Movie Knights Spoiler Talk: Justice League What Went Wrong?

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Ok let's be honest here before you start jumping down my throat saying i'm just another hater of this film which, yes, i know a lot of people think this is a masterpiece, but i don't think these people even know what a masterpiece is these days.
 This isn’t an article to hate on the film as it's an article to point out why i feel this film is a sloppy mess despite some part of the film being good. Sadly there is a lot of problems with this film, which is the reason for the box office boom. So let's look at what went wrong and what they got right.

Superman Character without a doubt Henry Cavill was the perfect casting choice for superman's character due to his nature as a person and as an actor you can't deny that, from Man of Steel, Batman v Superman and now Justice League he's proven that very thing. With Justice League it was a bold move on how they brought him back with one of the mother boxes, which was done right on screen with him not knowing who he was or where he was since he's been dead for months, and it works.

The other things addressed which worked was the moment Superman attacked clearly not knowing who they we're when flash tried to come up from behind him, it was this point that was good for Superman because even though the flash is faster than light Superman has supervision as we saw in Man of steel when he could see the ship in orbit.

Also addressed the nightmare scene as well Lois being the key if she had died at any point before his resurrection, they wouldn't of been able to anchor Kal El he would have join Steppenwolf so this is clearly put in there

What when wrong?

I think the biggest some what disappointment but easily forgivable with this film is that they didn't really keep to the comic when it came to the event of Batman v Superman to which i mean the death of Superman, here is where they had the opportunity to bring him back with the iconic black and silver suit, not that it needed it but still they missed that Opportunity here.

The other fact was because of the film only being 2hrs it made Superman’S recovery time too fast, sadly this is a big flaw in the film story even for a kryptonian that was way too too fast. The way he was written to be brought back wasn't even close to how he originally came back but i’m guessing it was changed for the film.

The Flash's character not sure if it was rewrites or re-shoots but the character of Barry Allen was all wrong, this is or isn't? because of the casting, Ezra Miller is a brilliant actor, its just the way he was written in. The running at high speed was perfect because if you look at an ice speed skater, you recognize the movement which is attention to detail, plus the suit design is perfect because it's designed from the specs of NASA’s shuttle with heat resistant and electricity interference which is explained in the film. 

What else is wrong is the way they had Flash, this kid in a sweet shop acting like a weird kid with a witty humor. This isn't Barry: he’s more straight going and a little reserved,
Wally West is the wise cracking speedster but Barry is not. The reason why i say this is you have to look at his life, his mom was killed in front of him and his dad is accused of this murder and put in jail. Barry realistically wouldn't be the way he is portrayed in the Justice League, which is another flaw in the story.

Wonder woman character i can't help but think they held her character back in this film as she the most experienced fighter there, this film does somehow holds her back i did notice this especially when she was facing Steppenwolf it like they slightly nerfed her a little. Apart from that, Gal Gadot is without a doubt the best casting choice for this character.

With Aquaman and Cyborg characters they we're done pretty well giving more depth to their characters, all though i do feel these characters we're under used in the film in area's. Ya there not a lot aqua man can do on land because he's powers are connected the sea and water, we do get some moments where he has some funny moments. With Cyborg I felt the some emotion but not a whole bunch I think a lot of his scenes were cut, which would have given his character more depth.

Here where the film goes complete wrong!

It's not the visual effect although a few Superman close-up with a C.G.I makeover to get rid of that mustache because of paramount which henry cavill was still filming at the time and under contract not to remove, it seriously looked bad on screen and should've been done right,
 plus it's not the critics or the fans trash talking the film iver let's be honest here.


 The biggest problem this film had was the 2 hrs time limit forced on the film by CEO Kevin Tsujihara demanded on the film to be. This completely made the film of this size feel rushed which did not give the film any time for the characters to develop which i explained with Superman as well, which didn't help.

  This i can’t emphasize enough the Light tone only works if you have characters that need a light tone in certain scenes for humor. However no matter what people say, a film being completely light toned, you’re turning the whole film into a toned down comedy or child's film which kills any villains presence being menacing.

