Movies and TV Wonder Woman (2017) - Page 22

Frazod · 06-25-2017, 04:39 PM

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Finally saw it the other day. Good movie. Worth going to see. Like all the other DC movies, it had it's slow points - but nowhere near as bad as the other movies.

My only complaint was the 2 teenage girls behind me that wouldn't shut up. I even gave them the benefit of the doubt that once the movie started, they'd shut up. Boy was I wrong. Talking at normal voices or even trying to talk over loud parts in the movie, reading EVERY word that came on the screen, and then playing on their phones. I tried the casual approach "Shhh"; "Please keep it down"; etc. That only made them do very loud "SHHHHH'S" every time anyone made a noise in the theater. I'm not one to tattle on them, but it wore thin & ruined a part of the movie for me & my family. Finally told front desk "Either you guys shut them the **** up or I'm going to do it in a not nice way." They told them "Either you be quiet & put your phones away or we're kicking you out." Didn't hear from them again.

Sorry for the rant.....hate it when people talk excessively in movies. Especially when I spend $100 to see one.

This is why we now go to a theater that serves alcohol - no unsupervised brats. And while you'll get the occasional 20-something punks who'll act like they're still teenagers, management is really good about keeping them in check.

Hammock Parties · 06-25-2017, 04:48 PM

i had to move seats because an elderly woman with a respirator was going off like darth vader with every breath...other than that good flick

Direckshun · 06-27-2017, 10:26 AM

Man it's been a good year for beautiful superhero flicks.

Guardians 2 was gorgeous as well.

listopencil · 06-27-2017, 11:03 PM

Finally got around to go see this. I liked it. I think they did a pretty good job. I feel like they stayed true to the character while incorporating her increased power level. She's kind of like a female Superman, but not boring and stupid like Superman. Also every few minutes I found myself thinking, "Damn. Gal Gadot is hot as ****."

**DaneMcCloud** · 06-27-2017, 11:09 PM

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Gal Gadot is hot as ****."

She's a 5'9 Supermodel, so yeah.

listopencil · 06-28-2017, 01:33 AM

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She's a 5'9 Supermodel, so yeah.

Mmmmm hmmmmm. I had known that this was going to be set in WWI and I was wondering if/hoping that they'd do a WWII sequel for her. It seemed unlikely to me because it would almost be a second origin story for her and they have to start crossing over each other's stories to build Justice League. But now I am hearing that the director (Patty Jenkins) has said that she'd like to make a 'Coming To America" movie for her. That would be cool. This movie (to me) is the best thing DC has going right now. Superman is blah because he's Superman-boring. Batman can be great with the right talent on both sides of the lens so that's a wait an see if Batffleck can deliver. Aquaman looks like it might be something. The actor comes across as badass who only barely controls is animalistic urges to plow through large groups of people who are in his way.

I don't know off the top of my head what the schedules and release dates are for JLA movies. Can they work in a WWII WW2 movie? I'd be fine if it wasn't part of the lead into JLA. If it was done to add hype to an otherwise slow spot in the movie collection, that would be fine. Again this depends on how well Battffleck can be pulled off but WW looks like the star of the show, with Batffleck and Aquaman as the next tier, Superman still hanging out there in the third tier because he's a shitty character, then all the minor players that they might want to bring in after them.

One thing: I didn't (couldn't ) pay enough attention to the other movies to authoritatively say what the timeline is for the three mains (WW, BM,SM) to be able to meet up. We have WW showing up kicking ass at the end of WWI. I assume that SM showed up somewhat recently for the first of the new films. Batffleck is already old when he's trying to build the JLA. Would it be reasonable to assume that we are watching them team up 'in the present' for the first time and that anything before that is back story to the JLA? If so...we should get a WWII version of WW. Or even a movie that extends into the Cold War and takes us to the War On Terror.

Sure-Oz · 06-28-2017, 08:45 AM

Matt Reeves will be directing the Batman standalone with Affleck so I'm excited for that too

**DaneMcCloud** · 06-28-2017, 10:15 AM

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Mmmmm hmmmmm.

You're asking a lot of questions, many of which can't be answered at this time.

Here's the current time line, as I understand it:

Man of Steel, Batman vs. Superman, Wonder Woman, Dawn of Justice (Nov. 2017), Aquaman, The Flash, Cyborg movie, Black Adam, Shazam, Green Lantern.

