Tag: batman v superman: dawn of justice

hcourageous:

hcourageous:

Dear Zack Snyder,

last year I was suicidal. it was one of the worst and most terrifying times of my life, and it’s something i’ve struggled to get help with, but when i was at my worst i held on to the fact that Batman v Superman was coming out on my birthday, a movie i spent three years waiting for and was anticipating so much, god help me i was going to live to see it.

and when i did i cried because it changed me. it moved me. it was worth so much to me and i needed it and it’s message of hope so badly.

you’ve always been such an inspiration to me, you and Deborah, your films and your heart.

my heart is so broken for you, i have you and your family in my thoughts and prayers, and take all the time you need in the world to heal. you deserve so much. please know how much your love and dedication to the universe that has been my safe haven means to me and to many other fan.

we love you and support you and we’re standing with you.

thank you for everything.

I’m reblogging this because I need to give some further thoughts in light of Justice League.

In 2015 I pursued my dream, moved across the country for it, and landed flat on my face. I left in disgrace, moving to live with my sister for a bit, and experience a kind of isolated,lonely hell I can’t properly describe. I was alone, suicidal, and broken. I literally had nothing left. Everything I put my faith and heart into was gone, and I didn’t know if I could take anything else. But you know what?

Batman V Superman was coming out, on the weekend of my birthday, and that felt… like a sign almost. Something I was so excited for, because I loved my DC heroes, I loved Zack Snyder(my main and massive inspiration for wanting to be a filmmaker), and I’d defended it and waited too damn long to not see it. So every night I cried myself to sleep, and every day it got too easy to see myself just… wrapping my car around a pole, I thought about my birthday. About Batman V Superman, about seeing it with my friends and having something to hold on to.

And then March came around, I moved back to Washington, and got to see the first early showing of Batman V Superman.

That movie means more to me then any movie I’ve ever seen. It reminded me why I want to be a filmmaker, it made me realize I can’t, I can’t give up on my dream to be a director. It gave me hope. It showed me my heroes who I’ve loved my whole life going through what I had gone through. Lost all hope. Isolated. Alone. Stuck in grief. And then?

It showed me sacrifice.

It showed me redemption.

It reminded me that men are still good.

That the world is worth saving.

Zack gave me that.

Zack Snyder reminded me the hope is hard, it’s not smiling when your sad. It’s not platitudes, or jokes, or bright colors. It’s grimy, it’s straining muscles, its pitch black with one small ray of light on the horizon, it’s the first, aching breath after almost drowning, it’s storm clouds in the distance after a drought. Hope isn’t an easy answer. It’s a difficult choice.

I’m alive right now. And I want to live. And that’s largely because of the message of BvS and Zack Snyder.

My heart goes out to you and what you’ve been through, too, OP. Thank you for sharing this.

I have never been able to understand the complaint that a story is ‘depressing’ because of its subject matter. What depresses me are stories that don’t seem to know these things go on, or hide them in resolute chipperness; ‘witty stories,’ in which every problem is the occasion for a joke; ‘upbeat’ stories that flog you with transcendence. Please. We’re grown ups now.

Tobias Wolff (via macrolit)

It’s been a while since I’ve read a quote so representative of what I feel, and this one hits the spot quite nicely.

On another note, “Man of Steel” (2013), and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” (2016), and thank you Mr. Zack Snyder, cast and crew.

When will I ever get to the point where I watch “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” (2016) and not literally cry at how beautifully made it is? How many more times do I have to watch it, huh? And now I even paused it at the point where young Bruce was ascending from the well in a throng of bats because, you know, it said “DIRECTED BY ZACK SNYDER” and all.

