Comments on: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Teaser Trailer

By: Balls

Balls — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 17:30:00 +0000

I don’t want my Superman to be dark. He’s supposed to be positive and inspirational. ‘You will believe a man can fly’. That’s what made the 1978 film so good. He wears red and blue and punches evil in the jaw. He doesn’t destroy cities and kill people like he did in Man of Steel. I’m not saying this movie is going to be shit because I haven’t seen it yet, but I don’t think Snyder understands the point of Superman. I think we can all agree that we’d prefer to see a Superman movie co-starring Robert Vaughan and Richard Pryor. Also, I showed this trailer to someone who doesn’t really care one way or another about comic book movies and she said “Why are they fighting? Shouldn’t they be friends?” Yes. They should be friends. Super Friends.

By: ReelJunkie

ReelJunkie — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 17:31:00 +0000

What’s so bad about this trailer though? Can you point out some specifics? I thought seeing that Batsuit (which looks frickin brilliant btw) and Bat/Supes in the same frame would be enough to drum up excitement. It sure has done for me. From a visual standpoint it looks pretty awesome. My real concern is with how the story will pan out.

By: Nick Poliskey

Nick Poliskey — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:59:00 +0000

Routh wasn’t bad, but the problem with Singer’s Superman is it was just plain boring. IMO, comic book movies can have some big faults, but boring really should not be one of them.

By: Nick Poliskey

Nick Poliskey — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:55:00 +0000

I agree with you about it being better than the AoU trailer. But I don’t think that is because this one is “good”, I think the AoU trailers are the weakest trailers of the year. Seriously.

By: Nick Poliskey

Nick Poliskey — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:51:00 +0000

At least the music sounds awesome. But yeah, the trailer sucks. I don’t know if it is because I saw the SW and Jurassic world trailer before it. But in comparison, it is by far the weakest.

By: theo

theo — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:05:00 +0000

Looks epic….the first BvS trailer, and the hate is flowing deep. This “first trailer” has made me totally forget the excitement I had for AoU. This teaser gave so little and so much at the same time.

…can’t say the same for that Fantastic 4 trailer though.

By: Reddy

Reddy — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:20:00 +0000

Sorry BJ but what you’re saying doesn’t add up. Comic book movies can be enjoyed by adults just as much as “fanboys”. Just because hollywood is turning out comic book movies doesn’t mean there aren’t movies for “adults” whatever that’s supposed to mean. Just look at the nominees for best film at the Oscars, I’d bet they’d meet your “adult film” qualifications.

Overall it surprises me how much negativity there is for this BvS movie, personally I’m excited for it. I thought Man Of Steel was great. And I’m reserving judgment on Affleck til after I see the movie.

By: Sunahdin

Sunahdin — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:00:00 +0000

Well…..at least it’s not another superhero origin story. I liked the Man of Steel portrayal of Superman, and Batman does look pretty cool here, but the whole premise is a bit silly to me. Guess we’ll see if they can pull it off.

By: DamnDirtyApe

DamnDirtyApe — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:25:00 +0000

Well it’s matter of personal taste, as well as expectations for the modern audience. You can see far bigger guys at the local gym. They are not large by any means. The Rock is starting to get there, as he’s pretty huge in his recent films.

Having said that, Snyder’s Dr. Manhattan was way too big in my opinion and looking weird. Snyder was trying to be faithful to the book, which I respect, but they overshot it.

I guess to me it’s more convincing/natural to see a muscle-bound clown in a superhero suit than a slightly larger than average person is a superhero suit.

I mean it’s ridiculous either way. It’s just what flavor of silliness do you prefer

By: Brittany Gresang

Brittany Gresang — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 19:16:00 +0000

I don’t think this trailer is bad. But it doesn’t do anything to build confidence. I think it’s fair to go into this movie extremely skeptical.

By: Nuno

Nuno — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:56:00 +0000

Seriously, how does Snyder keep getting passes?

By: 1138sw

1138sw — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:29:00 +0000

It depends on what era of comic book you are talking about. The modern era of comics has more modern buff heroes but look at the Neal Adams, Dick Giordano, Irv Novick era of the seventies, their superheroes though ripped are much leaner and sleeker looking, not over muscle bound clods.

Also when Bale buffed up for Batman initially Nolan told him to tone it down cause he went to far. Nolan’s take was yeah be fit but don’t be a steroid clown.

I know what Snyder is drawing from…the Frank Miller over muscular look from the eighties which to me just looks ridiculous on screen. I understand Millers art evolution to a more exaggerated look, which suited the more hyped up narratives he pioneered with the Dark knight and Sin City. But Snyder seems to do things for whatever convoluted reasons he develops.

The marvel movies, sure the guys are big and Chris Hemsworth and evans are tall to begin with but they don’t look like muscle bound clowns. They’re fit hero looking without looking overstated and silly. And that’s hard when you’re making a comic book movie for sure!

I mean Carville in the Man of steel couldn’t put his arms close to the side of his body cause his arms were so GD huge! That just looked silly at times!

It’s just Snyder’s taste to delve in the over saturated, the over blown interpretation…and sometimes it really does work…but man sometimes it just looks plain silly.