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Well, finally saw Black Adam - which is the last film produced/spear-headed by the former WB/DC show-runners - Geoff Johns & John Berg, and Walter Hamada. (DC's version of Kevin Feige for Marvel). It was one of the spin-off or stand-alone films made after Snyder's five year plan was tossed aside and Whedon was brought on board.
It's not very good. I can see why it didn't do that well at the box office.
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I didn't care about anyone in the movie, and I should have. It has a lot of pretty visuals, and the CGI painted visuals are well done. Snyder's era and the films spun out of that - all look like paintings, and from a purely "visual" set up - are well done. But the story, dialogue, character development, performances - are lacking. The dialogue is stilted, and lacks humor or depth. The characters are thrown at us, and lack motivation or much back-story at all - the only one we get any back story on is Black Adam. And his story feels cut and pasted from other, better films.
The set up? ( Read more... )
The movie felt like it went on forever. I was bored. Although I did like Doctor Fate. ( Read more... )
After I saw this film, I could see why DC chose to fire its current show-runners after this movie hit the theaters, and nix it's current plan (which was largely non-existent at this point). Snyder's five year plan had been nipped in the bud several years ago, because Snyder was a bit too dark, and had a relatively small nitch audience. DC needed a bigger one than that - to cover the increasingly expensive films. Keep in mind these films cost well over $200 million to make, so they had to make twice that to break even.
I also understand why they hired the current ones - the current team is lighter in tone, has a less authoritarian/fascist slant. Like it or not, objectively speaking Guardians of the Galaxy didn't only do a whole lot better at the box office than any of the DC films, including Black Adam, it also was a more entertaining and far better movie. Better dialogue, better plot, and a better effects. (Whether you prefer to look at the Rock, Cavil or Chris Pratt is irrelevant - Guardians had badass female fighters and a diverse cast.)
This film and those that proceeded it - explains the changes going down in the DC Movie-verse. It's not a good film. Wakanda Forever kind of mops the floor with it, as did Black Panther. The Marvel films are far superior to it, heck the Marvel television series are for that matter. All it had going for it were the visuals. And I've seen better ones in some of the Marvel films.
While not considered completely a flop...it didn't make back as much as anticipated, and went to streaming far earlier than planned.
In short, I'd skip it. ( Read more... )
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Disney's 30th Anniversary of Beauty and the Beast
I waited to see it on Disney + - because I knew there'd be a ton of commercials.
I was right - because they had the breaks still in there - not the commercials, just the announcement of a break for them - which was amusing.
It was, outside of the above, well done. They combined the stage, animated, and back stage process together. So we saw how the animation was done, along with how they handled the staging, costumes of the stage version, and the songs along with the story-boarding. I was impressed with it. Along with the stellar cast chosen to perform it.
It's not very good. I can see why it didn't do that well at the box office.
( Read more... )
I didn't care about anyone in the movie, and I should have. It has a lot of pretty visuals, and the CGI painted visuals are well done. Snyder's era and the films spun out of that - all look like paintings, and from a purely "visual" set up - are well done. But the story, dialogue, character development, performances - are lacking. The dialogue is stilted, and lacks humor or depth. The characters are thrown at us, and lack motivation or much back-story at all - the only one we get any back story on is Black Adam. And his story feels cut and pasted from other, better films.
The set up? ( Read more... )
The movie felt like it went on forever. I was bored. Although I did like Doctor Fate. ( Read more... )
After I saw this film, I could see why DC chose to fire its current show-runners after this movie hit the theaters, and nix it's current plan (which was largely non-existent at this point). Snyder's five year plan had been nipped in the bud several years ago, because Snyder was a bit too dark, and had a relatively small nitch audience. DC needed a bigger one than that - to cover the increasingly expensive films. Keep in mind these films cost well over $200 million to make, so they had to make twice that to break even.
I also understand why they hired the current ones - the current team is lighter in tone, has a less authoritarian/fascist slant. Like it or not, objectively speaking Guardians of the Galaxy didn't only do a whole lot better at the box office than any of the DC films, including Black Adam, it also was a more entertaining and far better movie. Better dialogue, better plot, and a better effects. (Whether you prefer to look at the Rock, Cavil or Chris Pratt is irrelevant - Guardians had badass female fighters and a diverse cast.)
This film and those that proceeded it - explains the changes going down in the DC Movie-verse. It's not a good film. Wakanda Forever kind of mops the floor with it, as did Black Panther. The Marvel films are far superior to it, heck the Marvel television series are for that matter. All it had going for it were the visuals. And I've seen better ones in some of the Marvel films.
While not considered completely a flop...it didn't make back as much as anticipated, and went to streaming far earlier than planned.
In short, I'd skip it. ( Read more... )
***
Disney's 30th Anniversary of Beauty and the Beast
I waited to see it on Disney + - because I knew there'd be a ton of commercials.
I was right - because they had the breaks still in there - not the commercials, just the announcement of a break for them - which was amusing.
It was, outside of the above, well done. They combined the stage, animated, and back stage process together. So we saw how the animation was done, along with how they handled the staging, costumes of the stage version, and the songs along with the story-boarding. I was impressed with it. Along with the stellar cast chosen to perform it.