‘JUSTICE LEAGUE’ REVIEW ROUND UP!

sophiartstart:

batfam-blacksheep:

a-wayne-at-heart:

dcfeed:

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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER – “Fatigue, repetition, and a laborious approach to exposition are the keynotes of this affair, which is also notable for how Ben Affleck looks like he’d rather be almost anywhere else but here. [Justice League is] a chore to sit through” 3/10

VARIETY – “The film is the definition of an adequate high-spirited studio lark: no more, no less. It’s superior to ‘Batman V Superman’ but it’s also about as close to generic as a sharp-witted high-octane comic-book movie can get. There’s hardly a trope in it you haven’t seen before”

VANITY FAIR – ”Justice League is a big ugly mess. The lighting is not good, the script is not interesting, the costumes are not fun. The film is, plainly stated, terrible, and I’m sorry that everyone wasted their time and money making it—and that people are being asked to waste their time and money seeing it”

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY – [Justice League] is a placeholder in a franchise that’s already had too many placeholders. It feels like the film’s overarching plot was a second or third priority. Some day, hopefully soon, DC might get the recipe right but today isn’t that day, and Justice League isn’t that film” C+

EMPIRE MAGAZINE – “[Justice League] dives headlong into a scrappy, Swiss-cheese plot which clumsily slaps together its disparate elements. None of which is helped by sub-par VFX, which reach their nadir with an overblown final conflict, plus a lead baddie who’s so unnecessarily and sloppily computer-rendered he should be renamed Missteppenwolf” 2/5

ROLLING STONE – “The League members together, bickering and bonding, spike the film with humor and genuine feeling, creating a rooting interest in the audience. Without it, the film would crumble. Steppenwolf is a CGI yawn, the action sequences are a digital blur, and the soundtrack defaults to loud whenever inspiration wanes” 6/10

NEW YORK TIMES – “The story is a confusion of noise, visual clutter and murderous digital gnats, [but] it’s more watchable than the last one. Mr Snyder remains regrettably committed to a dark, desaturated palette that borders on the murky, and this movie’s chaotic, unimaginative action scenes can drag on forever”

COLLIDER – [Justice League] is beyond saving. Sure it’s better than ‘Batman v Superman’, but that doesn’t make it good. It is a largely bland, forgettable affair. There’s no time or effort put towards character building, giving the team a personality, crafting themes, or challenging expectations. Justice League’s most impressive feat is that it doesn’t completely fall apart before your eyes” 

IGN – “Justice League is messy and flawed but still offers entertainment value. It seldom delivers any truly “wow!” moments of finally seeing these awesome superheroes assembled together onscreen. It’s marred by a very choppy story, a run-of-the-mill villain, some shoddy visual effects, and an overall haphazard execution” 7/10

US WEEKLY – “Not even Wonder Woman can rescue this uninspiring superhero flick. The straightforward narrative and the special effects-heavy set pieces are all disappointedly derivative. [Justice league] should be an exciting event, not a mildly fun, noticeably flawed vehicle that leaves the consciousness as soon as the closing credits roll”

TOTAL FILM – “Justice League’s most significant shortcoming is how forgettable it all is. There’s barely a moment that sticks, not a single sequence to rival the stand-out superhero set-pieces of recent years” 4/10

SCREENCRUSH –“Another DC disappointment, Justice League is a collection of missed opportunities and flubbed ideas. Steppenwolf is maybe the worst villain in a superhero movie since that yellow cloud of evil in ‘Green Lantern’ and overall the film looks unusually bad for a movie of it’s size and budget” 4/10

INDIEWIRE – “Justice League hums along as a pure assault of archetypes and sprawling set pieces. The resulting 119-minute pileup of showdowns and one-liners is a tired, conventional attempt to play by the rules, with “hold for laughs” moments shoehorned between rapid-fire action that’s nothing we haven’t seen before” 2/5

UPROXX – “Justice League is a drag and a big step backwards for DC. The plot is barely comprehensible. Justice League is a bit better than Batman v Superman, in that it at least moves along at an okay pace, but somehow it’s not as interesting”

THE VERGE – Justice League has something for everyone and no way to fit it all together. It often feels fractured and sometimes the reshoots are painfully obvious. There are also a disconcerting number of Wonder Woman upskirt shots for the disrespectful horndogs in the audience”

TELEGRAPH – DC’s superhero embarrassment is beyond saving. It’s consistently embarrassing to watch, and features plot holes so yawningly vast they have a kind of Grand Canyon-like splendour. Justice League is a mess in ways cheaper productions could only dream about” 1/5

Hmmm. It’s horrible but better than “Batman v Superman”? Oh, okay. Well, I love “BvS” so… *shrugs* I’m no professional critic, but I am a DC fan who reads the comics, as well as a fan of movies in general. And I’ve been happy with the DCEU since “Man of Steel”. But that’s just me. So, yeah. Still excited to watch “Justice League”. I don’t think I’ll need to overanalyze or nitpick, too, because I just want to see my superheroes get together.