Which is whats happen here with the Justice League and why it wasn’t booming in box office sadly it’s nothing to do with critics or the fans it the film itself, even though i gave this an 8 out of 10 in my review, this film was ruined by this very thing. By cutting most of Snyder scenes for Joss Weldon re-shoot and rewrites they compromised the film integrity leaving it with no substance.

With wonder woman it was take two step forward in making a dc good again, but then taking two step back from an unbalance justice league film that made the mistake of using the light tone for the whole film. This killed any emotional content or gritty drama from the film because it was to happy go lucky with it tone, this is why steppen wolf came off as this weak ass villain on screen and just a punching bag for superman.

I'm sorry to say this even for a DC fan this film is a weak dumb down movie just to appease the fanboys complaining about the darker tone, instead of getting a balanced film to make steppen wolf a bad ass on screen and looking menacing also allowing emotional context in the film; we get an over light toned marvel avengers 2.5 film which felt like a disappointed.

This film should've been like wonder woman in one with a balance of light tone in certain scene that needed humor and darker tone for the villain and drama scenes to give some emotion grounded substance to the film which sadly this is not what we got, i blame Joss Whedon and the CEO of Warner bros for this messy film. 

So people need to stop blaming critics and fans bad reviews for the drop in box office, the film does that it self, i warned ages ago if Warner bros turns DC in to marvel it will back fire because the characters of DC are darker than the one in marvel thats just a fact. By making this film over the top light tone DC lost its identity which sadly could cost this universe.

This only why Warner bros can fix this mess is to sperate Warners bros from DC have a contract so no CEO can interfere in the progress of the film and let the directors make the film without inference, because this is the problem DC is having Warner bros interfering in things they dont have a clue in.

All Warner bros should be doing its marketing and stop interfering in a director work, marvel doesnt have that much inference other than Disney control over the rating for the films, Warners bros should be doing the same but not copying this childish tone. Because if DC can get every film with a balance like wonder woman trust me DC films would be successful, but as far as justice league film goes it was a sloppy mess thanks to micromanagement which needs to stop.

I believe Patty jerkins would've had a better result that Joss with finishing this film because she has a greater respect for his work than joss, no office to people say joss is good at what he does sadly no avengers 2 was mediocre and if you look back at the Alien 3 script he wrote where we would of had a power rangers style ending with xenomorphs you would see just how much of a hack he is. From what ive heard he is no fired from bat-girl which i hope is true. 

Metal Gear Movie in Development

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WOW it look like it finally happening with a metal gear solid movie and ya most of us know about 10 years ago this was mention that this film could be happening like the halo film at the time, but seem it faded out and just disappeared with no news of anything being done for this story but that is until now.

Ya i know game adapted to movies has quite worked out special with films like Super Mario bros, Mortal kombat Annihilation and many more other film that have use game to movie concept, but it seem that with a good director that can work despite what some people think assassin creed movie was actually pretty good.

With Sony heading this movie it seem like Metal gear solid is back on track to being made, whats great about this is the fact Sony has hired the best person for the job writer Derek Connolly who was the writer for the Jurassic world movie which was a success in box office breaking the world record in cinema history with 500 million in less than 3 days.

But he's not alone Sony has also hired Jorden Vogt-roberts to help him which most of us should know this isnt the first time these two have worked together, both these guys wrote the successful 2017 film Kong: skull island which did well in box office with 566.6 million in profit from a Budget only 185 million.

So it gonna be interesting to see what they can do with this Game adapted story into a film that most of us fans loved before Konami destroyed the series with their greed, not to mention treated the designer like crap which thankful has left the company to start a new company with Sony Hideo Kojima who was the heart and soul of that game.

Not much is known at this point as all we know is that the two writers are in development of this film and it's still in it writing stage at this point, so it will be some time before we start seeing casting for this film or even it see the light of day, but it does beg the question who is going to be the co-producer Konami or Hideo Kojima on this film since they were both involved with the game.

The last writer that was brought on years ago was Jay basu who wrote the film (Monsters: Dark Continent) But it seem he's story script wasn't up to scratch, so this is why they brought on Connolly to head the project but it seem no notes were made to indicate that there are rewrites, so it look as if Jay script was scrap and given Connolly to write a full concept story for this film. This is just speculation at this point.

