Shane C

A huge problem I never understood is whh so many people online based their opinion of this film on how strong Superman was. Superman isnt how hard he can punch. Superman can lose every fight, get hated by the entire internet, lose all of his powers, take mortal wounds, and STILL be Superman because none of that stuff even matters. This movie exists as an almost direct counter arguement to these battle scaler dweebs, and a slap to their faces. Superman is Superman because hes good, even when it makes no sense to be. This is Superman. As beloved as Cavil is for the objectively best portrayal of Goku in a Hollywood film to date (Man of Steel), he's not really Superman at any point in the entire DCEU save for maybe 5 minutes at the end of Justice League where he quips a little bit like the real thing. But destroying multiple towns and cities in like two days, killing people, brooding about literally nothing, threatening to murder Batman, waking up and immediately choosing violence...that's not Superman. Cavil fans need to let go of that. You had your Dragonballman, let us have Superman now. We have upgraded. It's not perfect, but DC is more than just cringe now. It's still cringe, just other things too now. Good things, if you could imagine.

Yea this was fun. It's a lil meh towards the end when it starts pretending we gaf about this D-tier story but the movie still gives plenty of what we came for and it's well-paced throughout. Of note, it does alot of this in really meta-smart ways, particularly the indirect ambiguousness in how they handled some of the younger victims in terms of gore. This kinda thing stands out as kind of a big middle finger to larger studios that would never allow that, while toeing the line just enough to keep it within reason. If this Damien Leone understands anything, it is the anatomy of a kill scene. It's where he shines and thankfully where the movie focuses a good bulk of its runtime. If I could have one wish, it'd be to forget the larger story almost entirely. I just do not care. But noone expecting well built characters and riveting lore here, so all I can really ask is that any lore they try to build...stupid as it is...doesn't detract from what attracts people to the franchise and thankfully it doesn't too much. ***Stop here to avoid two very minor, mostly inconsequential spoilers*** **I'm serious it gives away basically nothing but spoiler warning anyway** *If you really don't want spoilers why are you reading reviews in the first place?* All it's added is a couple narrative hats that change very little (spoilers he's a demon now, noone cares, changes nothing), which is fine and inoffensive, and they added one or two core mechanics to their wierd supernatural power system...though if I had a preference it'd be that if there must be a magic system, it be soft magic (does whatever, no clear rules) rather than hard magic (has strict, clear rules and therefore is exploitable) but hey, I've seen much, much worse. The only thing I really have any issue with is Art's new ability to talk through a proxy...although the words and personality match his physical performance, he should probably stay stfu to keep his sole appeal: that mimes are actually kinda cool. That's his thing and he should stick to it.

The 1 stars are probably other devs or 3 year olds that only like fps and fnaf games.

This was easily the truest Batman film ever made. One where he's actually a detective, he's actually scary. Huge props on finally understanding the character for what might be the first time in live action. The acting and score were off the chain. That said...holy moly is this long. I counted 7 endings. That third act could use alot of clean up...a good 20-40 minutes could be cut from the runtime by reworking that ending a bit without really losing anything. I had a blast up until that third act, then it just droned on and on with more false endings than LOTR ROTK. All that aside, it isnt the best Batman MOVIE, that's still TDK. But it is the best BATMAN movie. TDK was a Joker movie, without him it'd be mediocre at best. This is my favorite Batman movie in spite of everything I said...but I'm never seeing it in theatres again. Too damn long.

This was like the Infinity War of Spider-Man movies, a huge event spanning generations. It is the Endgame that doesn't just wrap up our current chapter in this Spider-Man saga, but EVERY chapter in the ENTIRE live-action Spider-Man saga (yea, it's all one thing now). So many things that shouldn't have worked came together and even managed some meaningful, poignant moments rich with history and intent for almost every key member of the cast. Everyone had their time not just to shine, but grow as characters. Remarkably well done and easily one of the best. In fact, it's gonna be hard for me to tell if "Into the Spiderverse" is still the best Spider-Man movie ever made anymore (YES IT WAS, fact, don't @ me) since it will take some time to separate what this film achieved itself and what was built before it that it relied on but it will certainly be right up there with ISV, along with Spider-Man 2.