I’m already tired of everybody shitting all over this movie just to try and outdo each other on how hard they can shit on a movie.  I enjoyed BvS and I’m sure I”ll enjoy this too.  I don’t give a shit what critics say because more than 90% of the time I disagree with them.  I also don’t give a rat’s ass what Rotten Tomatoes gives it because those are the same turds that gave Sharknado an 82%.

^^^^^^ thank you both @a-wayne-at-heart and @batfam-blacksheep ‘cause that criticism made me kind of sad and I was already upset to go and see it. Really thank you for remind me that there ARE fans like me, like us, who really enjoy seeing his heros together no matter what the others say

Same to you, @sophiartstart! Members of the cast have said it best themselves. These movies are made for the fans, not for the critics. Clearly, as with ANYTHING in fandom, “Justice League” can’t possibly please every fan – doesn’t mean it’s not good or worth watching.

‘JUSTICE LEAGUE’ REVIEW ROUND UP!

dcfeed:

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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER – “Fatigue, repetition, and a laborious approach to exposition are the keynotes of this affair, which is also notable for how Ben Affleck looks like he’d rather be almost anywhere else but here. [Justice League is] a chore to sit through” 3/10

VARIETY – “The film is the definition of an adequate high-spirited studio lark: no more, no less. It’s superior to ‘Batman V Superman’ but it’s also about as close to generic as a sharp-witted high-octane comic-book movie can get. There’s hardly a trope in it you haven’t seen before”

VANITY FAIR – ”Justice League is a big ugly mess. The lighting is not good, the script is not interesting, the costumes are not fun. The film is, plainly stated, terrible, and I’m sorry that everyone wasted their time and money making it—and that people are being asked to waste their time and money seeing it”

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY – [Justice League] is a placeholder in a franchise that’s already had too many placeholders. It feels like the film’s overarching plot was a second or third priority. Some day, hopefully soon, DC might get the recipe right but today isn’t that day, and Justice League isn’t that film” C+

EMPIRE MAGAZINE – “[Justice League] dives headlong into a scrappy, Swiss-cheese plot which clumsily slaps together its disparate elements. None of which is helped by sub-par VFX, which reach their nadir with an overblown final conflict, plus a lead baddie who’s so unnecessarily and sloppily computer-rendered he should be renamed Missteppenwolf” 2/5

ROLLING STONE – “The League members together, bickering and bonding, spike the film with humor and genuine feeling, creating a rooting interest in the audience. Without it, the film would crumble. Steppenwolf is a CGI yawn, the action sequences are a digital blur, and the soundtrack defaults to loud whenever inspiration wanes” 6/10

NEW YORK TIMES – “The story is a confusion of noise, visual clutter and murderous digital gnats, [but] it’s more watchable than the last one. Mr Snyder remains regrettably committed to a dark, desaturated palette that borders on the murky, and this movie’s chaotic, unimaginative action scenes can drag on forever”

COLLIDER – [Justice League] is beyond saving. Sure it’s better than ‘Batman v Superman’, but that doesn’t make it good. It is a largely bland, forgettable affair. There’s no time or effort put towards character building, giving the team a personality, crafting themes, or challenging expectations. Justice League’s most impressive feat is that it doesn’t completely fall apart before your eyes” 

IGN – “Justice League is messy and flawed but still offers entertainment value. It seldom delivers any truly “wow!” moments of finally seeing these awesome superheroes assembled together onscreen. It’s marred by a very choppy story, a run-of-the-mill villain, some shoddy visual effects, and an overall haphazard execution” 7/10

US WEEKLY – “Not even Wonder Woman can rescue this uninspiring superhero flick. The straightforward narrative and the special effects-heavy set pieces are all disappointedly derivative. [Justice league] should be an exciting event, not a mildly fun, noticeably flawed vehicle that leaves the consciousness as soon as the closing credits roll”