Whether this film will be based on the first film well your guest is as good as mine, but at this point is seem like a good movie for Sony to get two good writers for this film,  let you know more when more news comes in on this film development.

What do you think? Do you think this film could be a success under these two writers or do you think this will fall pray to the game movie curse? let us know in the comments of your opinions

Iconic Horror Figure Hangs Up His Glove For Good

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In 1984 our worst dreams had come true, as normally back then teenage thought having hormone and oversex drives were the problem with jason voorhees walking around, until a psychopathic child killer became something much worst when the parents took the law into their own hand and burn the man to death.

This was the combination of events that lead to one of the most iconic slayer film of 1984 as Robert Englund took on the role the child murdering Freddy Krueger who took the word nightmare to a whole new level as he invaded teenager’s dream’s.

Over 20 years Robert has play Freddy 8 time with certain famous quotes like “How sweet fresh meat” and “welcome to prime time bitch” which Robert did with so much style that brought the character out. Looking back it now was kind of campy for a horror back then but it was still a cult classic and still enjoyed by new fans to day

Since the last film Robert Englund did in 2003 with the battle of the century, special in film history as two iconic horror slayer’s went head to head in a blood soaked adventure with Jason vs Freddy spin off.
Robert never really return after 2003 to play the iconic character which resulted in a recasting for the iconic character in 2010 played by Jackie Earle Haley, But sadly didn’t quite hit the mark to revamp the franchise.

Most fan’s and critic would agree which i would mostly agree with as i do feel there were other elements that made the film bad, but the real reason why it flop accord to the fans and critics which they do agree on is because Robert Englund didn't reprise the role.

Now with the franchise kind of up in the air fans across the world are wondering whether Robert would reprise the role one last time, but sad news has come in that Robert Englund sadly won't be return as freddy krueger (You can just see as millions of people cry out and suddenly silenced at this bad news)

But there is a reason and it’s a good reason which i do agree or those sadden by this news, reason for him not reprising the role is because he too old to play the part again. In a interview with EW (Entertainment Weekly) Robert went on to say:

“I’m too old to do another Freddy film now. If I do a fight scene now, it’s got to be real minimal because I can’t snap my head for eight different takes and different angles. My spine gets sore,” Englund said. “I can still be mean and scary, but I’m mostly relegated now to sort of Van Helsing roles, old doctors, and shit. So it’s fun that the last moment of me ever playing Freddy is a wink to the audience.”

Which Referring to the wink he means the end credit scene of “Jason v Freddy”, although we have seen him do low budget less action film’s and we would’ve of loved to see him reprise this role, sadly it's official that the origin Freddy krueger is hanging up his glove once and fo

Dark Universe is in Danger

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Well i can't say i didn't see this coming in Hollywood as i wrote an article a while back on universal trying to recreate the famous monster universe, is now by the looks of it dead in the water.
Which doesn't come as a surprise to be-honest as from what I've heard and read the creator are have issue writing and get the universe of the ground special with two flops now trying, this is because i feel the pg-13 certification is restricting them from making this work.

Some may disagree agree but it pretty clear this is the problem as let be honest here Dracula, creature of the black lagoon and all the other classic movie monsters need that R-rating for there own characters to actually work.

Maybe this is what this dark universe needs and R-rating concept so they can let their imagination give the films what it need, special looking back at the mummy with a 12A - pg-13 even i could see this was holding the film back it the reason it flop. The mummy should have been give a much darker tone with a more psychological Egyptian feel similar to Brandon film but with a different twist, maybe just maybe he would have worked but I'm not a writer for these films.

As it is the dark universe being in trouble is because Bill Condon's "Bride of Frankenstein" has flat-lined, johnny depp's "The invisible man" has vanished into thin air and the wildly misguided "creature from the black lagoon" has return from once it came and sunk into the blackness of the swamp.

There has been others opinion of how to save this universe from getting a director that knows what they are doing and can make this universe work to just doing stand alone movies that have no connection to each other, but as it seem at the moment doesn't look like this universe is gonna happen; looks to be completely dead which is sad news as this would have made a brilliant universe if done right.

What do you think do you think they just need a better director and writer to make this universe or do you think is just impossible they should just scrap it and do something else? Let us know in the comment below.