Chapter 972: Chapter 889: Martha Appears, Astonishing Everyone Chapter 972: Chapter 889: Martha Appears, Astonishing Everyone In July’s sumr blockbuster season this year, the most anticipated film was undoubtedly DC’s superhero epic “Batman v Superman.”
Even today, after two Avengers movies had already been released, Superman and Batman still occupied two of the top three spots among North Arica’s most popular superheroes.
On the premiere day, a sea of red trunks and black bat caps had completely clogged the Hollywood Walk of Fa.
As Martin walked the red carpet, throngs of people swelled in front of the Dolby Theatre, with hundreds of journalists in the dia area.
A reporter stopped Martin and purposely asked, “DC won’t admit that your ‘Joker’ is a part of the DC movie universe, what do you think?”
“Joker” needed exposure, and the tension between the project and DC had already broken out. Even at the premiere of a DC superhero movie, Martin had no intention of giving face to the Warner Bros. Team: “I’m not sure what DC is thinking, Hamada always has very peculiar ideas, saying so inexplicable things.”
His movie relied on Warner Bros. for distribution and promotion, and Daniel, the head of Warner Bros., had long betrayed the Warner Bros. Team.
As everyone knows, the knife that a traitor stabs is often the sharpest.
Martin naturally placed himself on the side of righteousness: “Hollywood movies have always been known for their diversity and inclusivity. We can always find the style we like. Even Marvel superhero movies have their different styles. Shouldn’t DC allow for different styles of movies to erge?”
The reporters around Martin snapped photos of him.
Martin entered the Dolby Theatre and saw Daniel; they walked together toward the screening hall.
As they walked, Daniel said, “I saw the internal screening, and the director’s personal style is too strong.”
Martin wasn’t surprised: “Zack Snyder, understandable.” After a brief contemplation, he added, “I really like Zack’s visual style, it’s full of highlights.”
“The overuse of slow motion is crazy,” Daniel shook his head: “Narrative ability is too weak. Do you know how long Zack’s cut submitted to DC was? Four and a half hours!”
He couldn’t help but say, “To tell a story in four and a half hours, how can Warner Bros. and the cinemas handle it? How many viewers have the patience to watch a four and a half hour movie in the theater?”
“So, did DC take the scissors to it?” Martin asked.
Daniel answered, “They cut it down to two and a half hours, the final cut is less than 140 minutes.”
The two found seats in the theater and settled down to await the start of the movie.
Soon, the theater was packed. Those who ca to the premiere were mostly fans of either Batman or Superman.
That is to say, the staunch supporters of DC.
This group of people were extrely familiar with the comics and DC’s animated works.
After the screening began, many guests unfamiliar with the comics were bewildered by what they saw, while those fans were incredibly excited.
Those familiar scenes brought back mories of The Dark Knight Returns, The Death of Superman, the Injustice League, Red Son, Crisis on Infinite Earths, and more, sending them to ecstasy in monts.
Action scenes in slow motion, the style of oil paintings, a dark color palette, destructive aesthetics…
Fans of Zack Snyder would not be disappointed, as his signature visual styles were fully displayed in “Batman v Superman.”
Of course, casual viewers who were unfamiliar would find it difficult to understand the comic references.
Because a certain foundation in reading comics is needed.
The movie was a super gift pack for the fans, but not so friendly to the casual audience.
So, many, including Martin, were confused by so of the plotlines that had no proper buildup.
Especially the mont “Martha” was ntioned, the whole audience was astonished.
The DC fans fared better, while those who didn’t follow the comics just found it absurd.
Two characters fighting to the death, suddenly beca allies over a single word, “Martha.”
Snyder and DC fans could find a hundred reasons to defend it, but that couldn’t prevent “Martha” from becoming a super , the kind that significantly dragged down the movie’s reputation.
The handling of the action scenes later was quite good, still carrying the style of “Man of Steel,” with Superman, Doomsday, and Wonder Woman engaged in earth-shattering battles.
Inevitably, as a re mortal, Batman turned out to be more of a sideshow during the climax part.
The so-called smartest mber of the “Justice League” was hardly evident in the movie’s plot.
The big villain Luthor was even more inexplicable, his behavior perplexing.
Perhaps for DC fans, these were not issues, after all, he is Lex Luthor, Superman’s natural enemy.
For many casual viewers, after watching the film, there was only one feeling: Batman and Superman fought inexplicably, stopped fighting inexplicably, then an inexplicably strange creature from Krypton appeared, and Batman and Superman inexplicably tead up.
The movie ended with the death of Superman, laying the groundwork for the next “Justice League.”
When Batman told Wonder Woman he was ready to find more companions, the credits started to rise.
The theater erupted into enthusiastic applause.
The Dolby Theatre, capable of holding 3500 spectators and a thousand journalists, was mostly filled tonight with fans of either Zack Snyder or DC.
The latter obviously understood all the comic references in the film and felt as refreshed as drinking an icy cola on a hot sumr noon.
The forr, once again, were won over by Snyder’s strong personal style.
Setting aside the plot and the comic references they didn’t get, just the action scenes and the visual style might have been right up Martin’s alley; he thought these two parts were quite impressive.
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