JLA Brad Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 12 hours ago, AnthonyTheAbyss said: Surprisingly I'm seeing a lot more negative reviews than I expected. From the ones I've read it is either fantastic or horrific It's a DC movie - negative reviews are to be expected. I'm surprised they are all not negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comicopolis Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 12 hours ago, AnthonyTheAbyss said: Surprisingly I'm seeing a lot more negative reviews than I expected. From the ones I've read it is either fantastic or horrific It's Marmite for fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaylam Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 I like how at the end of the trailer they show they had the guts to show him in the classic gold and green costume (and made it look as cool as h**l)!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaylam Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 (edited) Not "lame" anymore Raj!!! Edited December 13, 2018 by Jaylam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 continuing to conquer China, now trailing Venom by 12% on comp basis w/ a second Friday actually slightly ahead; headed toward $240MM China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andahaion Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Saw it this evening and really enjoyed it. I’d put it right up there with Wonder Woman. Awesome visuals, would love to see a sequel. Heronext 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnkurJ Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Very well made movie with a great story and special effects! Definitely a DC top three along with The Dark Knight and Wonder Woman. Andahaion and Heronext 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heronext Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Saw it today. The movie was excellent. It takes you to not just one fantastical world but ten. I can see why Marvel is going to outer space because with this film DC owns the earth. fullerjason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chico_suave_58 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Saw the movie last night. It was impressive & entertaining. It had visuals of Avatar, the fast paced action of John Wick & the story-telling of a Star Wars flick (with a little heart-tugging sprinkled throughout). I would highly recommend it...well worth the ticket price. Heronext, kagenish, fullerjason and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 sea of cash keeps rolling in; $260MM after opening in many int'l markets. $189MM in China after ridiculous 2nd weekend down only 42%, may be looking at a final China total higher than Venom's $270MM. $800MM WW a distinct possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Seeing it on Wednesday. The CGI final battle in Wonder Woman really tainted the 2 hours of great storytelling that preceded it. Considering that this climax will probably occur underwater, I really have to convince myself to let it go if it plays out the same. Big difference is it was a 1-on-1 with Diana. If Aquaman involves armies of stuff in battle then it makes more sense. If it's a battle between Arthur and Orim or Manta, then I hope that's focused on a smaller scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kagenish Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 saw it last night and damn what a great movie to take the family and or group of friends. the movie has one simple storyline end goal but the journey to that endpoint was so much fun the twist, turns and character development. OH and let not forget the world DC/WB and James build is so amazing, I'll be going again this coming Friday. fullerjason and Andahaion 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzilla43 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 (edited) 59 minutes ago, TwoPiece said: The CGI final battle in Wonder Woman really tainted the 2 hours of great storytelling that preceded it. Yeah, it would have been so much better film without that CGI final battle. Edited December 16, 2018 by godzilla43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 13 minutes ago, godzilla43 said: Spoiler Yeah, it would have been so much better film if it would have ended that Diana just realising that man just are aggressive and there is no gods pulling the strings but yeah Aries just pops up and they start fighting.. spoilers dude! Spoiler! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzilla43 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 13 minutes ago, Bird said: spoilers dude! Spoiler! I edited my post but we talking about a film that has been in Netflix etc. for over a year so at this point everyone who had any interest of Wonder Woman film has already seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimebuster Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) I also saw this last night. I don't think there are any real spoilers in my review here but just in case. Spoiler Initial reaction: not very good, but well made, with some fun parts. I had the impression Wan's main goal was to make the DC superhero equivalent of a Transformers film - bright, flashy spectacle with no use for nuance or subtlety and no interest in character. It felt like this was something done by a very skilled filmmaker who wasn't really interested in making a good movie so much as the most mainstream action blockbuster possible. There we so many self-consciously "cool" moments that there were times I wondered if it was intentional parody. I'm not sure how many times someone posed long enough for a massive guitar riff to blare out behind them prior to the action commencing, but my guess is more than eight. One example of the film kewl factor being set too high is the sequence at 4:11 of this teaser: Okay, it was kind of cool. But just to make sure we were completely aware of how cool this is supposed to be, they not only went super slo mo, they then showed it twice from different angles. It was like the film was competing with itself to prove how cool it was. "Bro, yo think that pose and guitar riff is cool? Wait until you see it a second time in SLO MOTION! With, I dunno, maybe nunchucks?!" At times, Wan seemed to just throw as many "cool" signifiers as possible into scenes without regard to whether they fit or made any sense — some of the random 80's music was just completely jarring and weird. It felt like he was binge-watching Stranger Things while editing the film and was like, "hey, this is cool, and my movie is cool, so if I put it in my movie... double cool?! Right?" Anyway, it had some good things. It was much better made than the other non-Wonder Woman DC films. It was fantastic to see a DC movie where colors exist, for instance, and Wan really seemed to want to push this to the max, which was refreshing. Some of the visuals were actually pretty cool, even if they weren't shy about wearing their Tron influence as openly as possible. Still, I was not expecting Tron to be a major touchstone, so that was an unexpectedly fun angle (well, in moderation). For all his idiocy, Aquaman at least seemed like a cool dude underneath it all, which is a far cry from the morally conflicted and repugnant "heroes" in Snyder's films. Momoa's range is limited, but he did a good job with what they asked him to do, which honestly wasn't a whole hell of a lot other than take his shirt off. Final verdict: not good, but it didn't fill me with self loathing for having seen it, which is enough to make this the second best DC film behind Wonder Woman. Edited December 17, 2018 by Crimebuster Callaway29, Andahaion and Comicopolis 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyTheAbyss Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 12 hours ago, Crimebuster said: (From the spoiler tagged review)...Final verdict: not good, but it didn't fill me with self loathing for having seen it, which is enough to make this the second best DC film behind Wonder Woman. that's a ringing endorsement!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzMan Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 I saw it on Saturday. It was a fun movie and Jason Momoa really makes the movie. His Aquaman is all muscle and heart but not much brain, which is consistent with what we saw in Justice League. I must give DC some recognition for making the underwater scenes very well done...except for underwater cascades (c'mon, really?). It's a long movie, about 2.5 hours, but there's no time where the story slows down. I'd recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 How is everyone seeing this already? I thought it didn't open until Thursday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andahaion Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Larryw7 said: How is everyone seeing this already? I thought it didn't open until Thursday night. Amazon had a deal for Prime members to see it early. At least that’s how I saw it early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...