So, Civil War is a beautiful mess (spoilers)

[Runa216]

Okie_Loki said:

Runa216 said:

I wouldn't take Lawlight's opinion as gospel, he's been bashing the movie as trash for over a month now and..he apparently has only just seen it now?  We all know what the word for that is. 

Perhaps so, but this is no different than all of the people who bashed (and continue to bash) BvS before it even came out and afterwards. Plenty of people didn't see BvS and would go on the Internet and trash the entire plot, etc. 

At least it appears LL actually saw this movie. 

I was hesitant but cautiously optimistic about Batman v Superman before it came out.  The trailers looked bad, I hated that the huge act 3 twist was spoiled, and it felt like 90% of the plot was revealed in the trailers.  IT still sounded like it could have been good, with the lone thing I was excited for being Batman (Ben Affleck is an amazing actor and director now, better reco'nize!).  

Many of my fears about the film, pre-release, were alleviated by reminders of prior surprises in superhero movies. 

Lex Luthor's casting of Jesse Eisenberg sounded bad, but so did Heath Ledger as Joker, and look how that turned out.
People hated Batfleck, but from day one I was on board because of his recent works both in front of and behind the camera
Zack Snyder - for all his hatred - has produced some gems if he has the right writers.  Pretty bad Man of Steel, but great Watchmen. 
The Trailers giving everything away screamed desperation but I've been surprised by emotional depth in other effects heavy films

Before Batman v Superman's release, I was actually excited to see it.  IT wasn't until after I saw it in opening weekend that I realized how atrociously bad it was.  Just not a good film. 

On the flip side, leading into Civil War I was kind of hesitant.  It didn't seem like it was going to be that good and I didn't actually like the 'civil war' storyline in the comics, the advertising didn't scream 'must see', and after Batman v Superman's catastrophic blech response, I was really anxious.  Add to that the back-stage politics of getting Spider-Man in the movie, and I was worried about this being another example of too much world building without enough substance. 

I got the opposite.  It blew me away, people liked it, I loved it, people are ga-ga over Civil War.  IT was a better film.  I didn't decree it as such until I saw both but every metric points towards this being the case.  Pre-release hype and anti-hype be damned.