For reasons unknown I watched Superman v Batman (or is it the other way around?).

I felt queasy after it because I ate a whole bag of popcorn. Jeremy Irons was good value but then he always is.

Amy Adams looks great in it and Gal Gadot is smoking. Sheesh.  I like the two big guys but they are wasted in this.

That pretty much sums it up.

MARRRRFFFFFAAAA!

Aye. What a load of old tosh, eh?   

That last line nails it. I think the small bits of both Wayne and the Bat that Affleck put into Justice League was great and he deserved his own film.

I have to admit I have a soft spot for Man of Steel. I know a lot of people on here hate it, but I liked all the Krypton stuff and I think Zod was well cast.

I don't mind Mano Steel either.
Costner death is weird but I'm not overly bothered by it.
The main criticism of Superman destroying everything is addressed well at the start of Batsoup. Its everything after that is the problem.

LivDiv wrote:

I think your point about the big guys is spot on. Not sure if you meant characters or actors or both. I think Cavill and Affleck make for great Bat Wayne and Supermens but unfortunately appear in dire movies.

Meant actors but I do like the characters. Superman in particular seems to cause problems; his main one being that what do you put him up against? Haven't seen a good Superman film since Superman 2.

The fight sequence at the end showed in bits what a full on Superman battle could look like.

Maybe, I haven't seen it.

In other news I have just learned The Substitute is a thing and now I must see it.
What If Dangerous Minds but instead of Michelle Pfeiffer inspiring kids Tom Berenger throwing them out of windows.

davyK wrote:

LivDiv wrote:

I think your point about the big guys is spot on. Not sure if you meant characters or actors or both. I think Cavill and Affleck make for great Bat Wayne and Supermens but unfortunately appear in dire movies.

Meant actors but I do like the characters. Superman in particular seems to cause problems; his main one being that what do you put him up against? Haven't seen a good Superman film since Superman 2. The fight sequence at the end showed in bits what a full on Superman battle could look like.

You make this:



You're welcome Warner.

Anyone got any good, low-action scifi films to recommend? Despite saying it wasn’t her genre at all, my girlfriend enjoyed watching Arrival and Ex Machina with me, and I’d like to find others we could potentially enjoy together.

she didn’t enjoy Alien nor Bladerunner

Actually we planned to watch that his Sunday. Should have mentioned, but thanks. Def the sort of thing I’m looking for

Definitely Moon.

Silent Running
Robot and Frank
Interstellar
Sunshine
Annihilation

Yea I really enjoyed it, too. Iirc I remember thinking toward the end that there was an obvious tweak to the story that would have made it better overall, but in this moment I really can’t remember what exactly it was.

Thought Arrival was great too. Never heard of it before, but maybe that’s not surprising as until very recently I was only watching a film a year and I really don’t make any effort to keep up to date with these things.

I also enjoyed Ex Machina, but I’m utterly baffled why it didn’t end 10 or so minutes earlier. There seemed to be a really obvious and effective place to call it a day, and yet for some reason the professionals in charge or putting the whole thing together tacked on a bunch of pointless scenes on the end. For me it really detracted from my overall impression of what was an otherwise enjoyable experience

Primer

poprock wrote:

Definitely Moon.

Silent Running
Robot and Frank
Interstellar
Sunshine
Annihilation

Cheers! Only one I’ve heard of here is annihilation. Didn’t enjoy it tbh, but happy to have some other suggestions to look into