Honestly, the "in on the joke," thing is what bugs me about how a lot of characters/story in today's CBMs are handled.
There's this need to wink at the audience like, "Yeah this shit is dumb right? We know that too, so here's a joke."
Sam Raimi's big pitch for
#SpiderMan
: "I wanted to make sure we werenโt making an 'in on the joke' presentation. For me, there was no joke. Thereโs simply just believing that Peter Parker exists and investing wholly into his heart and matters of his soul."
WB really said:
We have, Cyborg, John Stewart, Martian Manhunter, Black Canary, Vixen, Bumblebee, Val-Zod, Steel, Nubia, Mr. Terrific, Black Lightning, Icon, Batwing, Rocket.....
Let's make Kal-El black! Ppl will love that!
Bro if WB made a Green Lantern movie starring John Stewart, that shit would bring in Black Panther numbers I GUARANTEE.
But nah, let's do Black Superman
โWe shot
#Eternals
like it was an indie film, almost completely on location using natural light, pretty much all at magic hour. Itโs such an epic, ambitious film, with Chloรฉ Zhao bringing her signature style and sensibility.โ - Gemma Chan
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Events like Dance recitals are actually the most important thing a Father can do for their kids.
There's literally NO AMOUNT of working/busting my ass to keep a roof over my head, that equates to the smile my baby girl had knowing I saw her dance.
Akon defends Nick Cannon having numerous kids with multiple women, says events with children like dance recitals aren't important:
"That's a White man's thing. Who gives a f*ck about a recital?"
Watching
#ZackSnydersJusticeLeague
and my daughter walks in and goes, "Who is that strong lady Daddy? She looks like me."
That's pretty freaking tight to hear.
As a black man, hearing these words hits SO different outside of the movie. Often times, we feel alone w/ out struggles w/ racial equality because it seems like it's always "Us vs everybody," until you look up & see allies alongside fighting for equality. Love this
@ray8fisher
This was done purposely to show superman's lack of "know how" in these situations because *whispers* He's only been Superman for 2 days. Notice he looks back at the explosion like, "Oh shit. I should've stopped that"
I swear it's like y'all ignore the context the film has given.
How could anyone be mad at a 4 hour comic book movie that includes Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, Aquaman, Flash, Stepponwolf, & Darkseid?
Couldn't be me.
The 1st 2 Hours of
#ZackSnyderJusticeLeague
has:
1. The beautifully shot Death of Superman
2. The Wonder Woman Rescue
3. Attack on Thymescira
4. Victor's origin
5. Flash Rescue
6. Attack on Atlantis
7. History Lesson
If all of that is "Boring" pls tell me what excites you.
Obviously you'd need a studio that believed in it enough to greenlight the movie with a good budget & give it to a director that cared.
I'm just saying if it were to be pitched, they could look to all four of these movies as proof that it would work.
Regรฉ-Jean Page auditioned for the role of Superman's grandfather in โKRYPTONโ.
However, Geoff Johns allegedly said Superman could not have a Black grandfather so he was not cast.
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Zack literally said that his Justice League film ends on a cliffhanger because he made it with the promise of more films to conclude it and now folks are mad??? Lol
Disagree.
Both succeeded as films & did the characters equal justice & easily top 5 solo CBM.
Man of Steel has 0 problems. Most ppl don't give the same liberties to Superman, as they do batman. They don't wanna see Supes in his amateur hour. They only know him as the boyscout.
Not to discredit anyone's take on Man of Steel at all. You can feel how you'd like, and that's cool but....
I genuinely do not have a clue how you could not have enjoyed this film. Every single cinema related box is checked, and some. This will forever be MY Superman film.
WB trying to blame
#ZackSnyderJusticeLeague
for New Gods cancellation is BS lol :
They released another Joker movie outside of DCEU continuity.
They had the theatrical flash meet with the CW version.
There are 4 different Batmans : Batfleck, Battinson, Titans, & Keaton
STOP
I've said this before but man was the mythic, old world, Shakespearean vibe of Atlantis so cool in ZSJL. I'd love to see it explored at some point. **This is not a dig at Aquaman 18'**
Zack has some audacity to do this LOL Supes shook his head and told the strongest villian in the dceu (Darkseid aside) he's not impressed. I love that shit.
I still wish this fight wasn't so playful. I get that they didn't wanna really "hurt each other," but the hero vs hero aspect is such a huge thing because of the danger in that happening.
I'm sorry (not really) but not many (I'm being respectful) billion dollar directors do things like this with their fans.
Every single film this guy does, he extends his hand to get fans involved in the most personalized ways possible.
I see The Incredible Hulk in the replies WAY too much. This is one of the best MCU films to date. One that isn't afraid to not crack a joke every 5 minutes and deal with real emotions.
Yall need to stop with this Captain America/Superman bullshit. They are NOT similar in any which way.
Yall didn't know a thing about Cap til the movies dropped and now everyone is an expert about comic book characters. F...O... H.
Easily, Zack Snyder.
In my 30+ years of life, I've never seen the type of deep hate this guy gets for simply doing his job lol
Not liking his work FINE. It's when it goes past that, I don't understand. 0 scandals, 0 bad word of mouth, everyone who works w him loves him...
We were blessed to have gotten this movie.
A 4 hour, R Rated Adult Justice League movie with 10 epic action set pieces, gorgeous cinematography, top tier performances, emotional moments, with a score to match.
This will NEVER happen again.
I've always believed this is how DC should "compete" with the MCU. Do what they can't do... provide variety by hiring filmmaker with a distinct style and allowing them to do them.
I've said this before but...
There's something about this color grade combo with the costume design that feels so, of a different time.
It feels medieval-esque, and I really loved that visual take.
This type of thinking is the problem. You're NO better than MCU stans w/ this type of take.
W/ every Man of Steel, there should he a Shazam.
W/ every BvS, there should be an Aquaman
Balance is what makes the DCEU so great. None of them copied the MCU, especially not BoP.
What's funny about this crew is, its literally the same type of acting & personalities as the avengers roster now but ppl hated it back then lol. If you rewatch both films, the dynamics are exactly the same but somehow, this is "bad."
Fam... ppl like you
-Bullied Zack off off Twitter.
-Bullied the man when his daughter passed
-Bullied the man out of his own Justice League movie.
-Bullied the fans for liking his films.
Miss me with that.
I've been rewatching this movie over the past few days, I'm on Part 5 and man....
This film is one of the greatest fantasy epics in existence. The sheer scale is incredible.
I'm a firm believer, a 2.45 - 3 hour cut could've been released in cinema & our minds would've MELTED.