Eh, fair enough.I don't see why that's a bad thing. If we can get movies like Shazam and Joker in the same year, I'm very excited for DC's future.
Eh, fair enough.I don't see why that's a bad thing. If we can get movies like Shazam and Joker in the same year, I'm very excited for DC's future.
They didn't get rid of a shared universe. The movies still connect. They let the film makers actually make the movie they wanted to and stopped messing with their final edits. Also, Zack isn't in charge anymore.I wonder what changed at DC to have this kind of turnaround? I suppose getting rid of the shared universe?
Shazam actually reference MOS, BvS and Aquaman. The only disconnected movie is Joker.I'd hold off on that. Shazam didn't do so hot even though it was pretty well received, and a lot of these movies are pretty much disconnected from each other.
You won't miss a thing by not seeing it.I never ended up seeing Suicide Squad, any ideas on if it's okay to skip? Or should I just bite the bullet and watch before seeing this.
I never ended up seeing Suicide Squad, any ideas on if it's okay to skip? Or should I just bite the bullet and watch before seeing this.
I'd hold off on that. Shazam didn't do so hot even though it was pretty well received, and a lot of these movies are pretty much disconnected from each other.
I wonder what changed at DC to have this kind of turnaround? I suppose getting rid of the shared universe?
Shazam actually reference MOS, BvS and Aquaman. The only disconnected movie is Joker.
Glad this one is being well received, looking forward to watching it this weekend.
I knew it referenced Batman and Superman obviously, but the way those references were handled had me thinking they were mostly different takes on the characters (costume aside). I also sorta thought they were stepping it down even more going forward.I mean but they aren't
They aren't as tightly this movie leads to this movie led to that movie as Marvel
But clearly establish that Aquaman, Shazam and BoP take place in the same universe/continuity as MoS, BvS, Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman.
Last year, "Roma" was favored to win both prizes. Fortunately, "Green Book" took best picture,
I knew it referenced Batman and Superman obviously, but the way those references were handled had me thinking they were mostly different takes on the characters (costume aside). I also sorta thought they were stepping it down even more going forward.
Happy to be wrong, though!
This guy gives this movie a 0/4, how does any movie honestly deserve a 0 out of 4? Did he not find anything to enioy at all... like I understand giving it a 10% or even 30% if you didnt like it but a 0%. Anyways here's a brief bit of his review.
Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn" is more than horrible. It should not exist. Money should never have been raised for it. The screenplay should never have been filmed. Margot Robbie shouldn't have produced it. She certainly shouldn't have starred in it. It's just a terrible thing to inflict on audiences, who, after all, didn't hurt anyone and just hoped to have a nice time.
The movie has style problems, story problems, plotting problems and tonal problems, but if there's a main problem, it's with the central character, Harley Quinn (Robbie). The character makes no sense — but no, even that makes things sound better than they are. There's no character there at all.
NawWonder what movie can break the fresh streak. Possibly Black Adam?
Or has DC become like Marvel where it will continue to get fresh tomatoes.
I mean the film itself was utter shit so I can hope Robbie's Quinn is better in this.
This guy gives this movie a 0/4, how does any movie honestly deserve a 0 out of 4? Did he not find anything to enioy at all... like I understand giving it a 10% or even 30% if you didnt like it but a 0%. Anyways here's a brief bit of his review.
Wonder what movie can break the fresh streak. Possibly Black Adam?
Or has DC become like Marvel where it will continue to get fresh tomatoes.
That's true, they seem to want to move away from the Snyder movies but still show that they still exist in that universe. I believe going forward those movies will be forgotten entirely with this new phase, especially after Flashpoint if the movie rumours are true.I knew it referenced Batman and Superman obviously, but the way those references were handled had me thinking they were mostly different takes on the characters (costume aside). I also sorta thought they were stepping it down even more going forward.
Happy to be wrong, though!
Hehe... :p
Flashpoint would be a very convenient way to do a "keep what worked ditch what didn't" approach to things, yeah.That's true, they seem to want to move away from the Snyder movies but still show that they still exist in that universe. I believe going forward those movies will be forgotten entirely with this new phase, especially after Flashpoint if the movie rumours are true.
Very very unlikely those will be bad films. Those folks will keep taking Ls.
Sounds more like an angry fan than an actual professional critic.This guy gives this movie a 0/4, how does any movie honestly deserve a 0 out of 4? Did he not find anything to enioy at all... like I understand giving it a 10% or even 30% if you didnt like it but a 0%. Anyways here's a brief bit of his review.
WW84 is DC next billion movie.Black Adam is going to be the next DC billion movie.
Dwayne Johnson brings the money
I never ended up seeing Suicide Squad, any ideas on if it's okay to skip? Or should I just bite the bullet and watch before seeing this.
Definitely possible. Its international performance should be stronger than the first film.
So you "read" a few reviews, but some how missed that it's Rated R and filled with violence?Reading a few reviews...
so it's an okay movie with good action scenes and Harley carries most the movie.
I'll catch a matinee with my kid if he wants to go.
So you "read" a few reviews, but some how missed that it's Rated R and filled with violence?
You clowns need to do a better job of hating on this movie. This is just lazy at this point.
Wonder what movie can break the fresh streak. Possibly Black Adam?
