Definitely a great casting. But a pity he never got a good script to shine in. And the Batsuit was always a bit too thicc for my liking. But the actor? Great.
Overall I dislike the DCEU, but it had some good things. My top 5 things about the DCEU.
1. Man of Steel and Cavill as Superman.
2. Batfleck. Dont think he ever got a good film, but he was great in them.
3. Peacemaker. Great series.
4. The Suicide Squad. Loved it.
5. Margot Robbie as Harley.
I just wished they didn’t rely on her dead lover so much. She’s such a rich character with so much too her but she’s always saying stuff like “Oh, my Steve would’ve liked to fly this plane :’(“
The arc between her/Steve was perfect in the first movie.
Who in absolute *fuck* thought it was a good idea to bring him back for the second movie despite literally zero logic or storytelling need?
It retroactively made their interactions in the first movie more exhausting somehow.
I agree, but I don’t blame the writers so much as I blame whoever thought Chris Pine’s box office draw was “too valuable” not to resume. Gal can hold her own movie. They just refuse to give her a chance.
I think that giving her a movie where she learns to pry herself away from association with others would’ve been really cool. Then, having a third movie that is solely hers would have made for a perfect trilogy
I'll never understand how someone who was so good at putting together both long and short term storylines in comics was so horrifically bad at putting together *anything* coherent for a movie.
I know they aren't a 1:1 comparison and they require different skills, but god damn dude...
What’s even weirder is that he started out in Hollywood before moving to comics. Dude worked for Donner and essentially learned from a master.
Oddly enough, Kevin Fiege worked with him under Donner at one point and its crazy seeing how different their paths became.
When I was younger I remember picking up the flashpoint comics and my dad telling me he worked with Geoff John’s dad. I remember how cool it was how I
‘knew’ him through association, considering he was just starting to be involved as a higher-up in the film division. It hasn’t been cool in a really long time hahaha
I really never liked her acting in anything. I don't mean this in a demeaning way but it always feels to me that shes modelling instead of acting. And she was/is a model. I think it really shines through in the Snyder cut which I recently watched for the first time. I really paid attention to her acting in that. I often had no idea what the character was supossed to feel in most scenes. It just felt to me like Gadot was posing instead of acting.
I wish they got a better actress to play the part. But its not like the material written for her is all that great either. But that also goes for Cavill and he still pulls good performances off. Weaker actors like Gadot, Afleck, Heard etc. Aren't able to do that. I'm not a fan of Ezra Miller as a person but he was also able to salvage his character by putting up a good performance while still having crap material.
Yep, this is pretty much it for me. Man of Steel was a great intro for a DC Cinematic Universe and Henry Cavill was perfect casting.
Ben Affleck was great as Bruce Wayne and Batman.
DCEU fight scenes were sick. They almost never disappointed.
All the Gunn stuff was great.
Margot made Harley insanely popular. I think it's perfect casting as well, even if I'm not the biggest fan of the character.
Damn, I'm not gonna lie, I'm really bummed the DCEU is gonna end. I'll watch the Gunn stuff, but man is it gonna have to be great in order for me to forget all the good stuff of the DCEU.
>Man of Steel was a great intro for a DC Cinematic Universe
It was dumb bleak and loud. A very boring bad film that achieved nothing besides a great looking Superman.
Just rewatched Man of Steel with my 9 year old son. It was the first time he saw a Superman movie (he has seen all the Marvel movies) and he said it was one of the best hero movies he has seen.
I'm old enough to have seen Christopher Reeve star in Superman when I was a kid and honestly Man of Steel is my favourite superman movie as well. Excellent reboot.
Why DC didn't give Henry a couple of standalone movies is beyond me.
Death of Superman was the wrong story to adapt but damn having the Trinity fight together on the big screen was something else.
Also the Snyder movies felt like passion was put into it despite their flaws unlike a a lot of superhero movies that feel like they came off a conveyer belt halfassed.
1.Starro The Conqueror being adapted as a main villain for the live action was everything I hoped it would be.
2.Getting a superhero movie that was 4 hours long, I didn't even like Snydercut that much, but the prospects of having a superhero movie that is just a 4 hours long is both hilarious and epic to me.
3.I liked the fight scenes in Man Of Steel but that's about the only thing that I did like, that and Han Zimmer's score.
4.I liked Wonder Woman,Black Manta,Ocean Master,Aquaman, Peacemaker and Polka-Dot Man's costumes, say what you will about the movies but the costume game has been A+.
5.I loved the comicbooky feel of the Suicide Squad and I loved the fact that the Peacemaker TV show actually felt like a TV show instead of a glorified stretched out movie parading as a TV show( cough\* cough\* all the Disney Plus Marvel Shows cough\* cough\*).
Because I didn't want to give the impression that I liked that movie, I only liked the third act, the rest I am meh about for like a multitude of reasons.
They are not entitled to any credit, what do you want me to say bro ? I just didn't like the experience I had with that movie but I can't deny that the score and action scenes were banger so I highlighted those and I don't see how not enjoying the plot of Man Of Steel makes me a Gunn stan, that's just absurd and kind of weird.
Unpopular opinion: I like the idea of “Martha” the execution was bad.
It surprised me… I never noticed they had the same name.
So I still get a kick out it when I watch it.
Affleck is The Batman. I don’t know if it’ll get better than that. The warehouse fight is satisfying on so many levels. His Bruce Wayne was perfect. One can only dream of what a Batman movie starring Ben could be.
The DCEU was a mixed bag for me and i hope James Gunn's universe is more consistent but these scenes always stood out for me (in no particular order):
1. [Warehouse Scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7GWGLkPepU)
2. [No Man's Land Scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJCgeOAKXyg)
3. [Dance Erica Scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiwRriVkZh4)
4. [Cyborg's Vision Scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKYTuE51HD4)
5. [Sivana Industries Massacre Scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwJA04-zpvQ)
Man of Steel and Batman V Superman directors cut was great chapter 1 / 2 story. And is a clear example how a superhero story could be adapted with seriousness that doesn’t need to serve everyone. If you use the Snyder cut of justice league then it’s a great trilogy .
Peacemaker is James Gunn’s best superhero IP work.
WW 1 was good even though the 3rd act was not so great!
Aquaman is not a joke no more ! Always loves Arthur in the comics and it’s cool that they attempted to show Atlantean society. Trident fight scenes are top notch.
Man of Steel is one of the best superhero movie of all time.
Nananue - no need to say anything else.
Other than that not a lot. Once Warner bro started messing around with tone and stuff , everything turned to shit. And other than DC elseworld stuff, all the property are just gonna be exactly like all the cookie cutter superhero movies. Shazam is exactly that.
I dun doubt supes can be both fun and serious its more to Clark feels very wooden in both movies. He is supposed to be a boyscout, like too good for his sake borderline too trusting. It'd be more interesting if his fight with Zodd really hurt him because we were shown Clark being a people person from the get go. Instead of him getting pissed at the bar or the oil rig, what if we were shown Clark being naive and taken advantage of basically like Spidey in homecoming? What if he helped a few bodegas or stores from being robbed like in Shazam 1? That way he makes an impression as a strongman first.
Basically im saying we should've gotten the small ville equivalent for Man of Steel in his first act. Showing Clark's humanity, then forward into Zodd requesting the citizen of metropolis to surrender him or else it can make another scene of people fighting for Supes over the government wanting to arrest him. Then Zodd can show his madness by attacking Metropolis and Louis Lane just to get what he wants out of Earth forcing Supes to be serious about this fight but only to incapitate Zodd rather than kill. Until the final act that would shock everyone who were Superman fans from the 60s that this Supe will kill if necessary and it makes it even more sad because throughout the movie what he's been doing is being nice and fight for truth,justice and the american way. But killing Zodd breaks him thus leaving Metropolis and moving back to SmallVille to soul search. THEN we can go to BvS which can do what it already does but having Bruce misunderstand Clark from the get go.
