So down she goes, getting ahead of her horse and the competitors who had passed her. Diana, at a loss about what to do, notices a drain slide for water. The horse keeps going along the path down the cliff. There’s a bit of an uncanny valley thing going on the whole time.ĭuring the race, Diana’s way in the lead when she gets distracted and clips a bush and falls off her horse. Especially in the cuts between the absurd athletcism of CGI Diana vs the normal child actor. But visually it’s a little goofy/jarring to see an 8-year old outclass grown women. And I get having a young Diana competing against grown women shows just how powerful Diana is. The idea of the Amazonian Olympics is cool. Otherwise, I could be here all day and tomorrow. I want to focus on just a few things regarding Wonder Woman 1984. Regardless, definitely the worst movie I’ve seen in almost a decade. Or maybe 2011’s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close? Hm. Instead, we got what’s probably the worst movie I’ve seen since 2010’s Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (Guy Pierce, Katie Holmes). But they have enough moments that you enjoy the experience. Are they as awesome as Curse of the Black Pearl? No. Like watching the 2nd and 3rd Pirates of the Caribbean movies. If 75.5 minutes of that were good-I think we could all be pretty satisfied with the time spent. I’d have even been happy with 50/50, ya know? Especially when it’s a 2 hour and 31 minute movie. I had hoped that at the very least I’d get a second serving of the 80/20 good/bad mix from the first Wonder Woman. So a lot of points for that.īirds of Prey: I’ll be honest with you, I didn’t watch it.Īnd then we have Wonder Woman 1984. The climax at the fair is arguably the best set piece in the DC universe. The heart probably makes up for and masks a lot of complaints someone might have with pacing, villains, logistics, origin story tropes, etc. It’s a movie with so much heart, especially with how emotionally dead some of the other DC movies can feel. If you wanted to argue this was a start-to-finish home run, I’d probably allow it. Shazam!: Shazam! was a lot of fun! And it’s what I thought Aquaman would be. I haven’t watched a James Wan movie since Saw but this is more a Warner Bros/DC issue than a James Wan issue. It all felt like a poor use of cinematic language. But like with Justice League or the last part of Wonder Woman: I didn’t much care for the editing, the CGI, the choreography, the dialogue, etc. It definitely had a similar sense of comedy to all the Thor films. I had heard so many good things I thought it might be on the level of Thor: Ragnarok. Hopefully the Synder Cut saves the day.Īquaman: I dislike this more than most people. I just didn’t enjoy any of the execution on those ideas. But not even close to conquering the low bar that was the theatrical version of BvS. Justice League: Definitely better than Suicide Squad. The change in quality was unexpected and upsetting. The action lost its refined choreography. That third act ruined Wonder Woman for me. Rumor is Geoff Johns, co-writer of WW84, was the one who wrote the changes. Fun fact, like two weeks ago, right before WW84 released, Patty Jenkins revealed the studio forced her to change Wonder Woman‘s third act. It seemed like DC had finally figured out how to make a superhero movie. Wonder Woman: The first 2/3rds of Wonder Woman was excellent. This would have been a home run if it were the first and only version of BvS. I’m still not sure it competes with the best Marvel movies, but it certainly deserves to be in the conversation. And what do you know? It made something I hated into something I really enjoy. It’s legitimately all the character motivation stuff the studio thought unnecessary. And the fight choreography left me uninspired (outside that one Batman scene).īatman v Superman: Ultimate Edition: The added content actually saved the movie. Every scene was either illogical or cheesy or both. The public outrage at Superman made no sense. Man of Steel: I like it better than most people, but the dark tone made it a contentious offering for Superman fans who wanted more hope.īatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: The theatrical version was, I thought, straight up bad. “Chris, what about ?” Well let’s go through them. They haven’t really had a start-to-finish home run. The one consistent thing about the DC universe has been the Inconsistent quality. I went into Wonder Woman 1984 with higher hopes than a DC movie probably deserves.
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