TOTAL FILM – “Justice League’s most significant shortcoming is how forgettable it all is. There’s barely a moment that sticks, not a single sequence to rival the stand-out superhero set-pieces of recent years” 4/10

SCREENCRUSH –“Another DC disappointment, Justice League is a collection of missed opportunities and flubbed ideas. Steppenwolf is maybe the worst villain in a superhero movie since that yellow cloud of evil in ‘Green Lantern’ and overall the film looks unusually bad for a movie of it’s size and budget” 4/10

INDIEWIRE – “Justice League hums along as a pure assault of archetypes and sprawling set pieces. The resulting 119-minute pileup of showdowns and one-liners is a tired, conventional attempt to play by the rules, with “hold for laughs” moments shoehorned between rapid-fire action that’s nothing we haven’t seen before” 2/5

UPROXX – “Justice League is a drag and a big step backwards for DC. The plot is barely comprehensible. Justice League is a bit better than Batman v Superman, in that it at least moves along at an okay pace, but somehow it’s not as interesting”

THE VERGE – Justice League has something for everyone and no way to fit it all together. It often feels fractured and sometimes the reshoots are painfully obvious. There are also a disconcerting number of Wonder Woman upskirt shots for the disrespectful horndogs in the audience”

TELEGRAPH – DC’s superhero embarrassment is beyond saving. It’s consistently embarrassing to watch, and features plot holes so yawningly vast they have a kind of Grand Canyon-like splendour. Justice League is a mess in ways cheaper productions could only dream about” 1/5

Hmmm. It’s horrible but better than “Batman v Superman”? Oh, okay. Well, I love “BvS” so… *shrugs* I’m no professional critic, but I am a DC fan who reads the comics, as well as a fan of movies in general. And I’ve been happy with the DCEU since “Man of Steel”. But that’s just me. So, yeah. Still excited to watch “Justice League”. I don’t think I’ll need to overanalyze or nitpick, too, because I just want to see my superheroes get together.

joons:

“I just don’t understand why Clark wouldn’t just say, ‘Save my mother’ instead of ‘Save Martha.’ The whole thing is just silly.”

Luthor: Martha, Martha, Martha. Well, the mother of a flying demon must be a witch. And the punishment for witches – what is that? That’s right. Death by fire.

Luthor: If you kill me, Martha dies. And if you fly away, Martha also dies. But if you kill the Bat, Martha lives.

Bruce: [with disgust] I bet your parents taught you that you mean something, that you’re here for a reason. My parents taught me a different lesson. Dying in the gutter. For no reason at all.

Clark: Save Martha.

Bruce: Why did you say that name?

Lois: It’s his mother’s name.

These six lines demonstrate the layers needed to get Bruce to his realization. He knows Superman has parents. He is not interested. Luthor knows Superman has a mother and uses her against him, dehumanizing her completely as he does so. Clark begs for Martha to be saved for who she is, not for her relationship to him, since Luthor and Bruce have both made it quite clear that the mother of a flying demon doesn’t matter. Bruce realizes Martha is his mother. Lois – a human, a woman throwing herself in front of a gun/spear to save someone she loves – says “It’s his mother’s name” like it’s the most important thing in the world. And it is. And Bruce is wrong. And he crumples.

You cannot watch BVS and think you can just forget all the dialogue that’s come before and then turn around and claim it doesn’t make sense. It is all right there, you lazybones.

YES.

pansexualcow:

positivelydetectivecomics:

dangerouslyzanyperson:

positivelydetectivecomics:

Let’s be honest, if a real life Superman came to our planet and illustrated his amazing abilities and willingness to help people, we as humans would treat him just like people did in BvS.

Totally! Let’s not also forget the fact that, even if some of us hailed him as a hero, we would grow ridiculously demanding of him too.

I mean, let’s be real, people would start demanding him stop every single disaster and conflict. And when he failed, we would blame him.

^^^^

this is already how critics talk about superman in bvs and its ironic af. “he didnt inspire hope” or “he  should have heard his mother with his superhearing and saved her” or “he should have stayed and stopped people in the vilage from being killed after he saved lois”

he can’t be everywhere and he isn’t the god everyone expects him to be