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Lawlight said:
SuaveSocialist said:

False.  To date, Spy Kids only has 126 reviews averaging at 7.2; Civil War has 297 reviews averaging at 7.6.  At the time when Civil War had 126 reviews, it had a 94 rating from critics vs the 93 Spy Kids presently has.  Furthermore, Spy Kids only pulls a 46% approval from the Audience averaging a 2.6, whereas Civil War has a 91 averaging 4.4.

I know that you REALLY, really want to craft a Strawman Argument here, but a cursory glance at the review scores objectively disproves your claim that Spy Kids is better received on RT than Civil War.  It is a very poor attempt at a Strawman.

Now, do try to stay on topic.  This is Civil War surpassing BvS (you know, those two superhero Versus Movies released by rival companies targeting the same audience and within 2 months of one another?) as the topic; not Civil War surpassing Spy Kids.  

No need to cook up any argument since my "at the time of release" was about the total number of reviews which was lower back then than now. In any case, Spy Kids has a higher approval rating than Civil War, which must be confounding if you like RT.

BvS is only the 2nd movie in the DCCU. It'll get there - just like it took forever for the MCU to get to $800M+ movies.

But Disney wil be disappointed in CW's performance.

Did you even read what I wrote?

False.  To date, Spy Kids only has 126 reviews averaging at 7.2; Civil War has 297 reviews averaging at 7.6.  At the time when Civil War had 126 reviews, it had a 94 rating from critics vs the 93 Spy Kids presently has.  Furthermore, Spy Kids only pulls a 46% approval from the Audience averaging a 2.6, whereas Civil War has a 91 averaging 4.4.

I know that you REALLY, really want to craft a Strawman Argument here, but a cursory glance at the review scores objectively disproves your claim that Spy Kids is better received on RT than Civil War.  It is a very poor attempt at a Strawman.

Now, do try to stay on topic.  This is Civil War surpassing BvS (you know, those two superhero Versus Movies released by rival companies targeting the same audience and within 2 months of one another?) as the topic; not Civil War surpassing Spy Kids.



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SuaveSocialist said:
Lawlight said:

And what point is that?

The truth is that critics (the number of which is proportional to its time of release) recommend Spy Kids more than they would recommend Civil War. That's if you believe in the RT system. I don't since I don't think critics are just opinions among millions of others and are more prone to bias than regular users (non-fanboys).

False.  To date, Spy Kids only has 126 reviews averaging at 7.2; Civil War has 297 reviews averaging at 7.6.  At the time when Civil War had 126 reviews, it had a 94 rating from critics vs the 93 Spy Kids presently has.  Furthermore, Spy Kids only pulls a 46% approval from the Audience averaging a 2.6, whereas Civil War has a 91 averaging 4.4.

I know that you REALLY, really want to craft a Strawman Argument here, but a cursory glance at the review scores objectively disproves your claim that Spy Kids is better received on RT than Civil War.  It is a very poor attempt at a Strawman.

Now, do try to stay on topic.  This is Civil War surpassing BvS (you know, those two superhero Versus Movies released by rival companies targeting the same audience and within 2 months of one another?) as the topic; not Civil War surpassing Spy Kids.  

Couldn't have said it better, myself!



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LurkerJ said:

Superman told both WW and Batman: "he is from my world". What else could that mean besides doomsday being from krypton?

He told Them, yes, he didn't tell Lois Lane, so how did she know to go for the spear? 

Why do you want Superman to give the spear to wonder woman? He wasn't gonna ask her to do the job because she seemed stronger than Superman in that fight, it would be un"superman"ish to ask someone to do such a dangerous mission on his behalf.

Because it's an absolutely stupid thing to do to sacrifice yourself when there is someone more suited to the job.  this just makes Superman look like an idiot in his desire to be a martyr.  I get it, Christ Allegory and sacrifice, but it was still super stupid.  

"I thought she was with you". Wonder Woman just blocked a beam coming from Doomsday, similar to the one Superman shoots. Afterwards, she performed a superhero special move lol. It's very logical of Batman to think she is related to Superman. It doesn't necessarily mean that Batman was implying she is on Superman's side. 

That is not even close to a good enough reason.  WAY too much twisting of logic here.  Batman called for Wonder Woman by sending her the flash drive.  He knew she was with him.  

Maybe Lios was trying to hide the spear? And not just throw it? 

