The rivalry mostly died down as comics died on their ass in the 80's, not a Miller worshipper by FAR, but the results that there are tons of superhero movies, a huge variety of comics of all types and people enjoying them without ridicule because of the rejuvenation caused by the revolution, it is well worth the price! Up until this movie, I honestly thought the DC/Marv rivalry crap had gone away - didn't take much to get people worked up again, it only started after Disney bought Marvel though for some reason.
In truth, people wanted to hate this film as soon as they heard the title. They didn't care if there was a reason or plot device, they shut down immediately. The trailer focusing on angry Supes and the idea that all of Metropolis hated him was bollocks, its just one angry, heavily manipulated one who is key to the plot. Having it marketed to them when they already hated it and wanted it to fail just pushed it over the edge.
It's all about the DARK, DARK, DARK rhetoric, but it's not as dark by FAR compared to the Nolan or even to a large extent the Burton films, but that's glossed over because apparently Heath Ledger and Nicholson were so awesome that their sick deeds are overlooked as "it's okay because they actors are good". And of course Supes wiping Lois's mind and having his evil side almost take over in the Reeve's movie was fine too, and the Routh Superman was nothing but a happy upper too, leaving his disabled kid to a life of misery. People really do look back with rose-tints don't they?
Bats and Supes fighting for a bit in ridiculous manga OTT style, stopping 10 mins later because they are motivated by love for their moms and then working together is just a step too far. I'd say the tone is much more serious than dark. Superman is serious, he is frustrated, he's also in love in an equal partnership, examining his purpose and loses that annoying bumbling Clark Kent bullshit to boot. If that makes him dark, dark, dark then I don't know why people bother watching movies at all if there is no contrast, it's boring.
Movie ratings seem to be srs bsns in the US, people give less creedence to them here, probably why I'm so bemused by all of this crap.
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Date: 2016-03-29 02:27 pm (UTC)In truth, people wanted to hate this film as soon as they heard the title. They didn't care if there was a reason or plot device, they shut down immediately. The trailer focusing on angry Supes and the idea that all of Metropolis hated him was bollocks, its just one angry, heavily manipulated one who is key to the plot. Having it marketed to them when they already hated it and wanted it to fail just pushed it over the edge.
It's all about the DARK, DARK, DARK rhetoric, but it's not as dark by FAR compared to the Nolan or even to a large extent the Burton films, but that's glossed over because apparently Heath Ledger and Nicholson were so awesome that their sick deeds are overlooked as "it's okay because they actors are good". And of course Supes wiping Lois's mind and having his evil side almost take over in the Reeve's movie was fine too, and the Routh Superman was nothing but a happy upper too, leaving his disabled kid to a life of misery. People really do look back with rose-tints don't they?
Bats and Supes fighting for a bit in ridiculous manga OTT style, stopping 10 mins later because they are motivated by love for their moms and then working together is just a step too far. I'd say the tone is much more serious than dark. Superman is serious, he is frustrated, he's also in love in an equal partnership, examining his purpose and loses that annoying bumbling Clark Kent bullshit to boot. If that makes him dark, dark, dark then I don't know why people bother watching movies at all if there is no contrast, it's boring.
Movie ratings seem to be srs bsns in the US, people give less creedence to them here, probably why I'm so bemused by all of this crap.