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kaalban Schrodinger's Human Since: Aug, 2015
Schrodinger's Human
08/28/2017 02:49:48 •••

What can I say... It is not bad, but...

I was quite anticipated for thia movie. And... I saw a good movie that is also kind of a mess.

Good:

  • Great cast (maybe except Eisenburg): Acting is a whole lot better than in Man of Steel. Probably becaus of Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot and Jeremy Irons. They're beyond excellent.

  • Still fantastic OST: It's a bit worse than Man of Steel, but it stands out among many superhero movies. Because of its usage of leitmotifs (there are distinct Clark, Bruce, Batman, Lex and Diana's themes). That's a huge plus for me.

  • Visual: I guess it's due to collaboration between of Larry Fong and Zack Snyder, but cinematography is better than in Man of Steel. Costume designs are magnificent, along with other things (except for Doomsday)

  • Action: As always. It's visceral and unrelenting. I still believe that warehouse sequence is one of the best superhero action scenes of all time.

  • Batman, Wonder Woman and Alfred: They are easily best parts of the movie.

  • Deconstruction element (with added dose of Reconstruction): I think this movie did it better than Civil War movie. However, this could have been done better, if the whole 3rd act was changed. However, I really appreciate how this movie doesn't say "humans suck, they suck and humanity sucks". It admits that it's flawed, but also says that we can get better. I really liked that, even though it could have been more handled better.

Meh

  • Supes: Disappointed that he didn't get the focus he deserved. And his death scene, while presented beautifully, should have been saved for next films.

  • Lois's subplot: Kind of feel nothing about this.

  • Lex: There is a potentially great super villain in him, but it's ruined by too much ham. And that ding (or CinemaSins) scene.

  • Batman's character: It turned pretty iffy later on. Everything else is excellent.

Bad:

  • Whole "Martha" business: Need I explain more? If the purpose was to show Batman that Supes is essentially a human, then there were better ways to do that.

  • In fact, the whole 3rd act (except warehouse): This drastically lowered the movie's quality. There are many goods in it, but overall... Almoat hated it.

  • Fucking set ups: Just... stop with it. I've come to hate all cinematic universes (yes, including Marvel) just because of this fucking flaw. Remove that video teasers, remove Flash and remove nods to Apokalips. Knightmare could have been just a dystopia ruled by Superman without parademons.

There are many minuses in this movie, but I still like it. 6/10 or 7/10 (it fluctuates quite often). To be more accurate, I would rate about 8/10 to the first two acts, then 5/10 to the final act, which results in 6 or 7/10 overall. It's not horrible like, say, Fant4stic or Suicide Squad, but it can't be denied that it's a flawed movie and it's worse than Man of Steel.


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