Movie thoughts and fiction updates.
I think it's pretty obvious that James Gunn doesn't agree with me about ensemble movies, not that he thinks they're easy, but that we differ on how good ones are constructed. I feel that ensemble movies are hard because you have to create a variety of different characters all swirling around one thing, and that… Continue reading The Suicide Squad
Ah, the DC Extended Universe. It's a bastard child of a franchise that, ever since Batman V Superman, has been running away from itself while being pushed around by a rotating team of executives in every different direction. It wanted to be the answer to Marvel, but there never seemed to be a terribly strong… Continue reading The DCEU Ranked: The Definitive Ranking
#5 in my ranking of the DCEU franchise. #11 in my ranking of theatrically released Batman films. #8 in my ranking of the theatrically released Superman films. The biggest mistake Warner Brothers seems to have made about their big team up picture isn't that they forced it too early, it's that they forced it to… Continue reading Justice League
#6 in my ranking of the DCEU franchise. I know that the general consensus is that Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman righted the DCEU ship, but for the faults of the previous film, I don't think that was really a way to make it better. It's brighter, more colorful, with a more upbeat central character, for… Continue reading Wonder Woman
#1 in my ranking of the DCEU franchise. #7 in my ranking of theatrically released Batman films. #3 in my ranking of the theatrically released Superman films. The sequel to Man of Steel feels both of the previous film and decidedly apart. Where the first one had a rough visual aesthetic with a lot of… Continue reading Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
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