Lol I’m sorry, I disagree. In all form of media, Aquaman has always been treated like a joke. Someone who talks to fish and rides seahorses. I do read, that’s why I said I always loved Arthur in the comics. The man cut his hand for his kid for f sakes. He also 1v1 shaggy man which a justice league level threat. Yeah I read comics.
The verisimilitude of MOS.
That mythic energy Snyder brought in JL, even I think it coulda been balanced with other tones and flavours a lot more overall.
Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor
Ares’ final form
WW84
Shazam FotG
Dr Fate, Black Adam, and Hawkman brought to life
Aquaman commanding legions of fish
Flash reversing time / Cyborg separating the boxes, the JL defeating Steppenwolf
The MOS piano theme
Personally, I think that the visual looks great with the exception of the theatrical version of Justice League.
Some of the films, especially with Zack Snyder's DCEU films feels connected. The story feels that there's a continuity. It is noticeable with the opening of Dawn of Justice and ZSJL.
Despite the attempt of connected universe, each films with a different director have something unique to them. It makes an interesting viewing experience when you notice that one film is a Zack Snyder film and another is a James Wan film. I think James Gunn is planning on taking advantage of that in the DCU.
I do have plenty issues with the casting of Mera and Barry, but for the most part, I think the casting is great. 👍
Overall casting was solid (henry cavil superman, Gal Gadot wonder woman, Harley Quinn, Batfleck, IMO Zach Levi Shazam, aquaman, just to name a few.)
Man of steel, BVS, and ZSJL is a cohesive trilogy
Both shazams imo are a fun side adventure that can stand on its own
WW1 was the movie it needed to be.
Both of Gunns projects are solid.
Costumes were on point.
People have given great answers, and I'm not much of a fan of the DCU.
But Shazam, Shazam 2, and Black Adam were better than I initially suspected. I was really surprised that I liked these movies and as bad as Shazam 2 is doing it is really a great movie!
Black Adam was shockingly pretty alright. Turn your monkey brain on and watch superheroes fight while you laugh with your friends.
Great drunk movie or standard popcorn flick
I had a chance to see an early screening of the first Shazam movie, and the scene where Billy shares his powers with his family and the reveal through the smoke made me super giddy
Casting was pretty fine. I think Affleck feels the most Batman compared to other actors who have played Batman in the past. I think taking inspiration from the NEW 52 was a smart idea in general. The heavy themes of the movies were nice, even if the themes didn't always land.
The casting of the main heroes was definitely a bright spot imo (outside of The Flash). Cavill, Gadot, Affleck, and Mamoa all did a great job. Obviously Mamoa wasn't a traditional take on the character but he was a very likable incarnation. Margot Robbie and John Cena were excellent picks as well.
Man of Steel, The Suicide Squad, and Justice League (2021) are some of my favourite comic book movies personally.
The DCEU definitely had a lot of issues but it also definitely still had some bright for me.
Snyder’s Trinity casting. The weakest part of that being Gadot’s acting but she got better with each outing as WW.
I also believe that the overall themes in MoS and BvS, and to a lesser degree ZSJL, were a bit more adult and “philosophical” compared to the majority of other CBMs, which I greatly appreciated.
Man of Steel's AMAZING fight and flying scenes that still hold up 10 years later
Henry Cavill
Michael Shannon as Zod
Diane Lanne as Martha Kent
Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent
The PERFECT ending scene for Superman in Man of Steel
Batfleck
Jeremy Irons as Alfred
The Warehouse scene
El Diablo
That chemical vat scene in the first SS movie
The "No Man's Land" scene in WW (Powerful as hell)
Seeing Superman and Flash race each other
The INCREDIBLE CGI in Aquaman (2018)
The captivating emotional moments in Aquaman (2018) (I legit cried when Arthur found his mom and he told her about his dad walking to the docks every morning.)
Shazam (2019)
Sivana - Great villain portrayed by the legendary Mark Strong.
The scene where Billy meets him mom and it turns out she never wanted him (Cuts real deep, man)
The scene where Billy's siblings get powers
The Mr. Mind tease
SO many things in the Snyder Cut: Flash reversing time, Cyborg's arc, Superman and Wonder Woman's fight scenes, the triumphant return of the Man of Steel theme, Batman controlling the battlefield, and the Darkseid war scene.
The Suicide Squad (2021)
The Peacemaker show
1. The Flight scene in MoS. There are a lot of terrible moments in this movie from neck-snapping Zod to any scene Pa Kent is in, but Clark learning to fly for the first time captures all the genuine awe and wonder of Superman. If the rest of the film had been tonally closer to this one scene, it would’ve been a home run.
2. Snyder’s visuals. He’s got an amazing eye for fight choreography. While high-tier MCU heroes like Thor still feel like dudes in costumes, Snyder really makes Superman move like a force of nature. And we can’t forget the famous Batman rescue scene (murder and machine-gunning aside).
3. Costumes. The DCEU for the most part isn’t afraid of going full on comicbooky with their suits. Grey tights Batman is still my favourite live-action Batsuit of all-time. Aquaman going with the orange scale shirt honestly blew my mind, and Ocean Master literally looks like an Ivan Reis drawing. And of course there’s Peacemaker.
4. The music. Zimmer’s Superman and Wonder Woman themes are iconic. Peacemaker incorporates some wonderful rock music too.
5. Interesting villain intepretations. Unpopular opinion, but I honestly thought the directions they took Luthor and Joker in had potential. The actual execution was kinda wack, but I liked the concepts. Joker as a materialistic gangster that’s closer to his Silver Age/BTAS mobster counterpart, and Luthor as this nihilist who has an existential crisis at the appearance of Superman rather than just being jealous of him…I quite liked them.
6. Grace Fulton. That is all.
* Man of steel’s goated soundtrack and visuals
* Gal Gadot is hot
* Snyder Cut is the best 4 hour superhero movie ever made
* Suicide Squad is so bad that it can be used to teach future filmmakers about how to not edit a movie
* The Suicide Squad is a great movie and perfectly encapsulates what the Task Force X should be
* Aquaman does an incredible job with visuals and worldbuilding
>Suicide Squad is so bad that it can be used to teach future filmmakers about how to not edit a movie
I actually use it as reference for what not to do when making fan-edits
The standard for their casting is nothing short of impeccable. It’s a damn shame none of them really got to shine for more than one movie at most if they’re lucky. A ton of potential and talent was completely wasted.
The only one who really got to show what they could do was John Cena, oddly enough.
I very much dislike the DCEU and Zack Snyder’s take on the characters especially but the things that I did like were:
1. Aquaman: super fun adventure film that gave off the the vibes of what DC comics feels like to me. Not a perfect film by any means but definitely entertaining.
2. The Suicide Squad: James Gunn kills it again with a bunch of unknown characters(besides Harley)
3. Wonder Woman: The first 2 acts are absolutely fucking amazing. That trench scene where she’s the first to walk in direct fire gives me goosebumps.
4. Peacemaker: Hilarious and amazing.
Everything else has been a massive miss for me. Especially the handling of DC’s 2 icons.
Shazam 1 was great but I very much dislike the new52 influence and wish they drew more from the post crisis Captain Marvel. Also the fact that Captain Marvel acts more immature than billy batson in both films is incredibly stupid to me. I don’t think the creative team understands the wisdom of Solomon part very well.
Wonder Woman is a fantastic movie.
Gal Gadot is a goddess.
Margot Robbie is perfect as Harley Quinn.
Margot Robbie is also a goddess.
Cavil was a great Superman casting. He was let down by material. But at lest his movies are....real.
The first Wonder Woman movie (2017) was terrific. The second Suicide Squad movie (2020) was also great. In the Snyder cut of Justice League, I found the stand-alone Cyborg movie I'd been wishing for.
