If you read the news related to DC, you will often see reports that the director and the producer parted ways because of their disagreements. Because of this disagreement, the future of the independent big movie "The Flash" is uncertain, and Ben Affleck basically bid farewell to the directorship of "Batman". Of course, as an outsider, it is difficult to understand what happened in this, but at least one point can be proved. From the perspective of DC, the most suitable balance point has not been found in positioning. This time the calling for "Justice" "Alliance" fully exposed this feature.
Perhaps the first feeling many people have after watching it is that they can’t tell whether this movie is good or not. To say it's not good-looking, the movie is not bad in terms of scenes, characters, and soundtrack, and even the story is not at all procrastinating. But to say it looks good, I always feel that there is something wrong that makes people unable to really cheer. In the final analysis, when Marvel gradually dominates the superhero movie market, DC is increasingly unable to find the real means to kill the other party.
Although Marvel is still strong, it is not without problems. Not long ago, "Thor 3: Ragnarok" was released because of too many deliberately funny scenes, which made many fans resist. So for DC, whether it can catch the audience's expectations of them is very important. In the minds of many viewers, Superman and Batman have always been similar to "adults", and they should also do things that belong to adults. It is also because of this depth that unsurpassed heroic movies such as the Nolan Batman trilogy can appear.
But it was after Nolan's trilogy that the entire DC seemed to be forcibly planted on a banner of dark wind. Decadence, despair, and chaos have also become the main tone of the later DC film and television works. But the market has proved that leaving Nolan, although the pictures and themes can still be gloomy, audiences without souls will still not pay, so the market response including "X Task Force" and "Batman v Superman" is certainly not enough to satisfy DC . On the one hand, "Wonder Woman" succeeded in casting roles, and on the other hand, it took the path of orthodox heroes to save the world, and finally gained market recognition. So how to balance the style and the market is again in front of "Justice League."
It can be clearly felt that in order to continue to be different from the Marvel style, this film uses the despair of the society after Superman's death as the main tone of the picture. On the corner of the street, it can be said that these pictures are indeed very DC.
But this style just didn't last long, and the heroes of all walks of life pushed forward the process desperately like rushing to the field. The reason why I use rush to describe it is that almost every turn of the character does not need to be psychologically laid. The role of Sea King and Gang Bone joining the alliance is entirely a routine. From the beginning of the rejection of the invitation to the initiative to join, there is hardly a lot of psychological paving, and it also makes people feel that this is completely stereotyped. After that, Superman went from being hostile to the heroes from resurrection to joining the alliance. Apart from showing off his love with Louise, he also didn't have much psychological excavation.
On the one hand, this rush is caused by the excessive number of characters. On the other hand, it is also obviously felt to cater to the audience's needs in the current market. Obviously, it can be felt that the main creative team dare not put in too many shots to create style, and also dare not make the story trend too gloomy. And from the beginning to the end, the newly added heroes can find the shadow of Marvel. For example, the Flash and the Spider-Man who just returned to Marvel have almost the same role positioning; after joining the alliance, Aquaman also played an inexplicable contrast with Thor. In other words, the steel frame has its own characteristics in a small face.
As a movie of this kind, you shouldn’t be too demanding on the plot, so there is no need to go into the story setting of Superman’s last second killing of the enemy, or it will make people think that other heroes are wasting time in the first 100 minutes of this movie. . However, when Superman and Steel Bone finally lay on the ground and teased, Wonder Woman reluctantly said "both are children", this kind of plot laying makes people feel too unreasonable. Moreover, the role of the kid’s interview video at the beginning is also baffling to think about afterwards.
According to this development, the stylization of DC will become more and more worrying, and the current Neptune, Flash, and Steel Bone almost ended when they almost showed a small face in front of the audience, and did not give the audience too much time for emotional investment. Relatively speaking, in every movie at this stage, Marvel has done a very good job of linking the heroes. So unless "Justice League 2" can be released within two years, in addition to the next "Poseidon" directed by Wonder Woman and Wen Ziren, it is hard to say that DC can also come up with a few trump cards.
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