11-14-2017, 11:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-15-2017, 07:06 AM by Drunk Monk.)
Batman forgets his bat sword. Sorry, that's sort of a spoiler but it seems really appropriate to DOOM.
The comparison with Thor: Ragnarok is inevitable as JL is just two weeks later and several films behind the Avengers. D.C. is consistanly darker and attempts to make some political comments, hints really, until giving over to comic book mayhem and spectacle. This poaches so much from the Marvel formula, right down to end credit scenes. It's entertaining - the comic banter and super hero repartee is amusing and the new characters are funny. I can't fault Wonder Woman, she's really working for me, and I'm okay with Cavill & Affleck (both work better when juxtaposed with the others). T:R will likely due better because it's more colorful, quicker and mindless. Not that JL is much more intelligent, but it make sure some comments on poverty, race, climate change, & class, but very fleetingly. Hope is a key element, which the alt-right can twist into a Keurig/Obama/privilege protest if they want to skip this film. Personally I like D.C. better, but Thor is a more entertaining film overall. it was fun to see them so close together and be the King of Nerd Buddy's End.
The comparison with Thor: Ragnarok is inevitable as JL is just two weeks later and several films behind the Avengers. D.C. is consistanly darker and attempts to make some political comments, hints really, until giving over to comic book mayhem and spectacle. This poaches so much from the Marvel formula, right down to end credit scenes. It's entertaining - the comic banter and super hero repartee is amusing and the new characters are funny. I can't fault Wonder Woman, she's really working for me, and I'm okay with Cavill & Affleck (both work better when juxtaposed with the others). T:R will likely due better because it's more colorful, quicker and mindless. Not that JL is much more intelligent, but it make sure some comments on poverty, race, climate change, & class, but very fleetingly. Hope is a key element, which the alt-right can twist into a Keurig/Obama/privilege protest if they want to skip this film. Personally I like D.C. better, but Thor is a more entertaining film overall. it was fun to see them so close together and be the King of Nerd Buddy's End.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse