JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH Has Quietly Hit Another Impressive Global Box Office Milestone

@JacobsLadder - I agree about Jaws. It's been my number one movie of all time since I was a kid. I do not get the hate this Jurassic movie gets though. Sure it isn't a patch on the original but it was a fun popcorn flick. A load of stupid stuff though I agree.

@MarvelousMarty - I saw Jaws in 3d because the Imax version doesn't have the expanded ratio. The 3D is amazing! Mostly used for depth, not gimmicky at all. I felt like I was drowning during some scenes lol

@Forthas - Whether this happens or not, the Snyderverse will still be dead and never coming back.

@Forthas - I know we disagree on Superman 2025 but I’ll agree with you that I did like Cavil as Superman. I didn’t like Snyder’s take on the character and universe but it seemed as if the character was evolving towards a Superman that I would more want to see.

I know that the flaws of the DCEU were MORE because of WB exec incompetence than Snyder. BvS had some major flaws, but ZSJL was very good, although I would have preferred a 3 hour cut to the version we got.

@mountainman - I hate Zack Snyder's take on The DCEU. I famously wrote an article on this site the year Man of Steel came out arguing against Zack Snyder's direction...

https://comicbookmovie.com/justice-league/editorial-not-including-the-dark-knight-trilogy-in-a-dc-universe-is-a-recipe-for-disaster-a82733

I am a Christopher Nolan fan and I consider Man of Steel more of a Christopher Nolan film and I prove it by pointing out that MOS had no slow motion moment from the director (Zack Snyder) who is known for that. I think that MOS was a perfect start for the universe. But when we got to Batman V Superman I did not even recognize Superman. Unfortunately people conflate the BVS Superman with the MOS one which makes sense since it is the same director, but I personally compartmentalize them the same way Superman 4 is not a great representation of Superman compared to Superman 1978.


The one and ONLY person to blame for ALL of this garbage is Zack Snyder. Had he made the CORRECT decision to merge the Dark Knight Trilogy with Man of Steel and following the highly successful grounded approach, Warner Brothers would not be on the verge of being sold for the third time and would not be in the financial situation they are in now. It was the worst decision I have ever seen a studio make. It has cost this company billions in unrealized opportunity costs, destroyed their reputation, and damaged the DC brand after it had been revitalized following Batman Begins. Snyder's decision to not combine the two franchises doomed the universe which we are all still suffering from.

One last thing, while I blame Zack Snyder for the condition of the DC universe, his only sin is being stupid. He otherwise seems like a nice guy, made some good casting choices (and some bad ones) and his Justice League was good. So I have sympathy for him when people pile on with the insults. He has long since left Warner Brothers and the studio heads (including James Gunn) instead of going back to where it all went south and correcting it they are making self serving decisions for themselves and not the fans. So they share in the blame for what DC film is currently.

@mountainman -

"My only real issue is with Pa Kent’s characterization."

OK! I get that but allow me the opportunity to try to talk you down! I am unfortunately put in the unenviable position of having to defend Zack Snyder but when it comes to Man of Steel I do what I must.

1) First lets give Zack Snyder some credit. This is the ONLY film iteration of Superman that tackles the delicate issue of how Clark used his powers when he was a child. They tend to show how he discoverer his powers but no film ever showed if he used it to save anyone. For example in the Donner 1978 version it clearly shows that as a boy and teen Clark Kent had manifested a lot of his powers. But the film never shows or addresses if he ever helped anyone in danger. Assuming he did not, if he had those powers then do you think it was irresponsible of Jonathan Kent to not send him out to help as many people as he can even if just in Smallville? It is unreasonable to believe that in all the time he was growing up, there was never a fire, tornado, or other danger faced by a person in his vicinity that he could have helped and that it would not have brought attention to himself. The fact that he might have also hid his powers implies that he allowed people to deal with life and death issues in Smallville without intervening therefore making the same choice that Jonathan Kent was implying Clark should make. Now in that particular case the danger happens right in front of Clark so a more immediate and personal set of circumstances. So of course Clark was right to step in and help. But it is easy to imagine that Pa Kent (who was not there and may not have understood the severity of the situation) is wanting to dissuade Clark from going around and making a spectacle of himself if he is not ready for the ramifications but at the same times wants him to do the right thing which is why Jonathan does not say “No! don’t save people ever, until you are a grown man!” He qualifies it with “maybe.” There is a gray area which is why I think it is less egregious than the Jor-El message which is unequivocal.

2) The tornado scene is the one scene I would change. The problem is not the scene itself, it is the optics. He should have used Dylan Sprayberry in that scene and no one would have questioned it because even though he had all of those powers he was still a child with a child’s mind and being confronted with some ones impending death would cause anyone to freeze. Instead Snyder used a fully grown Henry Cavill so it LOOKS like Superman is standing there allowing someone to die. He then punctuates that with the ill conceived line...

“I let my father die because I trusted him. Because he was convinced that I had to wait. That the world was not ready. What do you think?”

It should have been...

“I watched my father die because I trusted him.”

It is not enough to ruin the film for me but there was some creative missteps. The only other thing was that I would not have cast Amy Adams as Lois Lane. She did perfectly fine in the role acting but her age and dissimilarity from the traditional character was a lot to over come and it just did not do it for me. These minor things made the film a home run instead of a grand slam.

@HelloBoysImBack - enjoyed supershit more that solo one team army fantastic one movie

@dragon316 - well I saw that twice I've had supershit on download for weeks and not bothered to watch it