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Mather said:
I thought it LOOKED very good. Loved the design. Fight and chase scenes were rad as hell, especially the car chase. I thought the script was so bad that it bordered on camp and that it desperately needed an R rating because it came off like Disney doing Se7en. I think it either needed to lean into the noir camp it was pedaling or go full Se7en in the other direction. But it just kind of straddled this uncomfortable middle line where neither worked for me. I thought there was almost zero character development for anyone and considering the length that's kinda insane that they managed to stuff it with so many tentpole scenes that they didn't have any time to actually learn anything about any of the characters beyond just some real basic stuff to move the plot along. I didn't think it pulled off the tone it was trying to follow. The whole time i just kept thinking how the Dark Knight did this already but far more effectively. The plot was overly jumbled with way too many things unnecessarily going on behind the scenes. There's a whole lot of "how" and almost no "why". And that's a big problem for me with movies like this.
Not to say I thought it was BAD, I'd give it a B-. I just wonder what they could have done if they went full R and maybe took about 45 minutes off the run time.
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Still have about 45 minutes left to finish it, but hard agree on this take. I personally was not needing another batman reboot and wish we'd get some fresh content for a change. But I went into this hopeful from the reviews, and with minimal hype as I had even avoided the trailers. I'm not one to usually dislike long movies, but it's felt a little stretched out unnecessarily mainly for the reasons @Mather outlined, in that it does so little character building and very little why, which is usually what pulls me in and makes them not seem too long. The sound is the highlight, visually I like most of what they did, Tuturro was great, Kravitz was great, but Dano and Patterson just aren't doing it for me. Maybe the last bit will pull me in, so I'll revisit. And I'll definitely need to watch again straight through before I really decide.
 
Hemotep said:
Still have about 45 minutes left to finish it, but hard agree on this take. I personally was not needing another batman reboot and wish we'd get some fresh content for a change. But I went into this hopeful from the reviews, and with minimal hype as I had even avoided the trailers. I'm not one to usually dislike long movies, but it's felt a little stretched out unnecessarily mainly for the reasons @Mather outlined, in that it does so little character building and very little why, which is usually what pulls me in and makes them not seem too long. The sound is the highlight, visually I like most of what they did, Tuturro was great, Kravitz was great, but Dano and Patterson just aren't doing it for me. Maybe the last bit will pull me in, so I'll revisit. And I'll definitely need to watch again straight through before I really decide.
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If you're so far thinking along the same lines as me then I've got bad news about that last 45 minutes...
 
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Hemotep said:
Still have about 45 minutes left to finish it, but hard agree on this take. I personally was not needing another batman reboot and wish we'd get some fresh content for a change. But I went into this hopeful from the reviews, and with minimal hype as I had even avoided the trailers. I'm not one to usually dislike long movies, but it's felt a little stretched out unnecessarily mainly for the reasons @Mather outlined, in that it does so little character building and very little why, which is usually what pulls me in and makes them not seem too long. The sound is the highlight, visually I like most of what they did, Tuturro was great, Kravitz was great, but Dano and Patterson just aren't doing it for me. Maybe the last bit will pull me in, so I'll revisit. And I'll definitely need to watch again straight through before I really decide.
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See…I think Dano was fantastic, especially towards the end
 
Crabbers said:
See…I think Dano was fantastic, especially towards the end
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Yep. Definitely towards the end.

Hemotep said:
Still have about 45 minutes left to finish it, but hard agree on this take. I personally was not needing another batman reboot and wish we'd get some fresh content for a change.
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Same. Give me The Question or Booster Gold.

Hemotep said:
The sound is the highlight, visually I like most of what they did, Tuturro was great, Kravitz was great, but Dano and Patterson just aren't doing it for me.
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I didn't care for the score. Pattinson did nothing for me either. I probably won't revisit this one unless there's a direct sequel.
 
Hhabelt said:
Yep. Definitely towards the end.



Same. Give me The Question or Booster Gold.



I didn't care for the score. Pattinson did nothing for me either. I probably won't revisit this one unless there's a direct sequel.
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The Question would be great!

Booster Gold could be fun.
 
Hemotep said:
Definitely agree on Moon Knight and Oscar Isaac's ridiculous accent. So far it's one of the best things to come out of Marvel in a while. Although I still wish they'd do this as a show. It would have been better than the one they did do, which I still haven't finished but am slowly working my way through when I'm bored.
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Also agree that DMZ was pretty good. But Doom Patrol is still the DC show I'm most impressed with, after the Harley Quinn show of course.
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Just finished Old Man Hawkeye on Marvel Unlimited, now moving onto Old Man Quill which is a good read as well. Rocket Raccoon as a senior citizen wasn't something I knew I needed until now.
 
imtheocean said:
Just finished Old Man Hawkeye on Marvel Unlimited, now moving onto Old Man Quill which is a good read as well. Rocket Raccoon as a senior citizen wasn't something I knew I needed until now.
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I haven't read the Quill one yet, but going to go check that out now. It'll give me something to read in RSD line tomorrow!
 
The latest episode of Moon Knight was like, "okay, Ethan, you're gonna take on a bunch of gods, but we're not gonna show it because the budget is a little tight after we hired Rita Repusla to make some monsters grow. Let's wrap this up quickly with a time lapse or two so that we don't have to actually explain anything. They'll love it." Weak.
 
gaporter said:
Really enjoyed the Moon Knight finale! Makes me curious to see what happens next, which is what it was intended to do, so I'd say it succeeded.
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I agree, pretty crazy stuff! The previous episode felt heavy emotionally (in a good way which built the story) and the action in this one balanced it nicely. Really looking forward to seeing where they take it, the after credit scene was pretty cliffhangery!
 
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