How so?  IT's absolutely stupid that she'd throw it in that puddle.  It's a glowing green rod.  Anyone with powers enough to seek it could scan for it, anyone with eyes could view it with ease, and Superman was already flying far, far away when she did it so it wasn't like she was getting it away from him to save him.  He was already gone and safe;  Her throwing it in the puddle did nothing at all for the stories or characters except make an excuse for her to be in peril later so Superman could once again save her.  

You want Superman to say "SAVE MY MOM" when Superman doesn't even belong to earth. How would Batman even realize that his mom is on earth?

Well yeah, I wanted him to say that.  "Save my mother" would have been three words that would have served the same purpose of getting Batman to feel empathy for him while also ensuring the character spoke in a way that isn't convoluted and unnatural.  Seriously, imagine shouting your mother's name when you were about to die.  Nobody does that, and that "Save Martha!" Line, like the stupidity of Lois Lane throwing the spear to the puddle, served only to set up a scene, and made no sense within the context of its own movie.  it was there solely to tie into batman's mother, when the same thing could have been accomplished without stupid twisted speech styles.  It's just bad writing trying to shoehorn in a bit of nerd trivia.  

......Not that I think these are legitimate reasons to hate the movie but seriously, find better things to criticize. Like the fact why in the world didn't Batman and Superman just try to talk it out, that's a good thing to label as stupid, that's an actual problem that made the movie look dumb and you have a point there, but it's diluted with unnecessary nitpicking.. 

Exactly.  That goes further with the "Save MArtha" Line.  I know batman was angry, but it makes no sense that he just wanted to be buddies because Superman's mom was named martha.  in Civil War, on multiple occasions, Iron Man and Captain America try to talk it out.  "Work with me, Rogers", Stark says as he gets visibly angry, knowing what he has to do.  These people are friends, allies who have fought side by side, and they TRY to work out their issues without violence rather than setting up elaborate traps and violent attempts to kill one another based on rage.  The civil war issues raised are actually not clear, both sides have a point, whereas with Batman v Superman, it could have been as simple as "hey, you're scared of me, I'm dangerous, I get it, but in the effort to save more lives, they have my mother tied up.  Can we deal with that now and fight later?  I don't want to kill you." Instead, it's all threats like "You would be dead if I wanted it" and other pseudo manchild posturing.   

I mean, if those kind of things you consider as "plotholes" then please. Do explain how on earth black panther was in a jet following the others without being noticed by all those smarties? Black widow is with guards in a sealed vechile and she comes out unscathed? Arguing for hours over the right way to reduce collateral damage and yet they are blowing up the airport? Scarlet Witch left alone in that fight so that she convenietly interferes when it's the right moment for her to interfere. If the goal was to stop them from reaching the jet or the plane, why didn't just destroy that right away? It's not like they had a problem with leaving wreckage behind..... I am sure I can nitpick on more stuff but it's been a week since I watch the movie.

Allow me to give a point by point breakdown:
1 - Black Panther is as technologically advanced as Stark with even more resources at his disposal.  Stealth is his thing
2 - Willing suspense of disbelief (I agree this was dumb, but forgiveable in the same vein as nobody knowing who Superman is)
3 - Stark evacuated the airport to ensure no casualties would come to anyone, and can afford to fix the damage
4 - She's the scarlet witch, her ability is reality manipulation. That's what she does, and she's the most powerful one there.
5 - She also doesn't want to hurt or kill anyone, which she could do. all of them were holding back, not one (Except Panther) were in it to kill.

I can tell you this, both movies are far from being logical and tight.

You are condescending to people who liked BvS telling them there is NOTHING TO LIKE ABOUT IT and when they tell you why you throw a list of mainly non-issues to prove the movie sucks, just lol

You are certainly right, the two films are not perfect.  Much as I loved Civil War, it had some leaps of logic, and a lot of little things that had me scratching my head in confusion, but the plot holes in that movie were tiny leaps of logic or questionable conveniences.  Batman v Superman's holes were massive and borne of some weird desire to shoehorn in stupid plot points, themes, and style over subsrance.  The contrivances in Batman v Superman were aggressively stupid, and didn't work within the realm of the movie they had set up.  Stuff like Wonder Woman not using the spear despite her being clearly more suited to the task and Lois Lane throwing the spear and the stupid nature of every step of Luthor's plans and the jar of piss and his inconsistency was just dumb.  

