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I heard there was going to be an R - option for B vs S.....if so, should be much better.
Biggest problem with so many franchises is that the darker characters are complete garbage after being nerfed by a PG-13.
Imagine the Hulk movies done R, can't be done right otherwise.
For example, the whole Avengers plot limps when Banner flies off into hiding because it doesn't quite make sense because they don't actually show *why*. If they'd shown the Hulk losing it and throwing a gas tanker into the side of loaded city bus then suddenly the audience understands *why* Banner has to live in isolation.
There are a number of REALLY good animated movies out that hint at how things could be better "darker", Flashpoint Paradox with a much more militant Batman for example plus others.
There are a number of REALLY good animated movies out that hint at how things could be better "darker", Flashpoint Paradox with a much more militant Batman for example plus others.
IMO, that should've been a live-action film. Audiences would've eaten it up.
My worry is that many directors (Zack Snyder being their King) think that "dark" means gratuitous violence, morally ambivalent protagonists, and harsh language, all in night shots where it is preferably raining.
IMO, that should've been a live-action film. Audiences would've eaten it up.
Maybe in some 10 years iff (if and ONLY if) the DCEU is to catch on. Flashpoint is a VERY complex story to just throw on screen and has a lot of differences that would throw too many people for a loop. So you tell me Superman is say an out of control Superboy, Batman isn't Bruce Wayne, The Joker is...
Spoiler
Martha Wayne
and you have a Doctor Manhattan wannabe being used as a bomb. (Yes, I know Captain Atom predates Manhattan but Manhattan is far more iconic to comic fans post 80's.) I loved it as a movie but it was rather short and also the Atom issue of "Who is this bomb?" got me a bit scratching my head and I am typically like I understand that.
I will say I think Deadline is underestimating the US take (I can see it easily doing 160m, even 180m (perhaps more based on twitter reactions)) but I am not sure it will be higher than that. At 140m, it has to be a snow-in to get that otherwise it is a bomb for a film opening against no real competition. Allegent is going to be a front-loaded openning weekend as most dystopian young adult films are, Zootopia will be in its fourth weekend, 10 Cloverfield Lane will have had its novelty ware off and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 will not even break 40m openning weekend. Those are the main ones that should be the top 5 that weekend besides BvS.
Those are lo-ball estimates, yes. It will do more. I expect it to break these four Opening Weekend records.
Top March OW — $153M (The Hunger Games, 2012)
Top Easter OW — $147M (Furious 7, 2015)
Top DC OW — $161M (The Dark Knight Rises, 2012)
Top WB OW — $169M (Harry Potter 7 Pt. II, 2011)
I think it could break everything but the The Dark Knight Rises record (and by virtue the WB OW.) Why, that movie came off of a HUGE film that most people loved in The Dark Knight (I was one of the few based on the end of Two-Face) and it was lower only because of the shooting at that midnight showing. Batman V. Superman has the task of righting things wrong in Man of Steel and starting the universe, but at least it has Batman and the debut of Wonder Woman in film to fix it. It can also be effected by a late winter storm also (that's where that softball 140m comes into play IMO.)
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