I'm probably not one to Judge it compared to Watchmen, I like Watchmen, but not nearly as much as you...
as for Justice League and Civil War...
IMO its better than Civil War, and going in Civil War was one of my favorote CBMs of all time, I think Civil War and Logan, have the best story ever in any CBMs...The absolutely Masterful way the crafted the conflict that divides the team and specifically Tony and Steve is IMO among the best writing in CBM history, The ending of Civil War is just astonishing, at that moment you completely understand and feel all sides, You understand why Tony is trying to Kill Bucky and is willing to go through Cap to get to him, You understand why steve is defending Bucky at all costs, and you can even feel for Bucky after watching him do something as evil as kill Tonys parents..Just Incredible.
But I think AIW is better, and it comes down to Thanos..Hes the greatest threat ever put on film in a CMB...He Owns The Movie, The scale, storylines and Stakes in the film simply puts it past Civil War...I do not feel AIW is the best CBM or maybe not even a better overall movie than CW...But AIW is unlike any CBM in History, there are things that happen in this film that have never been done, thought of or will never happen again...
as for JL...IMO Justice League is a complete train wreck, A Frankenstein monster of a movie...I'm not hard to please, Usually give me good action and I'm fine with anything else, Hell I like 4 of the 5 Transformers movies....But Justice League truely is A disaster of a film...It was made by 2 different directors that couldnt be any different when it comes to their approach and styles...and You literally feel in every scene of the movie, even during the action scenes, I'm not kidding, from the very second the film opens you can tell its a trainwreck, and I mean that literally, The first imagine you see, The first scene in the movie, Is a god awful scene Whedon added that is done on Camcorder where Supermans face and mouth is the worst it is in the entire movie, You can not focus on anything else other than the absurdity of Superman Fake Mouth....thats literally how the first opens...
the entire movie is a trainwreck where they are trying to course correct from BvS, and Maybe most shocking, even The Action is bad, the ending climax is badly effected by Them Painting the sky RED in post production, so much as been edited out, The fight between Superman and The League is just so Odd, The score doesnt fit the scene at all, and Superman looks like a CGI characters most times...
and The Villain My god, what a creative failure...Literally maybe the single worst villain in any CBM ever...with some of the worst CGI I've ever seen...
comparing AIW to Justice League truly isnt even fair....
I hated BvS....but after watching JL, I literally rewatched BvS again and somewhat liked it more and kinda respected it, because It was at least "A Movie"...It was Snyders baby, for better or worse, The Ultimate Cut of BvS is at least a movie that has a vision, Plan and was executed....
watching JL...You realize its really not a movie, Its a collection of scenes, made by2 different directors that dont fit, It has no vision, Heart or goal...when you make a film, You hired a composer to write music, The director and composer go over the movie, tone of the movie, each important scene, The composer writes music based off the tone of the film and specific scenes...lol Whedon changed composers, you now got a composer writing "Lighter" music for Darker scenes...The Music fits the scenes whedon added, but the problem is, 75% of the movie was Snyders, 75% of the movie has a score that doesnt fit the scenes or tone....
Its beyond anything you've ever seen....just a disaster
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Wuchak (8737)
7 years ago
Thanks for the detailed analysis. Yeah, "Logan" is a favorite of mine too, except that they tacked-on one too many battles at the close (which felt redundant and play-it-safe). I didn't mention it here because it's less of a super-team flick than the three I noted.
In light of all the praise, I can't wait to see AIW.
As for BvS, I saw the Ultimate cut and the main problem I have with the film is that the first half feels like its marking time (I couldn't even finish it the first time I tried to watch it). When I eventually viewed the whole film I didn't get absorbed into the story until the second half. The first half may be gritty realistic, albeit with superheroes, but it's generally dull. Still, I appreciate that BvS has a different approach than usual and I ultimately like (don't love) it.
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