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<blockquote data-quote="horacethegrey" data-source="post: 6854993" data-attributes="member: 40123"><p><a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_v_superman_dawn_of_justice/" target="_blank">Currently at 39% at Rotten Tomatoes.</a></p><p></p><p>Some choice quotes from critics:</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter</span><p style="margin-left: 20px">The film may be imposing, but it's not fun.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald</span><p style="margin-left: 20px">In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel duke it out and the audience loses.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out</span><p style="margin-left: 20px">If there's any justice, dawning or otherwise, at the multiplex, audiences will reject Zack Snyder's lumbering, dead-on-arrival superhero mélange, a $250 million tombstone for a genre in dire need of a break.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">Jim Vejvoda, IGN</span><p style="margin-left: 20px">BvS is carried by a brutal Batfleck, but as a whole it offers more philosophical drama than superhero escapism.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">The Guardian, Andrew Pulver</span><p style="margin-left: 20px">It’s tough to take all the hardcore emoting seriously, particularly as the emotional heavy lifting is designed to be done by the occasional maudlin line in brief pauses between the explosions. For a film so concerned with its characters’ inner lives, there’s a fundamental disconnect going on here – enough to make you yearn for the lighter touch of the Marvel films.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">Scott Mendelson, Forbes</span><p style="margin-left: 20px">Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a treat for the eyes, but it will hurt your brain and break your heart.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">Robbie Collin, Telegraph</span><p style="margin-left: 20px">Marvel can rest easy. Zack Synder's superhero showdown is a meatheaded, humourless mess that makes little sense and squanders its cast - especially the women</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">William Bibbiani, CraveOnline</span><p style="margin-left: 20px">This film has turned all of its great characters into perfunctory plot points, in the service of a plot that doesn't even work well.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">Sean O'Connell, CinemaBlend</span><p style="margin-left: 20px">An improvement over Man of Steel, and a much better Batman movie than it is a Superman film. The highlights far outweigh the issues, and DC now has a base on which it can build its empire.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">Oscar Uriel, Cinema Movil</span><p style="margin-left: 20px">The film is a discordant and almost three hour experience. There are some good and bad things, but still better than Man of Steel.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">Uriel Barco, Garuyo</span><p style="margin-left: 20px">Not only is this a big let down in every sense, it makes you wonder if the rest of the DC Comics films will have the same fate.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/chris-nashawaty/" target="_blank">Chris Nashawaty</a></p><p><em>Entertainment Weekly</em><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'">It's another numbing smash-and-bash orgy of CGI mayhem with an ending that leaves the door open wide enough to justify the next 10 installments. Is it too late to demand a rematch?</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Will someone please stop giving Zack Snyder any more work? Particularly with comic book movies? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="horacethegrey, post: 6854993, member: 40123"] [URL="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_v_superman_dawn_of_justice/"]Currently at 39% at Rotten Tomatoes.[/URL] Some choice quotes from critics: [FONT=Helvetica Neue]Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter[/FONT][INDENT]The film may be imposing, but it's not fun. [/INDENT] [FONT=Helvetica Neue] Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald[/FONT][INDENT]In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel duke it out and the audience loses. [/INDENT] [FONT=Helvetica Neue] Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out[/FONT][INDENT]If there's any justice, dawning or otherwise, at the multiplex, audiences will reject Zack Snyder's lumbering, dead-on-arrival superhero mélange, a $250 million tombstone for a genre in dire need of a break. [/INDENT] [FONT=Helvetica Neue] Jim Vejvoda, IGN[/FONT][INDENT]BvS is carried by a brutal Batfleck, but as a whole it offers more philosophical drama than superhero escapism. [/INDENT] [FONT=Helvetica Neue] The Guardian, Andrew Pulver[/FONT][INDENT]It’s tough to take all the hardcore emoting seriously, particularly as the emotional heavy lifting is designed to be done by the occasional maudlin line in brief pauses between the explosions. For a film so concerned with its characters’ inner lives, there’s a fundamental disconnect going on here – enough to make you yearn for the lighter touch of the Marvel films. [/INDENT] [FONT=Helvetica Neue] Scott Mendelson, Forbes[/FONT][INDENT]Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a treat for the eyes, but it will hurt your brain and break your heart. [/INDENT] [FONT=Helvetica Neue] Robbie Collin, Telegraph[/FONT][INDENT]Marvel can rest easy. Zack Synder's superhero showdown is a meatheaded, humourless mess that makes little sense and squanders its cast - especially the women [/INDENT] [FONT=Helvetica Neue] William Bibbiani, CraveOnline[/FONT][INDENT]This film has turned all of its great characters into perfunctory plot points, in the service of a plot that doesn't even work well. [/INDENT] [FONT=Helvetica Neue] Sean O'Connell, CinemaBlend[/FONT][INDENT]An improvement over Man of Steel, and a much better Batman movie than it is a Superman film. The highlights far outweigh the issues, and DC now has a base on which it can build its empire. [/INDENT] [FONT=Helvetica Neue] Oscar Uriel, Cinema Movil[/FONT][INDENT]The film is a discordant and almost three hour experience. There are some good and bad things, but still better than Man of Steel. [/INDENT] [FONT=Helvetica Neue] Uriel Barco, Garuyo[/FONT][INDENT]Not only is this a big let down in every sense, it makes you wonder if the rest of the DC Comics films will have the same fate. [/INDENT] [URL="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/chris-nashawaty/"]Chris Nashawaty[/URL] [I]Entertainment Weekly[/I][INDENT][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Source Sans Pro]It's another numbing smash-and-bash orgy of CGI mayhem with an ending that leaves the door open wide enough to justify the next 10 installments. Is it too late to demand a rematch? [/FONT][/COLOR] Will someone please stop giving Zack Snyder any more work? Particularly with comic book movies? :mad:[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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