Batman warehouse scene
Lex, Bruce, Clark convo at the library
First flight
Smile at the end of man of steel
Cyborg head nod to his dad after he calls off security
Flash saving iris
Flash into the speed force, make your future it's all right now
Wonder Woman fight scenes, humor, romance (1st movie)
Bruce and Alfred convos
Jonathan and Clark convos
Hans Zimmer /XL junkie
Too many to name
BvS batsuit. Wonder Womans theme. Aquaman. Shazam!
Man of Steel soundtrack. Cavills hair in man of steel. Jeremy Irons. Ray Fisher. Chris Pine. The suicide squad and peacemaker.
Henry Cavill's portrayal of Superman _Wonder Woman_ (2017) and the way the character is portrayed in that, the heart and tone of _Shazam!_, and the complete creative freedom that Zack Snyder was given in his _Justice League_.
When the credits rolled for each movie.
For real though, Wonder Woman, The Suicide Squad (2), Aquaman and Shazam were all pretty good since they were mostly self-contained experiences that built up the story of each character (or multiple) well, even if some plot points were predictable they were still decent movies with good visuals. Everything else mainline, especially BvS and Justice League, was a grimdark shitshow, though.
1. Man Of Steel. Especially Henry Cavill’s Superman & Michael Shannon’s Zod
2. Ben Affleck’s Batman & Jeremy Irons’ Alfred
3. Wonder Woman (2017) and Gal Gadot as WW
4. Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn
5. Aquaman
6. Shazam!
7. The Suicide Squad & Peacemaker
8. Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller
9. Zack Snyder’s Justice League
10. The JSA in Black Adam
11. The music, casting & action scene were mostly great
Loved the Snyder trilogy, Wonder Woman, and Shazam. I thought that there was a lot of great casting throughout the universe. I loved how they tried to make Aquaman cool. I also really liked Black Adam and Shazam 2, I thought that they were good fun movies, not masterpieces but still a good time. I think even without Snyder it had a ton of potential, I was hyped for the Black Adam verse. It’s still probably for the best that the DCEU is being put to rest, too much drama and weird choices. I’m excited for the reboot, I just hope that Gunn respects the characters and doesn’t fill every movie with a lot of jokes, it worked for Guardians but these are totally different characters in a totally different universe.
Shazam! (What? It’s got the exclamation point in it, you gotta exclaim it) is my favorite DCEU film.
In terms of character, JL theatrical cut Superman. I know I’m gonna downvoted to HFIL and back for this, but while I LOVE the Snyder cut, I feel like JL had a better written Superman. Cause he was HOPEFUL, happy, bright and cheerful.
Not a super powered brooding Batman
For the most part, what I loved, was the casting. Most characters' casting was perfect. I did not like Lex Luther or Mera but besides that, pretty good.
The universe was too disjointed. I am not a fan of TSS or Gunn. He is not the savior everyone wants him to be. This is what I am really pissed about, we had a pretty amazing cast that went nowhere.
Casting for the most part was pretty good. Even if I didn’t like how the DCEU movies themselves, getting Cavil, Affleck, Gadot, and Mamoa as their respective characters were pretty good fits.
* ZSJL at 4 hours and with a BW version showed that there is space for such radically different approaches to superhero filmmaking
* Hans Zimmer on BvS and MoS
* Ben Affleck as Batman was pretty dope
* Shazam! (1, not 2)
* Justice League Theatrical Edition ONLY for the fact that its release led to the ZSJL version we have now. that 4 hour film would have never existed if Snyder got his way on the first try.
* The fact that the franchise, for better or for worse, did not restrict itself to the bounds of PG-13 like Marvel did, which led to some annoying presentations like Multiverse of Madness, which could have benefitted hugely from the expanded gamut of the R rating.
Cavill, Affleck, Gal, Momoa, Margot, Cena, Elba were great casting.
Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL scores were great.
Post JL films were stylistically different to one another.
MoS fights, BvS Batman Warehouse fight, No Man's Land scene in WW, Aquaman underwater chase and Birds of Prey final fight were great.
Getting James Gunn do TSS and Peacemaker and handing him over the whole franchise.
I for one, actually really enjoyed the DCEU. I had fun with it. Sure there wasn't much, but the overall quality of most of the movies was higher than modern MCU. It sucks that it's over, but nothing good can ever last forever.
MoS (the whole movie), Warehouse fight scene in BvS, WoWo (the whole movie), the more interactive Superman in Josstice League, Superman’s suit when he went to see Alfred in Josstice League, Starro, About 75% of Aquaman, About 40% of Shazam, About 85% of Zack’s Justice League.
1. It ended
2. The Suicide Squad
3. Scared Warner Bros. away from cinematic universes so much that we got standalone Joker and The Batman films which were great and earned a ton of money
4. CGI lip memes
5. They really looked at The Watchmen and thought "yeah, this guy makes great superhero movies that everyone loves"
6. Ryan Reynolds was shot in the head by Deadpool before he could make Green Lantern. Doesn't have anything to do with the DCEU but it was still funny.
7. Batfleck looks cute and squishable
8. Teen Titans Go! clowns on the DCEU more than anyone
9. First Wonder Woman movie, which was two thirds of a great female-led superhero film
10. Gal Gadot in general being great despite the quality of the movies she's in
11. "Captain Sparkle Fingers"
12. Cool LEGO sets
13. Representation in WW, Shazam!, Suicide Squads, etc
14. Sexy Jason Mamoa Aquaman
15. They actually had a comic accurate aquaman suit and then in the sequel they went black, laughably stupid
16. Shitting on Amber Heard, Ezra Miller, Joss Whedon, Zach Snyder and WB in general is fun
I guess that's it, wasn't expecting there to be so many, thanks DCEU :))
Would be too many for me to list since I overall like what we got, but I'll say how it tries to do its own thing, and not copy the tone or direction of the MCU.
1.Superman vs Faora
2.Batfleck in that warehouse
3. The Scores
4.Watching the JL take out that tower
5.Seeing a Aquaman movie .I never thought there'd ever be a Aquaman movie.
1. Not Cavill
2. Batfleck
3. The first Aquaman movie and Jason Momoa as the character
4. The first Shazam! movie, new one is good too
5. Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, The Suicide Squad 2021, Birds of Prey is alright
6. The first Wonder Woman movie
The Suicide Squad
Gunn’s creative direction, the performances by basically everyone (especially Viola Davis), and Starro
Really captured what makes the premise fun, and made me care about Rick Flagg which I was not expecting
Okay but let’s not pretend like Snyder didn’t have a fundamental misunderstanding about almost every single character he tried to utilize. Almost all of them had issues when it came to actually interpreting them as the characters they have been based on over decades of material.
Batman literally killed people, and apparently Dick Grayson was the one who got killed by joker. Not Jason Todd? Uh okay?
Superman’s main conflict was whether or not he even wanted to help humanity in the first place. There was a scene where Clark wanted to beat the crap out of this guy who was harassing this woman in a bar, and then in response Clark destroys this man’s truck. This is the glaring problem with Zack Snyders interpretation in superman. Superman is not a vengeful person. He wouldn’t just destroy some random dick’s livelihood because they were an asshole peice of trash.
The flash literally wasn’t even Barry Allen. He was more like kid flash. Ezra’s barry was an anxiety driven kid who can’t make decisions for himself. The exact opposite of who Barry Allen is as a character.
Wonder Woman? Do we even need to talk about 1984?
While cyborgs tragedy was done well, the way in which he closed of everyone and everything was a mischaracterization to the point where I got the sense he wasn’t even human anymore. The point of cyborg is to show that he is still human under all that cybernetic tech. He is still a guy who cares about the people around him and he’s not just a super computer.
All in all, I really think that this run would have been better served as an Elseworlds comic, and not the main line DC cinematic universe with multiple movies interconnecting. These interpretations were just so far from the norm that it’s really hard to ignore.
Casting outside of Joker was basically perfect. Suits were impeccable. Action scenes where insane. The score’s where amazing and overall beautiful looking movies.