Whether you like the movies or not, the correct viewing order is Man of Steel, Batman vs. Superman (The Ultimate Edition) and Wonder Woman. In Man of Steel, we see Wayne Enterprises, Lex Corp and an allusion to Aqua Man (Superman's rescue off the oil rig and after destroying the World Engine).

In Batman vs. Superman, other "Meta Humans" are introduced by Bruce Wayne in the Bat Cave: Cyborg, Auqa Man, Flash and Wonder Woman. Lex Luthor has a picture of Wonder Woman taken during WWI, the same picture that was taken while she, Steve Trevor, Chief, Charlie and Samir were just outside of Veld. The only sequence in Wonder Woman that was in Present Day was the delivery of said original picture and the ending, where she closed the brief case.

As for the Wonder Woman sequel, Patty Jenkins has already begun writing the script and from my understanding, World War II as well as the Present Day will be more evenly balanced. World War II is another part of Diana's journey.

We've already seen terrorism in Batman vs. Superman (in the desert and in the courtroom) so I would doubt they take on present day terrorism as it exists in the real world.

**DaneMcCloud** · 06-28-2017, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Matt Reeves will be directing the Batman standalone with Affleck so I'm excited for that too

Here's what Reeves said recently about his take on Batman.

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One of the reasons I was drawn to it is I had a similar fascination to Batman when I was younger that I had with the Apes series, which I was obsessed with. I see a parallel emotionally between Caesar and Batman, in that they’re both characters who are tortured and trying to sort of grapple within themselves to find the way to do the right thing in a very imperfect and, to some degree, corrupt world. It’s really that emotionality that I’m interested in.

In all of my films, what I try to do, in an almost Hitchcockian sense, is use the camera and use the storytelling so that you become the character, and you emphasize with that point of view. I think there’s a chance to do an almost noir-driven, detective version of Batman that is point-of-view driven in a very, very powerful way, that hopefully is going to connect you to what’s going on inside of his head and inside of his heart.”

**gblowfish** · 06-28-2017, 11:42 AM

I saw this with my wifey last weekend. Once the German Beer came into the picture, there was gas EVERYWHERE!

Sure-Oz · 06-28-2017, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Here's what Reeves said recently about his take on Batman.

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One of the reasons I was drawn to it is I had a similar fascination to Batman when I was younger that I had with the Apes series, which I was obsessed with. I see a parallel emotionally between Caesar and Batman, in that they’re both characters who are tortured and trying to sort of grapple within themselves to find the way to do the right thing in a very imperfect and, to some degree, corrupt world. It’s really that emotionality that I’m interested in.

In all of my films, what I try to do, in an almost Hitchcockian sense, is use the camera and use the storytelling so that you become the character, and you emphasize with that point of view. I think there’s a chance to do an almost noir-driven, detective version of Batman that is point-of-view driven in a very, very powerful way, that hopefully is going to connect you to what’s going on inside of his head and inside of his heart.”

I'm intrigued by this as I read Batman comics and still do. I'm hoping he iivks ass and brings something great. Feeling good about him since Ben had to step down from director

**DaneMcCloud** · 06-28-2017, 03:52 PM

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I'm intrigued by this as I read Batman comics and still do. I'm hoping he iivks ass and brings something great. Feeling good about him since Ben had to step down from director

I've never seen any of his work, so I have no idea what to expect.

I tried to watch the first Apes movie but after about 10 minutes in, I just couldn't connect with it.

Sure-Oz · 06-28-2017, 04:00 PM

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I've never seen any of his work, so I have no idea what to expect.

I tried to watch the first Apes movie but after about 10 minutes in, I just couldn't connect with it.

Don't think he directed the 1st movie only 2nd and 3rd. But hard to jump on the series if the 1st didn't catch your attn

**DaneMcCloud** · 06-28-2017, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Don't think he directed the 1st movie only 2nd and 3rd. But hard to jump on the series if the 1st didn't catch your attn

Oh, you're right, my bad. Maybe I'll give it shot one of these days.

Sure-Oz · 06-28-2017, 08:07 PM

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Oh, you're right, my bad. Maybe I'll give it shot one of these days.

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