verslibre wrote:YoungJRNYfan wrote:No. You're not understanding the blueprint here. BvS is working in the same jest as the Potter and Hobbit films as far as world building is concerned. It doesn't matter if you follow the same tiring way to get there, WB knows what they are doing when it comes to world building and their track record speaks for it.
In this case, it's role reversal. Instead of having development of goodie goodie best friends at first and then have it develop towards angst, it's reversed. We will see the angst towards each other setup from the events of Man of Steel but the development phase will occur in the movie itself when other parties are involved that solve Superman and Batman's understanding of each other, hence: Dawn of Justice. There's MORE to this than just "BATMAN IS FIGHTING SUPERMAN THE WHOLE MOVIE! DERRDuhDUERR!" There's a reason for it. Watch to find out what's really happening.
Some people prefer (require) an extremely traditional approach to storytelling. Prelude (catalyst), first act (introduce the characters), second act (introduce the conflict), third act (climax without protection), and all that jizz. I mean jazz.
It's pretty obvious that something will turn the tide at a certain point, and Bats ad Supes (and rumor has it, Wondy) will join forces against another foe/force that poses a greater threat to innocents. It's supposed to end on a cliffhanger (so I hear, but it's all up in the air). I don't know why some people don't get that, but what can you do?
I have this friend who I used to eat lunch with 1-2 times a week when we worked near each other. We'd go to our favorite Chinese place, a great hole-in-the-wall. This wasn't like Panda, this was good stuff. However, every time we went, my friend would place the same order. Exactly the same, every single time, without fail. "Orange chicken." I would always go, "Dude, get the Mongolian beef, it's
really fuckin' good!" "Try to 'Tso' combo, chicken with onions, veggies, she uses a lot of spice." "Hey, get the #12. Looks awesome." NOPE. Always, always, always the same 'orange chicken' order. He wanted to eat the same thing, every single time. I understand the comfort in sticking to the same old, same old, but some people are like this with their movies, their books, their music.
This isn't "opinion". It is a psychological FACT that humans enjoy stories best when told in a very specific way...especially "hero" type stories. When dramatic stories are NOT told in that way, they fail...they have plot issues, the characters were not developed, the story ran too long or was too short, it was boring, it was all one dimensional with action scene after action scene. If you go and look up the top 10 most successful movies of all time, I can almost gaurantee you that they all followed the same patterns of drama. It doesn't matter if it's Star War, Indiana Jones, Avatar, or whatever...or, you can go back to Odyseus, or Perseus, or Hercules, or whoever you favorite ancient hero is...even Jesus. Even something off the wall like Grease follows the same patterns as Star Wars. They are all told in the same way.
So, again, if people don't give a damn about these characters, the movie will fail. People asking "why are they fighting?" is not a good thing.
So, NO, trying a new way will NEVER work as well as following good story telling practices.