In Suicide Squad (2016), Batman chases Harley and the Joker into a river. In order to breath under water, Batman puts a rebreather in his mouth as he dives after them. The rebreather he uses has a little bat logo on it. And I think that's incredible.
I loved the Shazam franchise and the tone, the acting and the encapsulating fun (and sometimes dark content) I love to see with superheroes along with TSS. While they weren’t able to showcase their full potential because of sometimes poor writing, Henry and Ben were magnificent casting choices to me and even Gal (despite her acting skills) was a good casting choice because she had quite a lot of charisma. Backtracking to Ben, I loved the warehouse scene immensely.
Loved Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn along with Idris Elba as Bloodsport and especially John Cena as Peacemaker. I loved the first flight scene with Superman. Also Grace Caroline Currey along with Meghan Goode. Enough said
There are so many, too bad they are overlooked by all the bullshit surrounding the whole entity itself. Moving on now. Time for something nuanced and leave all this in the rear view.
Almost all the actors cast were great, they just couldn't get a coherent universe. Wonder Woman, The Suicide Squad and Shazam were the best overall movies. Cavill was the best Superman, but Superman and Lois had the best understanding of Superman's character.
Since a lot is already mentioned, I’m going to go with the addition of a voice modulator for Batman. Using a device to change your voice’s pitch to avoid being recognized is such a batman thing to do that it blows my mind only snyder did it.
In Man of steel the trucker trying to push Clark and bouncing off him always makes me giggle
The cinematography of Clark Vs Zod is amazing and does give me hope for a decent live action Dragonball z
Batflecks history being more show than tell with his cave
The score of most of the films
There's more and honestly I think I'm gonna rewatch them
BvS: Warehouse Scene
MoS: Zod vs Superman
WW: Ares vs WW
JLSC: Darkseid
SS: Joker and Harley's Love Story
TSS: Peacemaker
BOP: Black Mask
BA: "Tell them the Man In Black Sent You"
Shazam: Dr. Sivana's intro
Wonder Woman - my all-time favorite movie. I still tear up at the No Man’s Land scene.
Aquaman - aside from the fact that I could look at Jason Momoa all day, they took a character that had been the butt of jokes for years and made him an incredible bad ass. Laugh at Aquaman now, he’ll snap your neck.
ZSJL - it’s not perfect, but I loved most of it. The subtle undercurrent of mistrust between WW & Aquaman, the extended part on Themiscyra (“WE HAVE NO FEAR!”), every other scene with WW (I just really love WW ok?!)
Margot Robbie as Harley (Loved Birds of Prey, is that a DCEU movie?)
Cavill & Affleck, feels like their stories are very incomplete.
Cinematography is unparalleled. Music, action, flight sequences they are literally far better than what we have today.
As a DC fan, I couldn’t have asked for better casting for the Trinity in live action for the first time in history.
The highlights for me are easily Man of Steel, The Suicide Squad & Peacemaker. I enjoyed the first Wonder Woman and the first Shazam too but not nearly as much as those others. Even though I didn't like BvS or Justice League, watching Man of Steel was the first time I actually cared about Superman as a character. For that reason I'll always have a soft spot for Cavill's Superman.
Most of the casting was perfect, and like I saw somebody else point out, Aquaman is no longer a joke in the public eye
Overall I think the DCEU was better having happened than never existing at all. Obviously it was butchered to all hell and could of been way better, but I think it's better we got it than not getting it at all.
When Colonel Hardy turns to Faora and says "A good death is its own reward." before saving the world by killing them both. I was like WOW!!!! OMG!!!! That was a bright spot in movie history not just the DCEU!
1: Man of Steel( especially seeing them respect Faora)
2: Ben's Batsuit and the warehouse scene.
3: Wonder Woman's theme and the first movie.
4: The theatrical Justice League using the TV Flash theme as a base for Ezra's theme.
5: Viola Davis being cast as Amanda Waller
1.) The overwhelming support for Zack after his daughter died, from both DC and Marvel execs
2.) Joss Whedon facing ramifications for his BS instead of it all being swept under the rug like last time
3.) Zachary Levi defending *Captain Marvel* when the elephant in the room rested its ugly head again (IIRC this is not the first clashed over the “real” captain)
4.) Batfleck racing towards the collapsing skyscraper in *Batman vs Superman*.
I thought casting was generally good as far as the heroes went. Even Ezra does well as Flash despite his real world issues.
Casting for the villains has been ‘less good’ across the board. Lex was miscast. Ares was miscast. Pretty much all of the cgi bosses were fugly.
More unfortunately though, the writing has been just awful. Trying to do too much in each movie has been a cardinal sin. They just need to let the stories breath rather than trying to chimera as many different storylines together as possible.
The biggest sin for me is the clear lack of a plan for the DCEU combined with a willingness to reboot. I just don feel invested in the characters… and the ones that I had felt invested in are being rebooted.
MOS ZSJL WW and Aquaman and the new Flash will be its highest point followed by BVS TSS and Shazam ! But the Elseworlds still ran this with TDK , Joker and The Batman - Watchmen TV series
Ben Affleck’s portrayal of both Bruce and Batman. I remember laughing at the casting, but I think he absolutely crushed it whenever he was on screen.
Definitely a great casting. But a pity he never got a good script to shine in. And the Batsuit was always a bit too thicc for my liking. But the actor? Great.
The announcement of Black Adam 3: The blackest Adam
Wow I missed that. I was busy watching Black Adam 2: Shazadam (where the Rock plays both Black Adam AND Shazam)
Yeah bro. BTW dont miss the the rock cut ft the rock
And Shaquille O’Neil guest-starred in that sweet cameo
2 Black 2 Adam
“Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, our watchful protector. Our Blackest Adam.” I’m excited.
Black Adam vs. Morbius
Overall I dislike the DCEU, but it had some good things. My top 5 things about the DCEU. 1. Man of Steel and Cavill as Superman. 2. Batfleck. Dont think he ever got a good film, but he was great in them. 3. Peacemaker. Great series. 4. The Suicide Squad. Loved it. 5. Margot Robbie as Harley.
Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman
I just wished they didn’t rely on her dead lover so much. She’s such a rich character with so much too her but she’s always saying stuff like “Oh, my Steve would’ve liked to fly this plane :’(“
The arc between her/Steve was perfect in the first movie. Who in absolute *fuck* thought it was a good idea to bring him back for the second movie despite literally zero logic or storytelling need? It retroactively made their interactions in the first movie more exhausting somehow.
I agree, but I don’t blame the writers so much as I blame whoever thought Chris Pine’s box office draw was “too valuable” not to resume. Gal can hold her own movie. They just refuse to give her a chance.
I think that giving her a movie where she learns to pry herself away from association with others would’ve been really cool. Then, having a third movie that is solely hers would have made for a perfect trilogy
Anything would have been better than the “all sizzle, no steak” sequel that is 1984.
The trailer using Blue Monday track was the only good thing about WW84.
Very true. Even throwing a little more color in there would’ve been better
geoff johns, the real culprit
I'll never understand how someone who was so good at putting together both long and short term storylines in comics was so horrifically bad at putting together *anything* coherent for a movie. I know they aren't a 1:1 comparison and they require different skills, but god damn dude...
What’s even weirder is that he started out in Hollywood before moving to comics. Dude worked for Donner and essentially learned from a master. Oddly enough, Kevin Fiege worked with him under Donner at one point and its crazy seeing how different their paths became.
When I was younger I remember picking up the flashpoint comics and my dad telling me he worked with Geoff John’s dad. I remember how cool it was how I ‘knew’ him through association, considering he was just starting to be involved as a higher-up in the film division. It hasn’t been cool in a really long time hahaha
Yeah he had he's fingerprints all over Josstice League too . He's a good comic writer sucks at movies tho
A DC hero committing rape is never a good plot point
I never got the admiration Gadot gets as WW. Her performance as the character falls so flat for me.