Or has DC become like Marvel where it will continue to get fresh tomatoes.
I think the poster was commenting on you taking what they assume is a kid to a rated R movie.As she throws Harley Quinn into various kinds of trouble, convinces her to save the young thief instead of turning her over and has the women team up to fight Roman's ever-expanding gang, Yan finds plenty of opportunities for exciting set pieces: Extravagant action choreography makes the most of colorful set design, unlikely gimmicks and wrasslin'-style brutality. But Hodson's script offers far less diverting banter than it might've between the fight scenes, and has a hard time imagining the unconstrained id that makes Harley Quinn so magnetic. One or two beautiful sequences — like the one in which Harley's longing for a perfect breakfast sandwich leads to tragedy — don't suffice to keep the character's magnetic madness alive onscreen.
Nor does the picture suggest there'd be any reason to watch a Birds of Prey movie that stars only the crimefighters who'll eventually adopt that name. Without Harley Quinn, these are characters who'd be doing well to carry a basic-cable TV series. Cassandra Cain, in the comics, is one of many women who fight crime under the Batgirl moniker. But nothing in Birds of Prey suggests she'd ever merit further attention, far out in this suburb of Gotham with Batman nowhere to be found.
You should maybe read the reviews instead of jerking off to the RT scoreThe script, by Christina Hodson ("Bumblebee"), has attitude to spare, but in a rather bare-bones way. It's going for the sparky nihilist defiance of "Deadpool," with a running fourth-wall-breaking commentary by Harley, and there are cheeky character IDs ripping across the screen, as when Harley discovers herself under attack by the driver behind her, identified as "Some Frida Kahlo-looking asshole" (which she indeed is). But if the film's (black) heart is in the right acid place, "Birds of Prey" could have used more of the intricate cleverness of "Deadpool." The actresses who come together to form Harley's posse, like Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Roman's nightclub chanteuse Black Canary or Ella Jay Basco as the wily Cassandra, have presence to spare, but you wish they'd been given more to do.
I can post more if you'd like.
Edited: here's another one
Birds of Prey certainly errs on the side of style over substance — if you dig too far into its flashy surface, you may not find much underneath. It's not saying anything deep or groundbreaking about the female experience or the nature of revenge. Birds of Prey is reveling in being as gonzo and stylish as it can be. But when the fights are this thrilling and the humor this absurd, whatever's underneath the surface doesn't matter all that much.
As long as David Sandberg is doing Black Adam it's hard to imagine the Shazam series doing a nose dive.
I think the poster was commenting on you taking what they assume is a kid to a rated R movie.
You literally just proved my point. All the reviews you are citing explicitly call out the violence, the R rating, comparisons to Deadpool and Kill Bill, explicit language. Nice try.As she throws Harley Quinn into various kinds of trouble, convinces her to save the young thief instead of turning her over and has the women team up to fight Roman's ever-expanding gang, Yan finds plenty of opportunities for exciting set pieces: Extravagant action choreography makes the most of colorful set design, unlikely gimmicks and wrasslin'-style brutality. But Hodson's script offers far less diverting banter than it might've between the fight scenes, and has a hard time imagining the unconstrained id that makes Harley Quinn so magnetic. One or two beautiful sequences — like the one in which Harley's longing for a perfect breakfast sandwich leads to tragedy — don't suffice to keep the character's magnetic madness alive onscreen.
Nor does the picture suggest there'd be any reason to watch a Birds of Prey movie that stars only the crimefighters who'll eventually adopt that name. Without Harley Quinn, these are characters who'd be doing well to carry a basic-cable TV series. Cassandra Cain, in the comics, is one of many women who fight crime under the Batgirl moniker. But nothing in Birds of Prey suggests she'd ever merit further attention, far out in this suburb of Gotham with Batman nowhere to be found.
You should maybe read the reviews instead of jerking off to the RT scoreThe script, by Christina Hodson ("Bumblebee"), has attitude to spare, but in a rather bare-bones way. It's going for the sparky nihilist defiance of "Deadpool," with a running fourth-wall-breaking commentary by Harley, and there are cheeky character IDs ripping across the screen, as when Harley discovers herself under attack by the driver behind her, identified as "Some Frida Kahlo-looking asshole" (which she indeed is). But if the film's (black) heart is in the right acid place, "Birds of Prey" could have used more of the intricate cleverness of "Deadpool." The actresses who come together to form Harley's posse, like Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Roman's nightclub chanteuse Black Canary or Ella Jay Basco as the wily Cassandra, have presence to spare, but you wish they'd been given more to do.
I can post more if you'd like.
Edited: here's another one
Birds of Prey certainly errs on the side of style over substance — if you dig too far into its flashy surface, you may not find much underneath. It's not saying anything deep or groundbreaking about the female experience or the nature of revenge. Birds of Prey is reveling in being as gonzo and stylish as it can be. But when the fights are this thrilling and the humor this absurd, whatever's underneath the surface doesn't matter all that much.
You literally just proved my point. All the reviews you are citing explicitly call out the violence, the R rating, comparisons to Deadpool and Kill Bill, explicit language. Nice try.
Sandberg's directing Shazam 2. Black Adam's being done by the guy who made Jungle Cruise with the Rock.