers movie. Holland isn’t a good actor either
Love Titanic history this was very good
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We watched Wonder Woman (the 2017 version ) last night.
- the film really doesn’t hang together very well at all. It’s inconsistent in dialogue, pacing and plotting. Comic book movies aren’t my thing, but even so this isn’t one of the better ones.
- Where’s the invisible jet!!?
- Gal Gadot is stunningly , finely beautiful. So there’s that.
Wonder women 1984 goes into the lore in more detail.
Films I’d watch before any DC film.
Guardians 3
Strange 2
A kickass Hulk movie. The others have been too cerebral for a a giant green bezerker.
Deadpool 3.
Probably ET 2…
I’m really struggling to like any of the DC films too. The big ones are po-faced and humourless and suffer from a giant wankery ooooh-edgy obsession with making Superman a bad guy. Fkg Snyder. I tried to watch the recent Suicide Squad the other day but lockdown-me is just not in the mood for bad guy protagonists and mass murder played for laughs, I found it really repellent and mean-spirited and only got about a third of the way through.
Apparently Doom Patrol is really good, I should give that a shot.
I just don’t know what you do with those characters.
I mean…a proper leading man Lex Luther? Sign me the ■■■■ up!
But apparently he’s a nerd now. Okaaaaaay.
Brainiac.
Joker.
Why is it Batman vs Superman?
Why isn’t it JOKER vs Superman?
Why in the history of film have we not seen Luther as a legitimate threat against Superman, instead of just a businessman? In later comics Luther is Jacked as ■■■■.
Where’s Bizarro?
Where’s the freaking Threat?
General Zod? Who Superman beat three of forty years ago?
Where’s Thanos?
Lol. To be fair…I haven’t seen Justice League.
Don’t. Utter pile of trash, and that’s the extended, supposedly improved Snyder cut version.
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The Snyder cut of justice league is absolutely fantastic. I really wish they would let him keep going with it, it has the potential to be truly amazing
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Snyder’s take on the DC movies seems very much a love it or hate it kinda thing. I fall decisively in category 2.
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I think the Snyder cut was a remarkable work of art. He’s not a great storyteller, but he’s probably the best cinematic crafter working in Hollywood. Once you get your head around the 4:3, there is something special about it.
If you watch it expecting something else, you’re guaranteed to be disappointed.
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The next one is terrible! Don’t bother is my recommendation.
Gal is hot though.
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Yeah I can definitely see how his style isn’t for everyone
I just loved the whole story of it, for mine cyborg was the heart and soul of the movie
I loved what he was foreshadowing with superman and his future.
Apart from Dark Knight by Nolan, l haven’t bothered watching any of the DC movies, and probably won’t bother with them.
Gorgeous doesn’t trump stupid and obnoxious in my book. At least when it comes to movies… 
It really put my teeth on edge watching Justice League, how you’d have several minutes of questionably necessary slow-mo and intricate CGI sequences just so it could eventually come together in a 1 second ‘artistic’ shot that you were supposed to be floored by.
It’s like an entire 4-hour film trying again and again to replicate that shot when the whole group gets together in the middle of battle in the original Avengers movie.
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Yep. As I said, he’s a terrible storyteller.
I watched a cut comparison between the Whedon and Snyder versions. Whedon’s probably works a bit better as an overall flow, Snyder works better at creating moments.
It’s a comic book movie. Snyder probably did the comic book vibe better than anyone else to date. He embraced it, rather than worked around it. But I completely understand if it’s not for you.