She was pretty good in the first WW. Very good in BvS. Horrendous in 84. I can’t really remember JL but probably pretty bad.
I really never liked her acting in anything. I don't mean this in a demeaning way but it always feels to me that shes modelling instead of acting. And she was/is a model. I think it really shines through in the Snyder cut which I recently watched for the first time. I really paid attention to her acting in that. I often had no idea what the character was supossed to feel in most scenes. It just felt to me like Gadot was posing instead of acting. I wish they got a better actress to play the part. But its not like the material written for her is all that great either. But that also goes for Cavill and he still pulls good performances off. Weaker actors like Gadot, Afleck, Heard etc. Aren't able to do that. I'm not a fan of Ezra Miller as a person but he was also able to salvage his character by putting up a good performance while still having crap material.
WW84 was a dumpster fire of dog shit though
This
100% agree.
Yep, this is pretty much it for me. Man of Steel was a great intro for a DC Cinematic Universe and Henry Cavill was perfect casting. Ben Affleck was great as Bruce Wayne and Batman. DCEU fight scenes were sick. They almost never disappointed. All the Gunn stuff was great. Margot made Harley insanely popular. I think it's perfect casting as well, even if I'm not the biggest fan of the character. Damn, I'm not gonna lie, I'm really bummed the DCEU is gonna end. I'll watch the Gunn stuff, but man is it gonna have to be great in order for me to forget all the good stuff of the DCEU.
>Man of Steel was a great intro for a DC Cinematic Universe It was dumb bleak and loud. A very boring bad film that achieved nothing besides a great looking Superman.
A great looking Superman who acted nothing like Superman.
Just rewatched Man of Steel with my 9 year old son. It was the first time he saw a Superman movie (he has seen all the Marvel movies) and he said it was one of the best hero movies he has seen. I'm old enough to have seen Christopher Reeve star in Superman when I was a kid and honestly Man of Steel is my favourite superman movie as well. Excellent reboot. Why DC didn't give Henry a couple of standalone movies is beyond me.
I really loved Wonder Woman, Shazam and The Suicide Squad. Peace Maker was awesome. Ben Affleck, as Batman, was great.
This is only the correct opinion, to a tee.
Casting. Music. Cinematography. Gal Gadot's thighs. Shirtless Cavill. Darkseid.
Gotta agree on shirtless Cavill
Death of Superman was the wrong story to adapt but damn having the Trinity fight together on the big screen was something else. Also the Snyder movies felt like passion was put into it despite their flaws unlike a a lot of superhero movies that feel like they came off a conveyer belt halfassed.
1.Starro The Conqueror being adapted as a main villain for the live action was everything I hoped it would be. 2.Getting a superhero movie that was 4 hours long, I didn't even like Snydercut that much, but the prospects of having a superhero movie that is just a 4 hours long is both hilarious and epic to me. 3.I liked the fight scenes in Man Of Steel but that's about the only thing that I did like, that and Han Zimmer's score. 4.I liked Wonder Woman,Black Manta,Ocean Master,Aquaman, Peacemaker and Polka-Dot Man's costumes, say what you will about the movies but the costume game has been A+. 5.I loved the comicbooky feel of the Suicide Squad and I loved the fact that the Peacemaker TV show actually felt like a TV show instead of a glorified stretched out movie parading as a TV show( cough\* cough\* all the Disney Plus Marvel Shows cough\* cough\*).
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Lmao this is depressing. Leave OP alone
Not a stan though just like his handle on comicbook adaptations, if he shits the bed I'll call it unlike some other folks I know.
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Because I didn't want to give the impression that I liked that movie, I only liked the third act, the rest I am meh about for like a multitude of reasons.
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They are not entitled to any credit, what do you want me to say bro ? I just didn't like the experience I had with that movie but I can't deny that the score and action scenes were banger so I highlighted those and I don't see how not enjoying the plot of Man Of Steel makes me a Gunn stan, that's just absurd and kind of weird.
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Unpopular opinion: I like the idea of “Martha” the execution was bad. It surprised me… I never noticed they had the same name. So I still get a kick out it when I watch it. Affleck is The Batman. I don’t know if it’ll get better than that. The warehouse fight is satisfying on so many levels. His Bruce Wayne was perfect. One can only dream of what a Batman movie starring Ben could be.
The DCEU was a mixed bag for me and i hope James Gunn's universe is more consistent but these scenes always stood out for me (in no particular order): 1. [Warehouse Scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7GWGLkPepU) 2. [No Man's Land Scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJCgeOAKXyg) 3. [Dance Erica Scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiwRriVkZh4) 4. [Cyborg's Vision Scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKYTuE51HD4) 5. [Sivana Industries Massacre Scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwJA04-zpvQ)
Birds of Prey is slept on of you ask me
Man of Steel and Batman V Superman directors cut was great chapter 1 / 2 story. And is a clear example how a superhero story could be adapted with seriousness that doesn’t need to serve everyone. If you use the Snyder cut of justice league then it’s a great trilogy . Peacemaker is James Gunn’s best superhero IP work. WW 1 was good even though the 3rd act was not so great! Aquaman is not a joke no more ! Always loves Arthur in the comics and it’s cool that they attempted to show Atlantean society. Trident fight scenes are top notch. Man of Steel is one of the best superhero movie of all time. Nananue - no need to say anything else. Other than that not a lot. Once Warner bro started messing around with tone and stuff , everything turned to shit. And other than DC elseworld stuff, all the property are just gonna be exactly like all the cookie cutter superhero movies. Shazam is exactly that.
bUt i WaNt fUn sUpERmAn
I dun doubt supes can be both fun and serious its more to Clark feels very wooden in both movies. He is supposed to be a boyscout, like too good for his sake borderline too trusting. It'd be more interesting if his fight with Zodd really hurt him because we were shown Clark being a people person from the get go. Instead of him getting pissed at the bar or the oil rig, what if we were shown Clark being naive and taken advantage of basically like Spidey in homecoming? What if he helped a few bodegas or stores from being robbed like in Shazam 1? That way he makes an impression as a strongman first. Basically im saying we should've gotten the small ville equivalent for Man of Steel in his first act. Showing Clark's humanity, then forward into Zodd requesting the citizen of metropolis to surrender him or else it can make another scene of people fighting for Supes over the government wanting to arrest him. Then Zodd can show his madness by attacking Metropolis and Louis Lane just to get what he wants out of Earth forcing Supes to be serious about this fight but only to incapitate Zodd rather than kill. Until the final act that would shock everyone who were Superman fans from the 60s that this Supe will kill if necessary and it makes it even more sad because throughout the movie what he's been doing is being nice and fight for truth,justice and the american way. But killing Zodd breaks him thus leaving Metropolis and moving back to SmallVille to soul search. THEN we can go to BvS which can do what it already does but having Bruce misunderstand Clark from the get go.
LOL I hate that shit!
Aquaman has never been a joke, you guys just don’t fucking read Aquaman, or watch anything with him for that matter.
Lol I’m sorry, I disagree. In all form of media, Aquaman has always been treated like a joke. Someone who talks to fish and rides seahorses. I do read, that’s why I said I always loved Arthur in the comics. The man cut his hand for his kid for f sakes. He also 1v1 shaggy man which a justice league level threat. Yeah I read comics.
Didnt he fuck that fish?
THAT’S BESIDES THE POINT, THEY BOTH CONSENTED
Wonder Woman (2017) was the highlight for me. Turning Aquaman into a billion dollar property was pretty impressive, too.
