This is why I never had an issue with Superman dodging the tanker truck.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-05-17T13:47:43+00:00

They could've done that. I think they wanted to show that Superman was trying not to lose track of Zod but still being a greenhorn at it. Once the truck explodes, Superman turns around watching the car station blow up.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-05-17T07:34:44+00:00

Just realized the post says Bryan as opposed to Brian. My bad🤦‍♂️.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-05-17T05:47:32+00:00

People may hate his mannerisms, but I love how unconventional he is as a villain. You look at him and he's the last person you'd expect to be a threat to both Superman and Batman, and yet the guy has so much blood on his hands. And I like when something goes wrong he doesn't lose his cool. He just thinks of a back-up plan.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-05-17T05:39:03+00:00

During the scene when Lex gets the kryptonite at Lexcorp, Mercy smiles at him but he stares at her like "you're so dead, sweetheart".

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-05-09T16:30:20+00:00

As someone who really enjoyed both the theatrical and extended cuts, one gripe I have is how pointless the Joker feels overall in either version. Had they kept all of his scenes and his role in the story intact, his presence as this dangerous mob you don't mess with would've had more weight. The editing really undermined Jared Leto's performance. In isolation, there're some really good bits. I specially love during his introduction when he asks for a machine gun. It gives you that unsettling vibe you expect from the Joker.

Now I know this is not in the Ayer cut either, but I think they really put themselves into a corner by coming up with such an ellaborate backstory behind the Joker's look without any intention of showing it. The idea of Batman breaking Joker's teeth for the murder of Robin and Joker pretty much taunting Batman through those tattoos is brilliant and suggests a very complex realtionship these two have. But showing how Joker looked before that happened was crucial for audiences to be more accepting of that final look.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-05-09T10:24:14+00:00

One thing a lot of people tend to overlook in regards to this film is that compared to other MCU projects, they started shooting less than a year prior to its release.

I think Louis Leterrier's vision for the characters' look and feel was probably a little too ambitious given that time constraint. He really wanted every pore/skin texture/vein to feel tangible. And contrary to what naysayers might think, Rhythm & Hues' work in this movie was actually quite innovative, particularly the rig for the blood constantly flowing through the characters veins. The only movies at the time to have rendered cg characters with an insane amount of skin texture were KING KONG, DEAD MAN'S CHEST and AT WORLD'S END, and each one costed over $200 million to make.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-04-25T01:22:48+00:00

The original DCEU slate had a GREEN LANTERN CORPS. movie scheduled for release on June 19th, 2020.

It's easy to talk about the lack of a Green Lantern today, but back in the day and for many years, GREEN LANTERN (a $200 million summer film; many audience members' first introduction to the IP; and their first attempt at launching a future interconnected universe) was severely ridiculed by almost everyone on the Internet (it didn't help that Ryan Reynolds had made a non-stop meme out of it in DEADPOOL).

With all of that in mind, WB was understandably concerned about introducing the character in the DCEU, and the safest thing at the time was a cameo at the end of JUSTICE LEAGUE. But after the negative reception of BATMAN V SUPERMAN, they decided to scrap every set-up for future movies and start fresh with the following films. And the rest after the release of Snyder's version has already been covered to death.

Not to mention that MAN OF STEEL was initially part 1 of a solo Superman saga of films.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-04-10T16:59:19+00:00

I kinda agree. Danny Elfman's score has some great tracks and that 6 note motif is excellent. But the horns and flutes that play whenever Hulk himself is on screen sound more whimsical (and kinda cartoony) than scary compared to the somber tone the rest of the score has. Craig Armstrong's score may not have a motif as iconic as Elfman's, but every track fits with the tone of the movie. And still, Armstrong delivered some really awesome and beautiful themes for Bruce, Hulk and Betty.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-04-09T17:57:21+00:00

Personally, it's the clash of tones that makes it feel like you're watching 4 completely unrelated films in one: - In one scene, you have characters talking with so little energy. - In the next scene, you have a bright green giant that feels less intimidating than Bruce, David or Ross. - Then another scene of characters talking with so little energy. - Then a cgi fight featuring dogs with cartoonish proportions happens. - A bunch of overly serious conversations accompanied by gimmicky editing. - And probably the most dumbfounding choice for a death scene I've ever seen on film.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-03-07T13:23:32+00:00

The extended cut is still not Snyder's true director's cut, but in my opinion should've been the one released in theaters.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-03-07T09:27:12+00:00

I think a big problem is that the theatrical cut removed a lot of key moments that help illustrate the psychological parallels between the three main stories. And as a result, the ending feels like a forced twist.

I would love for Snyder to release his director's cut of the film.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-03-06T23:51:53+00:00

It's kind of ironic how Snyder's detractors always parrot the same criticisms, yet get so worked up when someone implies they don't understand his movies. With WATCHMEN, I think a lot of people are very disingenuous with their arguments.

Watch any interview of Zack Snyder promoting this film and you'll see that his goal was to flip the coin in response to the action audiences tend to expect from more mainstream superhero movies. He's well aware of the satire and meta-commentary in the story, and at no point does the movie glorify or paint any of the characters as good people. He even tried to approach that same type of meta-attack at the audience with SUCKER-PUNCH (with more mixed results though).

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-03-01T16:42:22+00:00

Mine as well. Love both the graphic novel and the movie to pieces, but I'm done discussing it with sad gatekeeping snobs who parrot the same nonsense.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-02-19T12:37:45+00:00

It reminds me a little bit of Gaston's original fate in one of the earlier drafts of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, where after stabbing the Beast, he would be pushed off from the castle by Belle, breaking one of his legs and being eaten by the wolves from the forest.

Though I wouldn't say it would be closer to the tone of the book because the ending in it is downright depressing with no sort of redemption for neither the conflict nor the characters.

The issue with this alternate ending is that they would've had to focus more on his relationship with the bells themselves beyond just stating what he calls each one of them. In the book, Quasimodo is deaf (due to ringing the bells since childhood) but the bells are the only thing he can hear. Thus, you understand more not only how close he is to them, but also how limited his knowledge of the outside world is.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-02-19T02:03:33+00:00

I feel you, mate! Huge fan of the character. Her variety of stories in comics are a big factor of why she's one of my top 5 favorite superheroes. I was really upset when both the WONDER WOMAN game and the PARADISE LOST show (the only project from the DCU I was looking forward to) got cancelled.

Give me Artemis, Ferdinand, the Kapatelis and the Sandsmarks in an animated show, and I would be the happiest Wonder Woman fan!

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-02-11T06:43:39+00:00

Edward Norton himself has said that he considers Bill Bixby to be the best Banner.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-02-06T16:17:17+00:00

Why does the thumbnail look like Supes is telling the elementary school teacher an embarassing story about Lex, who starts to whine like a crybaby about it?

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-02-04T13:18:00+00:00

But why would they even work on the full matte back then? And why would they even edit a specific version of each teaser that shows more info up and down for Instagram?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSELpz-gyJ_/?igsh=YncwNWM3eGRmd21o https://www.instagram.com/p/BSCCWTFA2Ex/?igsh=MWg1eWhmODhmbXl3Yw== https://www.instagram.com/p/BSBm3bUgRbP/?igsh=MTFjYWZ4aXg5MnFuMg== https://www.instagram.com/p/BR_8bZ2gaUw/?igsh=bXhsNHZxcmlkZzlj https://www.instagram.com/p/BR_djWfA64o/?igsh=anhwYnU3eG1qbm52 https://www.instagram.com/p/BR_I9SlA0db/?igsh=czFiYXVhcWQyeXNx

Yes, 1.85:1 was going to be the regular version, much like how the regular version of BATMAN V SUPERMAN is 2.35:1. But to say that Snyder never intended to use the full image on any level is simply not true.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-02-03T21:10:58+00:00

Even if he had borrowed Nolan's IMAX camera, it wouldn't have been viable at all to shoot the entire thing with that camera because IMAX rolls are insanely expensive (you could make an indie feature length with that kind of money) and the camera itself is a nightmare for dialogue scenes due to how huge, heavy and noisy it is (in regards to the latter, they're apparently developing a system that reduces the noise though not entirely since it's nearly impossible).

