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Just watched Halloween (2018). JLC was great as usual but I feel they just didn’t get the tone right. Felt super choppy and disjointed and I wasn’t into it. Honestly I’d rather rewatch the Zombie remake as I felt it had a bit more pizazz. And then I’d watch H2O because that one had flair out the wazoo.
 
Also - this mentality is why DC movies suck so bad for the most part. Comic books are ridiculous and there's a way to treat the characters with respect while still keeping the absurdity of them. Instead trying to make Batman a gritty real life concept will always suck the fun out of it
 
gaporter said:
Also - this mentality is why DC movies suck so bad for the most part. Comic books are ridiculous and there's a way to treat the characters with respect while still keeping the absurdity of them. Instead trying to make Batman a gritty real life concept will always suck the fun out of it
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Zach Snyder is a hack, I truly do not understand why people are clinging to this alternate cut to a movie that all around sucked.
 
gaporter said:
Also - this mentality is why DC movies suck so bad for the most part. Comic books are ridiculous and there's a way to treat the characters with respect while still keeping the absurdity of them. Instead trying to make Batman a gritty real life concept will always suck the fun out of it
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This is why Tim Burton’s Batman kicks ass. It IS fun in all the right ways.
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I'm honestly surprised the success of Into the Spider-Verse didn't start any trends. That movie convinced me that animated superhero movies have so much more potential, and yet no one has jumped on it yet. I get COVID has probably brought a lot of stuff to a halt, but I just think there's a lot of untapped potential. An animated Batman movie would be cool to me, because there's a chance there that maybe it wouldn't just be another "look how dark and brooding this character is" movie.

This post reminds me, I still need to see the LEGO Batman movie.
 
gaporter said:
I'm honestly surprised the success of Into the Spider-Verse didn't start any trends. That movie convinced me that animated superhero movies have so much more potential, and yet no one has jumped on it yet. I get COVID has probably brought a lot of stuff to a halt, but I just think there's a lot of untapped potential. An animated Batman movie would be cool to me, because there's a chance there that maybe it wouldn't just be another "look how dark and brooding this character is" movie.

This post reminds me, I still need to see the LEGO Batman movie.
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Animated movies take a LONG time to produce. It’ll be a couple years before we start seeing whether it is bearing fruit.
 
gaporter said:
I'm honestly surprised the success of Into the Spider-Verse didn't start any trends. That movie convinced me that animated superhero movies have so much more potential, and yet no one has jumped on it yet. I get COVID has probably brought a lot of stuff to a halt, but I just think there's a lot of untapped potential. An animated Batman movie would be cool to me, because there's a chance there that maybe it wouldn't just be another "look how dark and brooding this character is" movie.

This post reminds me, I still need to see the LEGO Batman movie.
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I think I saw that DC has 4 animated movies in the works for 2021. One (or maybe it counts as two as it will be a two parter) is Batman: The Long Halloween, which has the potential to be good, but will almost certainly be dark, like most Batman arcs. I'm a little confused if they are suppos d to be huge budget big blockbuster movies like Spiderverse or not though. The reporting I've seen doesn't really make that clear.

Edit: just kidding, looks like it is direct to video.

The sequel to Spiderverse is probably the only upcoming superhero movie I'm looking forward to as opposed to skeptically hoping any of the other ones are worth seeing, so I'm with you on wondering if that will catch on, since it has untapped potential.
 
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Joe Mac said:
Eeeeeeeeeeeeemo Batman. There’s more than a little of the Spider-Man 3 about that trailer, plus it looks portentous and self regarding. Brooding batman was nailed by Nolan, it’s so dull to see it redone, bring back Adam West 😂
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Idk, the dark noir route is something never done before in the movies. Could be good, could be bad. I'm excited for the cast mainly, Paul Dano's iteration of the Riddler especially. Robert Pattinson is also one of the best actors to ever have the role, and I do mean that. So we'll see.
 
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