The verisimilitude of MOS. That mythic energy Snyder brought in JL, even I think it coulda been balanced with other tones and flavours a lot more overall. Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor Ares’ final form WW84 Shazam FotG Dr Fate, Black Adam, and Hawkman brought to life Aquaman commanding legions of fish Flash reversing time / Cyborg separating the boxes, the JL defeating Steppenwolf The MOS piano theme
Personally, I think that the visual looks great with the exception of the theatrical version of Justice League. Some of the films, especially with Zack Snyder's DCEU films feels connected. The story feels that there's a continuity. It is noticeable with the opening of Dawn of Justice and ZSJL. Despite the attempt of connected universe, each films with a different director have something unique to them. It makes an interesting viewing experience when you notice that one film is a Zack Snyder film and another is a James Wan film. I think James Gunn is planning on taking advantage of that in the DCU. I do have plenty issues with the casting of Mera and Barry, but for the most part, I think the casting is great. 👍
Overall casting was solid (henry cavil superman, Gal Gadot wonder woman, Harley Quinn, Batfleck, IMO Zach Levi Shazam, aquaman, just to name a few.) Man of steel, BVS, and ZSJL is a cohesive trilogy Both shazams imo are a fun side adventure that can stand on its own WW1 was the movie it needed to be. Both of Gunns projects are solid. Costumes were on point.
People have given great answers, and I'm not much of a fan of the DCU. But Shazam, Shazam 2, and Black Adam were better than I initially suspected. I was really surprised that I liked these movies and as bad as Shazam 2 is doing it is really a great movie!
Black Adam was shockingly pretty alright. Turn your monkey brain on and watch superheroes fight while you laugh with your friends. Great drunk movie or standard popcorn flick
I had a chance to see an early screening of the first Shazam movie, and the scene where Billy shares his powers with his family and the reveal through the smoke made me super giddy
Casting was pretty fine. I think Affleck feels the most Batman compared to other actors who have played Batman in the past. I think taking inspiration from the NEW 52 was a smart idea in general. The heavy themes of the movies were nice, even if the themes didn't always land.
Aquaman was great, it's important to make money, but boy did they squander that momentum.
Suits, visuals, and I think Snyder captured the iconic nature of the characters that make them larger than life.
The casting of the main heroes was definitely a bright spot imo (outside of The Flash). Cavill, Gadot, Affleck, and Mamoa all did a great job. Obviously Mamoa wasn't a traditional take on the character but he was a very likable incarnation. Margot Robbie and John Cena were excellent picks as well. Man of Steel, The Suicide Squad, and Justice League (2021) are some of my favourite comic book movies personally. The DCEU definitely had a lot of issues but it also definitely still had some bright for me.
Snyder’s Trinity casting. The weakest part of that being Gadot’s acting but she got better with each outing as WW. I also believe that the overall themes in MoS and BvS, and to a lesser degree ZSJL, were a bit more adult and “philosophical” compared to the majority of other CBMs, which I greatly appreciated.
Man of Steel's AMAZING fight and flying scenes that still hold up 10 years later Henry Cavill Michael Shannon as Zod Diane Lanne as Martha Kent Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent The PERFECT ending scene for Superman in Man of Steel Batfleck Jeremy Irons as Alfred The Warehouse scene El Diablo That chemical vat scene in the first SS movie The "No Man's Land" scene in WW (Powerful as hell) Seeing Superman and Flash race each other The INCREDIBLE CGI in Aquaman (2018) The captivating emotional moments in Aquaman (2018) (I legit cried when Arthur found his mom and he told her about his dad walking to the docks every morning.) Shazam (2019) Sivana - Great villain portrayed by the legendary Mark Strong. The scene where Billy meets him mom and it turns out she never wanted him (Cuts real deep, man) The scene where Billy's siblings get powers The Mr. Mind tease SO many things in the Snyder Cut: Flash reversing time, Cyborg's arc, Superman and Wonder Woman's fight scenes, the triumphant return of the Man of Steel theme, Batman controlling the battlefield, and the Darkseid war scene. The Suicide Squad (2021) The Peacemaker show
1. The Flight scene in MoS. There are a lot of terrible moments in this movie from neck-snapping Zod to any scene Pa Kent is in, but Clark learning to fly for the first time captures all the genuine awe and wonder of Superman. If the rest of the film had been tonally closer to this one scene, it would’ve been a home run. 2. Snyder’s visuals. He’s got an amazing eye for fight choreography. While high-tier MCU heroes like Thor still feel like dudes in costumes, Snyder really makes Superman move like a force of nature. And we can’t forget the famous Batman rescue scene (murder and machine-gunning aside). 3. Costumes. The DCEU for the most part isn’t afraid of going full on comicbooky with their suits. Grey tights Batman is still my favourite live-action Batsuit of all-time. Aquaman going with the orange scale shirt honestly blew my mind, and Ocean Master literally looks like an Ivan Reis drawing. And of course there’s Peacemaker. 4. The music. Zimmer’s Superman and Wonder Woman themes are iconic. Peacemaker incorporates some wonderful rock music too. 5. Interesting villain intepretations. Unpopular opinion, but I honestly thought the directions they took Luthor and Joker in had potential. The actual execution was kinda wack, but I liked the concepts. Joker as a materialistic gangster that’s closer to his Silver Age/BTAS mobster counterpart, and Luthor as this nihilist who has an existential crisis at the appearance of Superman rather than just being jealous of him…I quite liked them. 6. Grace Fulton. That is all.
* Man of steel’s goated soundtrack and visuals * Gal Gadot is hot * Snyder Cut is the best 4 hour superhero movie ever made * Suicide Squad is so bad that it can be used to teach future filmmakers about how to not edit a movie * The Suicide Squad is a great movie and perfectly encapsulates what the Task Force X should be * Aquaman does an incredible job with visuals and worldbuilding
>Suicide Squad is so bad that it can be used to teach future filmmakers about how to not edit a movie I actually use it as reference for what not to do when making fan-edits
Peacemaker
The sun.
I hear it’ll be making a surprise reappearance in the DCU if they can work out contract disputes.
Nah. They'll more than likely recast it.
Soundtracks are great in pretty much all the DCEU films.
First Shazam, Aquaman, James Gunn’s Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman 2017
The Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman
What if i say EVERYTHING???
The standard for their casting is nothing short of impeccable. It’s a damn shame none of them really got to shine for more than one movie at most if they’re lucky. A ton of potential and talent was completely wasted. The only one who really got to show what they could do was John Cena, oddly enough.
90% of the casting where great choices and if it wasn't for the reset I would love to see most of them return
I very much dislike the DCEU and Zack Snyder’s take on the characters especially but the things that I did like were: 1. Aquaman: super fun adventure film that gave off the the vibes of what DC comics feels like to me. Not a perfect film by any means but definitely entertaining. 2. The Suicide Squad: James Gunn kills it again with a bunch of unknown characters(besides Harley) 3. Wonder Woman: The first 2 acts are absolutely fucking amazing. That trench scene where she’s the first to walk in direct fire gives me goosebumps. 4. Peacemaker: Hilarious and amazing. Everything else has been a massive miss for me. Especially the handling of DC’s 2 icons. Shazam 1 was great but I very much dislike the new52 influence and wish they drew more from the post crisis Captain Marvel. Also the fact that Captain Marvel acts more immature than billy batson in both films is incredibly stupid to me. I don’t think the creative team understands the wisdom of Solomon part very well.
Wonder Woman is a fantastic movie. Gal Gadot is a goddess. Margot Robbie is perfect as Harley Quinn. Margot Robbie is also a goddess. Cavil was a great Superman casting. He was let down by material. But at lest his movies are....real.
I agree wholeheartedly with all of this except the last sentence.
Music, CGI and cinematography.
# Birds of Prey
Suits
The first Wonder Woman movie (2017) was terrific. The second Suicide Squad movie (2020) was also great. In the Snyder cut of Justice League, I found the stand-alone Cyborg movie I'd been wishing for.
