third3ye
Sr Member
There's little correlation between closeness to source material and quality of the film. MCU films generally try to stay true to the characters in spirit but change a lot of the material, yet for the most part are considered good films. Watchmen is IMO the closest film adaptation to a comic book out there, and I find it average. As long as the filmmaker 'gets it', he/she can change many aspects when translating a printed format into motion picture confined to a 150-minute span, and deliver a product that both fans and the GA will enjoy.
I've been a big doubter of BvS since the beginning but I'm also hoping for the film to exceed my expectations. I have no clue if McWeeny is just making stuff up or not, but his track record has been fairly solid. Yes he's had hits and misses with scoops like any journalist, but he also doesn't strike me as the sensationalist click-bait type like El Mayimbe or Faraci. McWeeny's also been a fairly reliable Snyder supporter over the years and gave MoS a A+ score, so it's not like he's historically had beef with Snyder or DC. It's really not that uncommon to hear about films failing to impress on their first full cut and deep in post-production; I recall hearing similar stuff with John Carter and Lone Ranger in late stages.
At the end of the day, it's going to take phenomenally bad reviews (i.e. Fantastic Four) to really hurt BvS' box office performance. Even if Snyder gives us a 50% RT score film, I wouldn't be shocked to see this effort still earning over $1B and WB won't have to sweat too much about Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman. Is that sort of critics score disappointing? You bet. BvS was supposed to be DC's franchise viagra and that kind of critical reception isn't too encouraging from a creative standpoint for future DCEU films. That's also giving Marvel fanboys an entire oil tanker for upcoming flame wars. If BvS does disappoint creatively, I can totally see WB going back to their film slate and tinkering with it more, buying the JLA movie more time while banking on what worked in BvS, namely Batfleck. I highly HIGHLY doubt WB would trash the entire DCEU effort and go back to the drawing board over a less than mediocre BvS film, but obviously the studio isn't in the business of making mediocre films and changes should be expected.
I've been a big doubter of BvS since the beginning but I'm also hoping for the film to exceed my expectations. I have no clue if McWeeny is just making stuff up or not, but his track record has been fairly solid. Yes he's had hits and misses with scoops like any journalist, but he also doesn't strike me as the sensationalist click-bait type like El Mayimbe or Faraci. McWeeny's also been a fairly reliable Snyder supporter over the years and gave MoS a A+ score, so it's not like he's historically had beef with Snyder or DC. It's really not that uncommon to hear about films failing to impress on their first full cut and deep in post-production; I recall hearing similar stuff with John Carter and Lone Ranger in late stages.
At the end of the day, it's going to take phenomenally bad reviews (i.e. Fantastic Four) to really hurt BvS' box office performance. Even if Snyder gives us a 50% RT score film, I wouldn't be shocked to see this effort still earning over $1B and WB won't have to sweat too much about Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman. Is that sort of critics score disappointing? You bet. BvS was supposed to be DC's franchise viagra and that kind of critical reception isn't too encouraging from a creative standpoint for future DCEU films. That's also giving Marvel fanboys an entire oil tanker for upcoming flame wars. If BvS does disappoint creatively, I can totally see WB going back to their film slate and tinkering with it more, buying the JLA movie more time while banking on what worked in BvS, namely Batfleck. I highly HIGHLY doubt WB would trash the entire DCEU effort and go back to the drawing board over a less than mediocre BvS film, but obviously the studio isn't in the business of making mediocre films and changes should be expected.
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