Comments | andrewducker: I feel conflicted about the DC Movies announcement

andrewducker

I feel conflicted about the DC Movies announcement

Oct 15, 2014 21:35

Bart_calendar pointed me towards this announcement by DC of 10 movies, including a Wonder Woman movie.

And on the one hand, "Yay! A bunch of movies that might be fun! Including a female-led one for once!"

But on the other hand, DC do not have a great habit of making movies that I fall in love with. Looking back over the list, the last one I came out of the ( Read more... )

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joexnz October 15 2014, 21:06:50 UTC

DC do seem to failed at zeitgeist

gonzo21 October 15 2014, 22:22:13 UTC

I'm sure they'll do good business, but I'm completely underwhelmed by DC. Like you... the only one I've really liked was a long time ago.

Batman Returns I think, the one that rebooted the franchise? I liked that one. Hated pretty much every other one.

cartesiandaemon October 15 2014, 22:27:57 UTC

Wow, that's quite a line up. But yes, I share the "meh".

I feel like, the natural tone for a superhero movie is fun, exciting, and not boring. I also like triumphant and thought provoking, but they aren't necessary. I don't think it's _just_ me that thinks that. I felt like Dark Knight was at the grim end of that spectrum (but it was fun too), and Incredibles at the fluff end (but it was tense too), and the first couple of Christopher Reeve Superman films somewhere in the middle. But at some point, someone decided superhero films should be grim and/or boring. Seriously, if your movie is grimmer than watchmen, grimmer than schindler's list, I think something's gone wrong...

Some of them sound like fun! But I think I'll wait for reviews before seeing them...

radiumhead October 16 2014, 05:48:03 UTC

Dc sucks. Thats life. They dont know how to make any movie that isnt Superman or Batman. I hate DC, & eagerly await their crushing failures.

And the marvel fanboy in me will joyously dance in their ashes, while Cap 3, Avengers 2 & 3, and Guardians of the Galaxy 2 & 3 take over the world.

lil_shepherd October 16 2014, 06:34:49 UTC

I liked the first two Batman movies in both franchises, though they had their faults (Burton's concentration on the villains, a hang-over from the 60s TV series, and Nolan's unfortunate inability to kill his babies - my housemate actually walked out of the cinema halfway into TDKR and having seen it on DVD, I don't blame her!) Green Lantern sucked big time. 'Superman' benefited from having the wonderful Christopher Reeve and a decent director. Having seen Daredevil I am unconvinced by the idea of Affleck as Batman and I have carefully avoided Man of Steel.

It's not the property itself, though. DC hires good people to make their live action TV series, and have done ever since, at least Wonderwoman, while the people Marvel hired gave us the sub-Fugitive Incredible Hulk and I have still to be convinced by Agents of SHIELD. DC's cartoons are better overall than Marvel's, fond though I am of Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

Marvel have their own problems. They - quite rightly - rejected Ang Lee's Hulk from the MCU, and while The ( ... )