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Ofcourse it's my opinion. This all relative in the end but it's not just me. With all due respect Man of Steel was not particularly well received by the masses. It got very mixed reviews and while it's 687 million dollar gross was nothing to sneeze at, given it's massive budget and huge amount of hype, I'm sure Warner Bros. was hoping for more. I remember before it's release people were acting like it was a given that MOS would join the billion dollar club. It didn't even come close.
Anyway my point is May 6th 2016 is a battle DC has to win if it hopes to successfully establish a cinematic universe while Marvel's track record is so strong it can take one for the team and remain relatively unscathed. If the two go head-to-head yes Batman vs. Superman will probably win but at the same time it will lose millions of dollars thanks to the star-spangled man with the plan. Mark my words, Batman vs. Superman's release date will change again.
I forgot to even take that into account. Cap 3 will be following Avengers 2. And we all saw how an Avengers film can spike people's interests in Marvel's solo efforts, as evidenced by Iron Man 3 taking in $1.2 billion.
I've been wanting to see the classic black and gray suit for awhile, minus the black underwear. I think it would look awesome on the big screen, if done right.
I want to see something like this.
You might be surprised. If someone told me a few years ago that an Iron Man film would gross nearly double that of a Superman film in the same summer I'd laugh. Yet Iron Man 3's $1.2 billion gross was the one pissing on Man of Steel's $687 million gross. Never underestimate the Marvel brand.
Yes, I think seeing Batman AND Superman together on the big screen will have more of an impact than watching a guy in a blue, red and white suit for the fourth time around. And again, it's Batman.
5th time around actually. And see above. The Marvel cinematic brand is bigger than Batman.
Brands are irrelevant to me. I don't live my life by brands. I enjoy Batman and Superman stories. If I cared solely about BO I'd have shunned Bond long ago. Happy to go against the grain if that's what it takes.
Oh yes, how could I forget about the yet to happen Avengers 2, the comic book film to end all comic book films. :))
Nothing is bigger than Batman.
Except this...
;-)
You could watch both.
Well considering I strongly disliked Man Of Steel, It's not worth my time. I have The Dark Knight returns for my Bat vs Sups needs.
Surely not going to break the bank, though?
Why would I watch something I have no interest in? IMO Snyder tried too hard to Make Superman like Nolan's Batman and ended up making some generic gritty origin story with a half hour of disaster porn for the climax. Is that what Superman is supposed to be? Hell no. I don't care if it's the "Greatest pairing ever." Snyder's going to F up Batman just like he did superman.
If we look at the quality of the films, again, Marvel's doing way better. Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor and Captain America all had good origin films, that had no more footage than they needed to establish their characters, while Man of Steel is a nearly three hour film, with poor flashback scene's to Clark's childhood, that doesn't really establish Superman as being anything other than "that guy in blue tights". Now, obviously, this is all my opinion, and each and every one of you is welcome to call me a stupid son of a b*tch, do you choose, but I'm certain there's a pretty good amount of people who will agree with me.
Now let's take a look at the acting/casting. Robert Downey Jr. made a perfect Tony Stark, Edward Norton and Mark Ruffalo have both produced great Bruce Banner, Chris Hemsworth is awesome as Thor, and so forth, and so on... Marvel hasn't really made a bad casting decision yet, save maybe for Rebecca Hall as Maya Hansen in Iron Man 3, she wasn't exactly spectacular. Even when they've had to change cast members, they went from great actors to great actors. DC on the other hand... well... most of the cast of Man of Steel was largely forgettable. Henry Cavil didn't do a horrible job, and Kevin Costner was great as Jonathon Kent, as was Russell Crowe as Jor-El, but Laurence Fishburne was pretty under-used as Perry Not-So-White (simply a joke, nothing racist implied). I can't even remember who played Lois Lane, but she wasn't exactly all that good. Christopher Meloni was also under-used, for such a good actor. Zod just wasn't Zod to me, Terrance Stamp pretty much ruled that role. Considering all the good actors in Man of Steel, it should have been a lot better. Watching those opening scenes on Krypton made me lust for a film based around Jor-El, because he would have lived to see Krypton's destruction had Zod not cheap-shotted him. He'd thoroughly kicked Zod's ass prior to the ship launch. Now, I'm a believer in BatFleck, I'll admit that, and I hope that just his inclusion makes Batman Vs. Superman a lot better than Man of Steel.
Just these three things alone tell me that Captain America 3 is getting my $6.00 come 2016. That's not to mention all the other things, like how well Marvel is doing just making the cinematic universe feel like it fits together perfectly, which I can only hope DC at least attempts before it falls out of the sky like a Wayne Industries satellite. Marvel also has Agents of SHIELD on TV to fall back on, and DC could take a lesson or two from that. Throwing Arrow and their upcoming Flash series into their cinematic universe could help them immensely. Production values also play a big role. Marvel's movies obviously have CG, but they do their best to blend the two, or just do it practically. They could have very easily just had completely CG Iron Man suits, but they didn't. Man of Steel looked like there was CG even in the parts that there weren't. That's just sad.
Cap 3 all the way.
For $10 I wouldn't being assuming anything, I'd just watch it. I don't get the Marvel vs DC affair. It smacks of people pretending to be comic book fans.
DC has become mediocre since Nolan? They've made one film (Exec'd by Nolan)
And it was generic, rushed, mediocre and a sloppily edited mess. I expect more of the same with Batman VS Superman since it has the same crew as MOS.
Shame you can't judge it on release rather than two years before.
Yeah it is a bloody shame I can ask for better things and refuse to support something that doesn't deserve a minute of my time or my hard earned money. Yep I'm a bad person for not supporting mediocrity.
It's not been produced, so to call it mediocre is to all extents and purposes, stupid. You sound like the Mendes haters. Misplaced anger.
I'm not angry about it. It's called intuition.