I think they are trying too hard to replicate what Christopher Nolan did with the Dark Knight films, which oddly are less depressing/nilhilistic...and that's saying something. Noticed that with MoS - which I didn't enjoy and found headache inducing. From the reviews...it appears this is similar to MoS, plus a depressing ending.
Synder does swing towards high operatic tones and grim/depressing nihilism - as seen in 300, MoS, and The Watchmen, which is why I decided to wait and see the film on tv instead of forking over 15-20 bucks on the movie. It's expensive in NY and not comfortable - no reclining chairs in my area.
I'd agree that the DC TV shows are lighter in tone and a bit more fun. They don't take themselves quite so seriously, neither does the Marvel film franchise, or for that matter the X-Men film franchise. The problem is some of these directors are trying to do what Chris Nolan did with the Batman franchise -- taking it up a level, which...is really hard to do well with a superhero film. Plus the audience doesn't necessarily want the art-film take anyhow.
That's what the Fantastic Four reboot attempted to do -- that director was trying to be "experimental" and "artistic", which...fell apart.
The best superhero films that I've seen to date are The Dark Knight (which still plays with my head and I could only watch once), and X-Men: Days of Future Past. But both were character driven films, not plot driven, with an emphasis on the characters more so than the action. One was pure noire in tone -- and borrowed heavily from the Alan Moore/Frank Miller take on the Batman series, the other was lighter, political satire, that borrowed heavily from Chris Claremount's take on the X-Men.
I like the Iron Man films for Downy Jr., but the Captain America films are far better written and directed - and possibly the best of the Marvel franchise, along with the recent film Ant-Man.
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Date: 2016-03-27 10:57 pm (UTC)Synder does swing towards high operatic tones and grim/depressing nihilism - as seen in 300, MoS, and The Watchmen, which is why I decided to wait and see the film on tv instead of forking over 15-20 bucks on the movie.
It's expensive in NY and not comfortable - no reclining chairs in my area.
I'd agree that the DC TV shows are lighter in tone and a bit more fun. They don't take themselves quite so seriously, neither does the Marvel film franchise, or for that matter the X-Men film franchise. The problem is some of these directors are trying to do what Chris Nolan did with the Batman franchise -- taking it up a level, which...is really hard to do well with a superhero film. Plus the audience doesn't necessarily want the art-film take anyhow.
That's what the Fantastic Four reboot attempted to do -- that director was trying to be "experimental" and "artistic", which...fell apart.
The best superhero films that I've seen to date are The Dark Knight (which still plays with my head and I could only watch once), and X-Men: Days of Future Past. But both were character driven films, not plot driven, with an emphasis on the characters more so than the action. One was pure noire in tone -- and borrowed heavily from the Alan Moore/Frank Miller take on the Batman series, the other was lighter, political satire, that borrowed heavily from Chris Claremount's take on the X-Men.
I like the Iron Man films for Downy Jr., but the Captain America films are far better written and directed - and possibly the best of the Marvel franchise, along with the recent film Ant-Man.