Fantastic! So, I hadn’t seen a full superhero movie since Bale was Batman, just as an fyi. I watched The Snyder Cut, Wonder Woman 1984, and Batman vs Superman in that order. Some takes…
- The Snyder Cut was pretty bad. The dialogue and music were both atrocious. Gal Gadot is the worst actor/actress I have ever seen. #1 all time, no hyperbole. Still, I appreciate that Snyder at least tries to take the subject matter seriously, as opposed to filling it with soy bants like the MCU would have. Also, Ben Affleck is pretty good as Batman. Better than Bale for sure. I also enjoyed the Steppenwolf villain. He looked cool, and I like that Snyder actually had him beat the absolute shit out of the hoards of women. He punted that one chic and her horse to the 1 yard line. And it was great seeing that guy from Terminator 2 as Cyborg’s dad. Wish he was in more stuff. 6/10
- WW1984 is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. How this was seen as anything other than a cruel joke is beyond me. There wasn’t a single fucking song from 1984, let alone the 80s as a decade, to be heard. Again, Gal Gadot is the worst actor/actress in history. Not even the great Pedro Pascal could save that complete abortion of a film. This film absolutely got a grant from the DC transit authority, or something, because at least 1 hour of screen time is filled with trains slowly passing by. 3/10
- Batman vs Superman was actually pretty good. The plot was easy to follow, which seems impossible for this genre of film. Again, Affleck was great as Batman, I didn’t mind Superman guy whose name I can’t remember, Jesse was good enough as Lex, and Gal Gadot was once again atrocious eye candy. 7/10
In summary, the Snyder films were undoubtedly for baby, but still not that painful. I can’t stress how much better these films are when they aren’t filled with gods on earth talking like a bunch of Best Buy employees on their break, aka every MCU film. I am sad that the Synder DC universe has come to it’s end. After seeing these and doing some reading I think I would have sat thru the Batman movie that Ben was going to write, direct, and star in. In spite of my best instincts I really liked him as Batman. And while Snyder is a total wack job, I do think he is perfect to direct these types of movies. He can film a logical fight/action scenes, something Christopher Nolan was never able to achieve.