And The Marvel Cinematic Universe has built up enough good will over time to forgive little issues, and we have faith that even the dumbest things had some precedent.  It feels natural, organic - even if a bit contrived - because we've spent so much time getting to know the characters and the world.  

On the flip side, the DC universe has only two films to go by, both are poor movies with bad writing, bastardizations of the characters within, and a dour, unhappy tone throughout in some perverse adherence to 'gritty realism' in a genre known mostly for its jaunty mood and persistent optimism. 

MArvel understands the silliness of its own world and has fun with that, and as such the audience has fun with it, too.  The jovial nature of even the most serious marvel movies allows us to brush aside some of the plot contrivances because at least we're having FUN.  With DC, it's all dour and unpleasant, so the plot holes are more noticeable because there's little else to distract us from the dark tone of the film.  Add to that the poor writing and you have  a less fun, less enjoyable movie that has little reason for forgiveness.  

And yes, that matters.  

I mean, look at The Dark Knight, there's a LOT in that movie that just doesn't work (Joker's whole plan, Batman leaving him in the party when he saves his girl, etc), but we accept it because THAt'S JUST HOW JOKER IS, and...the film was so good we overlook things like that because we're enjoying ourselves too much.  No film is perfect, but this is a prime example of how a good enough movie will make its audience overlook some of the plot holes or leaps in logic.  

Civil War is a movie that is good enough for its audience to overlook holes.  Batman v Superman is not.  The reviews, acidic fan backlash, and box office shows this.  



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Runa216 said:
SuaveSocialist said:

False.  To date, Spy Kids only has 126 reviews averaging at 7.2; Civil War has 297 reviews averaging at 7.6.  At the time when Civil War had 126 reviews, it had a 94 rating from critics vs the 93 Spy Kids presently has.  Furthermore, Spy Kids only pulls a 46% approval from the Audience averaging a 2.6, whereas Civil War has a 91 averaging 4.4.

I know that you REALLY, really want to craft a Strawman Argument here, but a cursory glance at the review scores objectively disproves your claim that Spy Kids is better received on RT than Civil War.  It is a very poor attempt at a Strawman.

Now, do try to stay on topic.  This is Civil War surpassing BvS (you know, those two superhero Versus Movies released by rival companies targeting the same audience and within 2 months of one another?) as the topic; not Civil War surpassing Spy Kids.  

Couldn't have said it better, myself!

Thanks!  If only the intended recipient had actually read it---can't believe I had to say it twice!



LurkerJ said:
Runa216 said:
Like why not give Wonder Woman the Spear? Why did Lois Lane throw said spear into the water? and no, 'because she's stupid' is not an acceptable reason. How did anyone other than Superman know that Doomsday was Kryptonian? Only he and Lex were there for its creation and only they knew of its origin. Why would batman go "I thought she was with you", When he had actually SENT her the email with the information showing that he knew who she was. He asked for her and was still like "I thought she was with you". Why in the world would Superman say "Save Martha"? NOBODY CALLS THEIR MOTHER'S NAME! that's just so stupid.

Anyway, it's clear throughout this movie that Superman and Batman both are stupid, which spits in the face of the concept of Batman being super smart. It's just dumb that they didn't try to talk it out like Stark and Cap did in the airport scene. Also, it's clear in the Avengers that they're not trying to kill one another. "The plan was to go easy on them" or "You're pulling your punches." Character depth through actions and motivations.

Superman told both WW and Batman: "he is from my world". What else could that mean besides doomsday being from krypton?

 

Why do you want Superman to give the spear to wonder woman? He wasn't gonna ask her to do the job because she seemed stronger than Superman in that fight, it would be un"superman"ish to ask someone to do such a dangerous mission on his behalf.

 

"I thought she was with you". Wonder Woman just blocked a beam coming from Doomsday, similar to the one Superman shoots. Afterwards, she performed a superhero special move lol. It's very logical of Batman to think she is related to Superman. It doesn't necessarily mean that Batman was implying she is on Superman's side. 

 

Maybe Lios was trying to hide the spear? And not just throw it? 

 

You want Superman to say "SAVE MY MOM" when Superman doesn't even belong to earth. How would Batman even realize that his mom is on earth?

 

......Not that I think these are legitimate reasons to hate the movie but seriously, find better things to criticize. Like the fact why in the world didn't Batman and Superman just try to talk it out, that's a good thing to label as stupid, that's an actual problem that made the movie look dumb and you have a point there, but it's diluted with unnecessary nitpicking.. 