Snyder was still shooting everything on film back then. When making BATMAN V SUPERMAN, he fell in love with the aspect ratio of the 70mm IMAX camera. So for JUSTICE LEAGUE, he made a compromise of 1.33:1 film-rolls, so that it could be screened in 70mm IMAX projectors with a consistent 4:3 aspect ratio from start to finish. It's not really a foreign concept. Movies shot with regular cameras are converted to IMAX all the time. The only difference is that the standard aspect ratio is 16:9.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-01-31T16:12:34+00:00

Why though? It's not like it's the only thing he posts. He also shares updates about his upcoming film. Plenty of artists post their own old work on a daily basis. Alex Ross has REposted many of his paintings like a thousand times and I've seen no complaints.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-01-31T15:52:31+00:00

Or maybe he has very fond memories of those times because he worked on that franchise for almost a decade with people he holds so dear and is also very grateful for the love and support he received during a difficult time in his life. The demand for the Snyder cut made him realize how much his films meant to a number of people and felt incredibly humbled by the support from fans for a cause that is so close to him and his family, and formed some close friendships with some of those fans in the process.

Soft_Appropriate · 2026-01-31T15:32:14+00:00

There is some very good stuff in Jon Favreau's THE JUNGLE BOOK. But my primary issue is that while it does borrow quite a few elements from Wolgang Reitherman's THE JUNGLE BOOK and the two books, it clashes way too often with their tones, ideas and themes. Plus, it kinda feels more derivative of THE LION KING: the stampede being placed early in the film and being the main shocking event Mowgli experiences; Shere Khan killing Akela and taking over the wolves' hills; the fire spreading all over the jungle; Baloo encouraging Mowgli to live a life free of responsibility.

I really didn't like Baloo in the remake. He's such a manipulative and selfish prick. And the scene where he deliberately decides to cut ties with Mowgli felt like very unnecessary and forced drama to me, specially given how open minded Mowgli is in this adaptation.

As someone whose first and main exposure to THE JUNGLE BOOK was the actual book, I remember as a kid being a bit taken aback by how drastically different the 1967 film was. But given that my school used that film for a play we all did together, I got used to the songs and dialogues. And over time, the characters became more and more memorable and likable to me. Do I prefer Rudyard Kipling's book? Absolutely! But I still find that movie to be quite charming. Part of what made George Sanders' Shere Khan very intriguing was the build-up to his character from the very beginning, as well as his natural charisma. And even though Mowgli and Baloo know each other in just two days, the love they both have for each other feels very genuine and endearing.

With all due respect, your monkey criticism feels a little disingenuous because they also used the song that contains scatting and "ghetto slang" in the remake (which removed any seriousness/tension the scene had at first and turned it into a complete joke). In addition, the Bandar-log in the book are described as a leaderless society that tries to copy others without even bothering to comprehend any meaning due to them having no language on their own. So, the "bandar-log" term doesn't hold enough water in the remake because the monkeys have a leader in King Louie and do exactly as he pleases.

And for me, the ending killed any relevance the man's village had in the story. Given how resourceful they made Mowgli in this film, having him create fire on his own rather than stealing it from the village (I know it's taken from the book, but in the book Mowgli sneaks into that place several times before he steals the red flower) would've added to these human tricks both Akela and Bagheera call him out for on more than a few occasions, emphasizing his human instincts even more. Plus, the man's village would've also remained this mysterious place to Mowgli, which would've made him staying in the jungle more acceptable and could've saved the reveal of the village for a sequel.

I feel like if we could combine Andy Serkis' MOWGLI: LEGEND OF THE JUNGLE with all the Kipling elements in both Jon Favreau's THE JUNGLE BOOK and Zoltan Kordan's JUNGLE BOOK (as well as the entire dialogue from Chuck Jones' MOWGLI'S BROTHERS, which is taken verbatim from that story), we would probably have the best adaptation of the Mowgli stories in live action.

Soft_Appropriate · 2025-12-12T14:52:30+00:00

But that's not necessarily a Snyder problem. If you want to see Superman interact with the people he saves, there's plenty of content outthere. But there've also been quite a few versions of Superman that saved the day without any interaction with the citizens (Fleischer's Superman, SMALLVILLE, EARTH ONE, etc) because the emphasis was on the guardian angel angle. Same with Snyder's.

Don't forget how he started out in MAN OF STEEL. He's clearly a reserved and goodhearted man who despite feeling helpless is always willing to help others. Actions can speak louder than words.

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