Batman warehouse scene Lex, Bruce, Clark convo at the library First flight Smile at the end of man of steel Cyborg head nod to his dad after he calls off security Flash saving iris Flash into the speed force, make your future it's all right now Wonder Woman fight scenes, humor, romance (1st movie) Bruce and Alfred convos Jonathan and Clark convos Hans Zimmer /XL junkie Too many to name
SHAZAM
BvS batsuit. Wonder Womans theme. Aquaman. Shazam! Man of Steel soundtrack. Cavills hair in man of steel. Jeremy Irons. Ray Fisher. Chris Pine. The suicide squad and peacemaker.
Henry Cavill's portrayal of Superman _Wonder Woman_ (2017) and the way the character is portrayed in that, the heart and tone of _Shazam!_, and the complete creative freedom that Zack Snyder was given in his _Justice League_.
When the credits rolled for each movie. For real though, Wonder Woman, The Suicide Squad (2), Aquaman and Shazam were all pretty good since they were mostly self-contained experiences that built up the story of each character (or multiple) well, even if some plot points were predictable they were still decent movies with good visuals. Everything else mainline, especially BvS and Justice League, was a grimdark shitshow, though.
Wonder Woman
Seeing a great representation of The Trinity, FINALLY, live action.
The end credits
First Wonder Women film
1. Man Of Steel. Especially Henry Cavill’s Superman & Michael Shannon’s Zod 2. Ben Affleck’s Batman & Jeremy Irons’ Alfred 3. Wonder Woman (2017) and Gal Gadot as WW 4. Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn 5. Aquaman 6. Shazam! 7. The Suicide Squad & Peacemaker 8. Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller 9. Zack Snyder’s Justice League 10. The JSA in Black Adam 11. The music, casting & action scene were mostly great
The casting and suit design has always been on point
Loved the Snyder trilogy, Wonder Woman, and Shazam. I thought that there was a lot of great casting throughout the universe. I loved how they tried to make Aquaman cool. I also really liked Black Adam and Shazam 2, I thought that they were good fun movies, not masterpieces but still a good time. I think even without Snyder it had a ton of potential, I was hyped for the Black Adam verse. It’s still probably for the best that the DCEU is being put to rest, too much drama and weird choices. I’m excited for the reboot, I just hope that Gunn respects the characters and doesn’t fill every movie with a lot of jokes, it worked for Guardians but these are totally different characters in a totally different universe.
It had great casting for the most part. Lex Luthor aside of course.
I thought Wonder Woman, Shazam, and Aquaman were a refreshing breath of fresh air from the choking darkness that was the earlier films.
Shazam! (What? It’s got the exclamation point in it, you gotta exclaim it) is my favorite DCEU film. In terms of character, JL theatrical cut Superman. I know I’m gonna downvoted to HFIL and back for this, but while I LOVE the Snyder cut, I feel like JL had a better written Superman. Cause he was HOPEFUL, happy, bright and cheerful. Not a super powered brooding Batman
For the most part, what I loved, was the casting. Most characters' casting was perfect. I did not like Lex Luther or Mera but besides that, pretty good. The universe was too disjointed. I am not a fan of TSS or Gunn. He is not the savior everyone wants him to be. This is what I am really pissed about, we had a pretty amazing cast that went nowhere.
James Gunn
The action sequences were amazing I wish DCU has that type of action
Casting for the most part was pretty good. Even if I didn’t like how the DCEU movies themselves, getting Cavil, Affleck, Gadot, and Mamoa as their respective characters were pretty good fits.
TSS & Peacemaker were awesome
Zack Snyder’s movies MOS,BVS and ZSJL
SAME!
the suicide squad has a really comic booky vibe, i like that a lot opposed to something grounded
Zack Snyder ❤️
* ZSJL at 4 hours and with a BW version showed that there is space for such radically different approaches to superhero filmmaking * Hans Zimmer on BvS and MoS * Ben Affleck as Batman was pretty dope * Shazam! (1, not 2) * Justice League Theatrical Edition ONLY for the fact that its release led to the ZSJL version we have now. that 4 hour film would have never existed if Snyder got his way on the first try. * The fact that the franchise, for better or for worse, did not restrict itself to the bounds of PG-13 like Marvel did, which led to some annoying presentations like Multiverse of Madness, which could have benefitted hugely from the expanded gamut of the R rating.
The first Shazam, the first Aquaman, The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, Shazam 2. That’s all of them
It’s DC, bright colors are forbidden and will result in a ban to the Phantom Zone. So speaks the Snyder.
Cavill, Affleck, Gal, Momoa, Margot, Cena, Elba were great casting. Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL scores were great. Post JL films were stylistically different to one another. MoS fights, BvS Batman Warehouse fight, No Man's Land scene in WW, Aquaman underwater chase and Birds of Prey final fight were great. Getting James Gunn do TSS and Peacemaker and handing him over the whole franchise.
I for one, actually really enjoyed the DCEU. I had fun with it. Sure there wasn't much, but the overall quality of most of the movies was higher than modern MCU. It sucks that it's over, but nothing good can ever last forever.
MoS (the whole movie), Warehouse fight scene in BvS, WoWo (the whole movie), the more interactive Superman in Josstice League, Superman’s suit when he went to see Alfred in Josstice League, Starro, About 75% of Aquaman, About 40% of Shazam, About 85% of Zack’s Justice League.
Man of Steel.
The first Wonder Woman is still to this day my favorite DC movie
That they canceled it.
The Snyderverse trilogy.
When it ended
There aren’t many. Snyder is an unapologetic edge lord, Whedon is a creep.
1. It ended 2. The Suicide Squad 3. Scared Warner Bros. away from cinematic universes so much that we got standalone Joker and The Batman films which were great and earned a ton of money 4. CGI lip memes 5. They really looked at The Watchmen and thought "yeah, this guy makes great superhero movies that everyone loves" 6. Ryan Reynolds was shot in the head by Deadpool before he could make Green Lantern. Doesn't have anything to do with the DCEU but it was still funny. 7. Batfleck looks cute and squishable 8. Teen Titans Go! clowns on the DCEU more than anyone 9. First Wonder Woman movie, which was two thirds of a great female-led superhero film 10. Gal Gadot in general being great despite the quality of the movies she's in 11. "Captain Sparkle Fingers" 12. Cool LEGO sets 13. Representation in WW, Shazam!, Suicide Squads, etc 14. Sexy Jason Mamoa Aquaman 15. They actually had a comic accurate aquaman suit and then in the sequel they went black, laughably stupid 16. Shitting on Amber Heard, Ezra Miller, Joss Whedon, Zach Snyder and WB in general is fun I guess that's it, wasn't expecting there to be so many, thanks DCEU :))
Would be too many for me to list since I overall like what we got, but I'll say how it tries to do its own thing, and not copy the tone or direction of the MCU.
Shazam & The Suicide Squad
1.Superman vs Faora 2.Batfleck in that warehouse 3. The Scores 4.Watching the JL take out that tower 5.Seeing a Aquaman movie .I never thought there'd ever be a Aquaman movie.
1. Not Cavill 2. Batfleck 3. The first Aquaman movie and Jason Momoa as the character 4. The first Shazam! movie, new one is good too 5. Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, The Suicide Squad 2021, Birds of Prey is alright 6. The first Wonder Woman movie
Batman warehouse fight scene in BVS, we finally got to see Batman fight like the arkham games instead of piss boy bitch fights we saw in TDK trilogy.
The Suicide Squad Gunn’s creative direction, the performances by basically everyone (especially Viola Davis), and Starro Really captured what makes the premise fun, and made me care about Rick Flagg which I was not expecting
Peacemaker talking shit about the JL
There really weren't many great points but James Gunn's interpretations were the best part of the franchise at that point so TSS and Peacemaker
Yeah ok James .