I mean, if those kind of things you consider as "plotholes" then please. Do explain how on earth black panther was in a jet following the others without being noticed by all those smarties? Black widow is with guards in a sealed vechile and she comes out unscathed? Arguing for hours over the right way to reduce collateral damage and yet they are blowing up the airport? Scarlet Witch left alone in that fight so that she convenietly interferes when it's the right moment for her to interfere. If the goal was to stop them from reaching the jet or the plane, why didn't just destroy that right away? It's not like they had a problem with leaving wreckage behind..... I am sure I can nitpick on more stuff but it's been a week since I watch the movie.

I can tell you this, both movies are far from being logical and tight.

You are condescending to people who liked BvS telling them there is NOTHING TO LIKE ABOUT IT and when they tell you why you throw a list of mainly non-issues to prove the movie sucks, just lol

Because that isn't their goal.  Their goal was to capture Cap and his team.  If you destroy the jet, they have no reason to be there and can just peace out.  Not to mention that the quinjet costs more than the rest of the airport by a factor of 10 or 20, and it is the Avengers primary mode of transportation.  Destroying it would leave them with difficulties responding any threats that would emerge in the near future.  Runa addressed the other stuff.



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Runa216 said:
LurkerJ said:

Superman told both WW and Batman: "he is from my world". What else could that mean besides doomsday being from krypton?

He told Them, yes, he didn't tell Lois Lane, so how did she know to go for the spear? 

Batman almost killed Superman using the spear, she has seen its effect on him. It had no effect on either her nor on Batman. She has seen Doomsday superpowers aren't human in anyway, flying, shooting beams and I dunno what. If I was in her shoes, I'd potentially guess that the spear could possibly be useful. 

Why do you want Superman to give the spear to wonder woman? He wasn't gonna ask her to do the job because she seemed stronger than Superman in that fight, it would be un"superman"ish to ask someone to do such a dangerous mission on his behalf.

Because it's an absolutely stupid thing to do to sacrifice yourself when there is someone more suited to the job.  this just makes Superman look like an idiot in his desire to be a martyr.  I get it, Christ Allegory and sacrifice, but it was still super stupid.  

It is stupid, but Jesus wouldn't have done it any other way lol. And he just met Wonder Woman, it's not like they are best buds yet.

"I thought she was with you". Wonder Woman just blocked a beam coming from Doomsday, similar to the one Superman shoots. Afterwards, she performed a superhero special move lol. It's very logical of Batman to think she is related to Superman. It doesn't necessarily mean that Batman was implying she is on Superman's side. 

That is not even close to a good enough reason.  WAY too much twisting of logic here.  Batman called for Wonder Woman by sending her the flash drive.  He knew she was with him.  

It's really not twisting, this is how I perceived it.

Maybe Lios was trying to hide the spear? And not just throw it? 

How so?  IT's absolutely stupid that she'd throw it in that puddle.  It's a glowing green rod.  Anyone with powers enough to seek it could scan for it, anyone with eyes could view it with ease, and Superman was already flying far, far away when she did it so it wasn't like she was getting it away from him to save him.  He was already gone and safe;  Her throwing it in the puddle did nothing at all for the stories or characters except make an excuse for her to be in peril later so Superman could once again save her.  

Ok, she threw the spear so the producers get to set the next scene. Sloppy and messy on their part, this one, I can agree with.

You want Superman to say "SAVE MY MOM" when Superman doesn't even belong to earth. How would Batman even realize that his mom is on earth?

Well yeah, I wanted him to say that.  "Save my mother" would have been three words that would have served the same purpose of getting Batman to feel empathy for him while also ensuring the character spoke in a way that isn't convoluted and unnatural.  Seriously, imagine shouting your mother's name when you were about to die.  Nobody does that, and that "Save Martha!" Line, like the stupidity of Lois Lane throwing the spear to the puddle, served only to set up a scene, and made no sense within the context of its own movie.  it was there solely to tie into batman's mother, when the same thing could have been accomplished without stupid twisted speech styles.  It's just bad writing trying to shoehorn in a bit of nerd trivia.  

I really don't get the big deal with this one, "save Martha" sounds fine to me, for the already mentioned reason. Agree to disagree.