Michael seems kinda off in this one. He ain't actin right. He's moving a little too quick, acting a little too dumb...it's like a completely different killer. The ending was godawful. The backlit 1 by 1 slaughterfest followed by the final kill were all just so horribly shot compared to the rest of the film (and any other film ever) that it was embarrassing. I was expecting some fire choreography here, and ended up completely jipped. An uninteresting experience.

Id love to see these five star reviews a year from now when enough breakdowns have been done that even the common man can't objectively deny how abysmal of a film this is. If you know nothing of film or storytelling, just wait. It'll be clear soon, this all happened before...although the prequels have nothing on this generic, unimaginative, inconsistent abomination.

Dont listen to anyone saying it's even remotely okay...they didnt even give any reasoning, rendering their reviews objectively worthless. There are severe issues with this adaptation and unlike the others, I'll give you the objective, unmissable reasons that noone could possibly deny (mixed with a lil subjective poisoning of the well, for flavor): Much of the framing makes no sense at all, constantly zooming way too far in (clearly to hide its own lacking animation) as the camera moves around for virtually no reason as it adds nothing and often makes it needlessly difficult to even tell where one character is positioned relative to another. Some, like Berserker armor Guts, even appear to fly due to this incompetence. Character models are often laughably incomplete, with stuttering motion cycles and copy/pastes everywhere. Animations such as Guts' hand cannon literally aren't animated...it just clips through his hand. There's an attempt to hide the unfinished texturing with a horrendous crosshatch overlay that makes pretty much everything look like it doesnt fit with anything else. It's not an exaggeration to say that Playstation 1 games look better than this. The sound is almost okay...until they abuse the same themes and effects every opportunity they get to the point that it becomes grating. For example, "hai yo" blasts out of nowhere every time Guts so much as flinches. The same horror theme plays on repeat virtually any time "hai yo" isnt playing, and every swing of the Dragonslayer, a 400lb solid slab of steel, is accompanied by the hollow CLANG of pots and pans. It's a miracle that at least the voice acting is decent. No points for storytelling either, as it's an adaptation of an existing story that unnecessarily cuts huge portions of the story. No sense crediting them for butchering something they didn't even write. What's most unfortunate here is that this is a manga series revered for its meticulous detail and atmosphere building and both of these are completely lost due to the above issues. Utter garbage from a director far outside of his field of expertise. It's simply too atrocious to look at, optimally I recommend you read the manga instead and hope someone competent adapts it again in the future. Watch it if you want to see something beautiful get destroyed while you laugh at it but DO NOT LET THIS BE YOUR FIRST EXPERIENCE OF BERSERK. Start literally anywhere else. This is not Berserk.

I'd like to start by saying I love comic book movies. Even mediocre ones. But... I cant understand where people get the word "fun" from when thinking of this movie. This movie is boring, predictable, and massively, horribly generic. Every single beat has been done significantly better in other movies, the dialogue writing is lifeless and cliche and the delivery has all the enthusiasm of someone weakly pretending to care, making it come across as condescending towards itself. Both leads, as pretty as they are, were massively underwhelming once the rose colored glasses come off. The action choreography was basic at best and outright aweful at worst (one line describes it best, where Aquaman requests a sidearm like a sword over a primary weapon like a polearm...seriously? Uk that little?) and would only be passable to people with literally no sense of how combat works. The guy literally lifts a submarine then somehow encounters even an iota of resistance against humans and power rangers? What internal logic is that? This is a trash portrayal of conflict. You deserve better, people. The only praise I can offer is that it's not Suicide Squad. So there's that.