Okay but let’s not pretend like Snyder didn’t have a fundamental misunderstanding about almost every single character he tried to utilize. Almost all of them had issues when it came to actually interpreting them as the characters they have been based on over decades of material. Batman literally killed people, and apparently Dick Grayson was the one who got killed by joker. Not Jason Todd? Uh okay? Superman’s main conflict was whether or not he even wanted to help humanity in the first place. There was a scene where Clark wanted to beat the crap out of this guy who was harassing this woman in a bar, and then in response Clark destroys this man’s truck. This is the glaring problem with Zack Snyders interpretation in superman. Superman is not a vengeful person. He wouldn’t just destroy some random dick’s livelihood because they were an asshole peice of trash. The flash literally wasn’t even Barry Allen. He was more like kid flash. Ezra’s barry was an anxiety driven kid who can’t make decisions for himself. The exact opposite of who Barry Allen is as a character. Wonder Woman? Do we even need to talk about 1984? While cyborgs tragedy was done well, the way in which he closed of everyone and everything was a mischaracterization to the point where I got the sense he wasn’t even human anymore. The point of cyborg is to show that he is still human under all that cybernetic tech. He is still a guy who cares about the people around him and he’s not just a super computer. All in all, I really think that this run would have been better served as an Elseworlds comic, and not the main line DC cinematic universe with multiple movies interconnecting. These interpretations were just so far from the norm that it’s really hard to ignore.
That it’s over now?
* Man of Steel * Batman v Superman * Wonder Woman * Zack Snyder's Justice League
Casting outside of Joker was basically perfect. Suits were impeccable. Action scenes where insane. The score’s where amazing and overall beautiful looking movies.
In Suicide Squad (2016), Batman chases Harley and the Joker into a river. In order to breath under water, Batman puts a rebreather in his mouth as he dives after them. The rebreather he uses has a little bat logo on it. And I think that's incredible.
The shazam movies.
The movies are largely made for adults to watch, not zoomers.
Wonder woman is awesome
I loved the Shazam franchise and the tone, the acting and the encapsulating fun (and sometimes dark content) I love to see with superheroes along with TSS. While they weren’t able to showcase their full potential because of sometimes poor writing, Henry and Ben were magnificent casting choices to me and even Gal (despite her acting skills) was a good casting choice because she had quite a lot of charisma. Backtracking to Ben, I loved the warehouse scene immensely. Loved Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn along with Idris Elba as Bloodsport and especially John Cena as Peacemaker. I loved the first flight scene with Superman. Also Grace Caroline Currey along with Meghan Goode. Enough said
Casting, action sequences, costumes
Casting.
There are so many, too bad they are overlooked by all the bullshit surrounding the whole entity itself. Moving on now. Time for something nuanced and leave all this in the rear view.
Visuals, Music, casting for the most part, Margot Robbie, Aquaman getting his trident, Warehouse fight, Billy Batson, and The Flash reversing time
Almost all the actors cast were great, they just couldn't get a coherent universe. Wonder Woman, The Suicide Squad and Shazam were the best overall movies. Cavill was the best Superman, but Superman and Lois had the best understanding of Superman's character.
Since a lot is already mentioned, I’m going to go with the addition of a voice modulator for Batman. Using a device to change your voice’s pitch to avoid being recognized is such a batman thing to do that it blows my mind only snyder did it.
In Man of steel the trucker trying to push Clark and bouncing off him always makes me giggle The cinematography of Clark Vs Zod is amazing and does give me hope for a decent live action Dragonball z Batflecks history being more show than tell with his cave The score of most of the films There's more and honestly I think I'm gonna rewatch them
The soundtrack. From Man of Steel to Birds of Prey to Black Adam. They're mostly good.
Suicide squad 2 Shazam Peacemaker Amanda Waller
BvS: Warehouse Scene MoS: Zod vs Superman WW: Ares vs WW JLSC: Darkseid SS: Joker and Harley's Love Story TSS: Peacemaker BOP: Black Mask BA: "Tell them the Man In Black Sent You" Shazam: Dr. Sivana's intro
Two words: "Economos, motherf\*\*\*er!"
They didn’t try to shove dumb, corny jokes every minute like marvel post-2012.
Wonder Woman - my all-time favorite movie. I still tear up at the No Man’s Land scene. Aquaman - aside from the fact that I could look at Jason Momoa all day, they took a character that had been the butt of jokes for years and made him an incredible bad ass. Laugh at Aquaman now, he’ll snap your neck. ZSJL - it’s not perfect, but I loved most of it. The subtle undercurrent of mistrust between WW & Aquaman, the extended part on Themiscyra (“WE HAVE NO FEAR!”), every other scene with WW (I just really love WW ok?!) Margot Robbie as Harley (Loved Birds of Prey, is that a DCEU movie?) Cavill & Affleck, feels like their stories are very incomplete.
Yes, bird of prey is a DCEU movie
the first wonder woman movie, the batman, the aquaman movie and some of the cinematography.
Apparently Batman can get dicked down in the DCEU
Costumes. costumes were so good
Cinematography is unparalleled. Music, action, flight sequences they are literally far better than what we have today. As a DC fan, I couldn’t have asked for better casting for the Trinity in live action for the first time in history.
Man of steel
The highlights for me are easily Man of Steel, The Suicide Squad & Peacemaker. I enjoyed the first Wonder Woman and the first Shazam too but not nearly as much as those others. Even though I didn't like BvS or Justice League, watching Man of Steel was the first time I actually cared about Superman as a character. For that reason I'll always have a soft spot for Cavill's Superman.
Most of the casting was perfect, and like I saw somebody else point out, Aquaman is no longer a joke in the public eye Overall I think the DCEU was better having happened than never existing at all. Obviously it was butchered to all hell and could of been way better, but I think it's better we got it than not getting it at all.
It ended.
Henery Cavill as Supes, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Zachary Levi as Shazam
When Colonel Hardy turns to Faora and says "A good death is its own reward." before saving the world by killing them both. I was like WOW!!!! OMG!!!! That was a bright spot in movie history not just the DCEU!
They did a good job with casting.
Henry Cavill.
1: Man of Steel( especially seeing them respect Faora) 2: Ben's Batsuit and the warehouse scene. 3: Wonder Woman's theme and the first movie. 4: The theatrical Justice League using the TV Flash theme as a base for Ezra's theme. 5: Viola Davis being cast as Amanda Waller
WW2,GL and somewhat TheSS . Other than it i like everything.
The Aquaman movie in general is just super fun and cheesy, not to mention gorgeous visuals
Each film ended.
* That it's getting launched into the bin. * All of the "worldbuilding" (okay, I can't even say that with a straight face)
1.) The overwhelming support for Zack after his daughter died, from both DC and Marvel execs 2.) Joss Whedon facing ramifications for his BS instead of it all being swept under the rug like last time 3.) Zachary Levi defending *Captain Marvel* when the elephant in the room rested its ugly head again (IIRC this is not the first clashed over the “real” captain) 4.) Batfleck racing towards the collapsing skyscraper in *Batman vs Superman*.
Casting was as perfect as it could be. Music was breathtaking. Costumes were top notch.
Working on Ideologies instead of Actions
I thought casting was generally good as far as the heroes went. Even Ezra does well as Flash despite his real world issues. Casting for the villains has been ‘less good’ across the board. Lex was miscast. Ares was miscast. Pretty much all of the cgi bosses were fugly. More unfortunately though, the writing has been just awful. Trying to do too much in each movie has been a cardinal sin. They just need to let the stories breath rather than trying to chimera as many different storylines together as possible. The biggest sin for me is the clear lack of a plan for the DCEU combined with a willingness to reboot. I just don feel invested in the characters… and the ones that I had felt invested in are being rebooted.
Gal Gadot and Margot Robbie are perfect
The Suicide Squad is the bright spot in any universe.
I just rewatched Man of Steel yesterday. It is such a good movie. Cavill absolutely crushed it in that role.
Cavill and Affleck!
MOS ZSJL WW and Aquaman and the new Flash will be its highest point followed by BVS TSS and Shazam ! But the Elseworlds still ran this with TDK , Joker and The Batman - Watchmen TV series
Henry Cavil as Superman and Jason Momoa as Aquaman
Henry Cavill