 

I am really not trying to defend the movie or twist logic. I even stated that the movie is a mess, I am definitely not watching it again. I'll even talk about the things that really annoyed me! Besides Batman being a stubborn dickhead who is willing to risk his life fighting Superman who has done more good than bad for humanity. Here are the things that bothered me the most:

1.Why did WW feel the need to steal the harddrive from Batman? Why was she in that party in the first place? Because of an old picture Lex has of her? it doesn't even look like her, a photo can't prove that much. What the fuck is she doing there?

2.Lex has made it clear that he's done his homework, he knew who Bruce Wayne and Clark were but he invited them to the party and didn't bother to keep an eye on these potentially dangerous guests? wtf. He also knew who Wonder Woman was, yet, she was left freely to look & walk around as she pleased. Sloppy and Messy. 

3.What if Batman didn't try to hack into Lex's servers, would have she done it instead? Who would've helped her? What was her original plan before she got unintentional convenient help from Bruce? Sloppy & messy.

4.The body of Zodd being under the government possession, the ship that opened everything up for Lex because of Zodd's fingerprints rofl, the room that allowed doomsday to morph and grow. You'd expect Krypton security measures aren't this dumb, especially if it gives access to create such an abomination that is Doomsday. Sloppy and messy.

 

Despite all of these problems, I still liked some parts of the movie very much. Probably because of Lex, who seems to be hated by both, the fans and the haters of the movie. He had wise things to say, and more importantly, He and I share an uncanny hate for religions & Gods



Holy shit! I was looking to buy Batman v Superman (I like to get all the big budget comic book movies for completionist sake), and I decided to look up the positive reviews on RottenTomatoes and Metacritic (Sometimes I need to do that to psych myself up), and I actually laughed out lout.

Even most of the 'positive' reviews are some variation of "it's not terrible, but it's not great either", or "it's got flaws, but it looks good", or "There are plot holes and leaps of logic but enough style to please fans."

Even the best reviews are only tentatively positive. Meanwhile, even the bad reviews of Civil War are like "Well, they're just trying too hard and there's too much here." or something. Even the bad reviews of Civil War make me go "But I LIKE that thing they criticized". so...yeah! Most one-sided movie head-to-head we've had in ages.



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War is over, folks. Civil War managed to overtake Batman v Superman in every category, and has managed to do so before X-Men Apocalypse could divide the audience. The X-Men may very well stop this from surpassing Iron Man 3, but it is without a doubt that everyone involved is proud of what they accomplished.



SuaveSocialist said:
War is over, folks. Civil War managed to overtake Batman v Superman in every category, and has managed to do so before X-Men Apocalypse could divide the audience. The X-Men may very well stop this from surpassing Iron Man 3, but it is without a doubt that everyone involved is proud of what they accomplished.

Are they? Seems like. Seems like a steep drop from Age of Ultron to me.



Lawlight said:
SuaveSocialist said:
War is over, folks. Civil War managed to overtake Batman v Superman in every category, and has managed to do so before X-Men Apocalypse could divide the audience. The X-Men may very well stop this from surpassing Iron Man 3, but it is without a doubt that everyone involved is proud of what they accomplished.

Are they? Seems like. Seems like a steep drop from Age of Ultron to me.

Indeed they are.  It's on pace to outdo Winter Soldier by 344M, which in turn outpaced First Avenger by 344M.  They managed to turn a franchise around from a film that lagged behind Superman Returns to a contender for a place among the coveted Top Ten Grossing Movies of All Time.  

Any expectations it would be competing against the Avengers would have been completely misplaced considering that

1) The original plan was to compete head to head against Battle v Superman, but DC recognized a stinker when they saw one and rushed the opening release by about 2 months to avoid a box office bomb.  The division of audiences would have resulted in Civil War performing lower than it currently achieves---and initially there was expectation to be directly challenging X-Men: Apocalypse even sooner.  Optimistically speaking, Captain America would only haul about 800M (though BvS would have likely only taken 500-650M).

2) It was released in 20 fewer territories and had less of an advertising push than Age of Ultron, by itself rendering it inevitable to fall short of this.

3) The Chinese government frowns on anything with "America" in the title, so the execs knew right from the moment they called this movie "Captain America" and not "The Avengers" that they were going to be alienating a sizable portion of the largest Foreign territory.

If anyone is sad, it is this guy:

And maybe Snyder if he gets thrown out of the Director's Chair for his crimes against cinema.  And certainly everyone who spent money on making BvS, thinking that it would be a competitor against The Avengers.