Fair viewpoint. The way I see it, we've had 7 live action Batman films since 1989 that depicted Batman in a world without other superheroes. Let's spend some time in the shared story space with this incarnation.
See my way of thinking is that when all these films are said and done, I would hate for BvS to have been Batman's introduction for this world.
Robert, how does the quality compare to the other top quality 4k movies? Will this be top 5?
After reading Robert's review of Batman V Superman, now I'm really curious to see Frankenstein meets the Wolfman. I saw it ages ago as a kid but I hadn't really seen as an adult. I gather it's on it's way from Universal along with the other sequels to the original monsters films to blu ray. Sorry for the diversion.
I haven't seen BvS, so I'll be curious to see the extended version. I've avoided spoilers even though I didn't have much expectation for this given I did not like Man of Steel. I don't have any urgent desire to upgrade to atmos, I'm happy with the old school 5.1. Though it sounds like its a great way to see this type of movie.
That would be me.
If we're talking classic large format, there are quite a few epics in the mix. Ben-Hur, The Ten Commandments, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Spartacus, My Fair Lady...I'm not sure : why would classic movies shot in large format need 100 Gb to start getting UHD release ? BvS might need one because it's 3 hours long and has an Atmos track. But if your movie is 2hr long in stereo, a BD-66 and its 82 Mbps max bitrate is probably plenty enough.
Snyder is the most superficial director making superhero films at present. He only understands the spectacle...the themes and heart elude him.
The Watchmen film was a complete thematic failure. Probably Snyder's biggest failure to date. He tells the exact story (of a novel whose author says the story is beside the point), he recreates the visual setting precisely, and yet he drops the entire central theme of Watchmen by reducing Watchmaker to an Incredible Hulk style origin for Dr. Manhattan. The question of Who Makes The World is jettisoned in favor of hammering the story beats. He also removed the ONLY instance in the entire novel wherein Adrian was vulnerable. Where he essentially asks God (Dr. Manhattan) for absolution, God treats him like the child that he is, then leaves him cold and empty when he departs for points unknown in the universe beyond. Instead, Snyder has him kiss the girl before he leaves, then wedges his famous parting shot to Adrian ("Nothing ever ends") into Laurie's mouth, completely out of context. Once again demonstrating that Snyder wants to include everything that's iconic, without understanding WHY it's iconic. That line is incredibly important to the book. In the film, it's a throwaway, and it doesn't mean much of anything.For the life of me I can't understand this perspective. Maybe it was true for 300, but Watchmen was spilling over with thematic concepts and exploration....