What is the definitive DC film?

MattTheNerd42·8/19/2021 in Discussions

Now, this isn't a question of what's your favorite DC film, but rather what film would you say best embodies the DC Universe in all its glory, or best represents its varied craziness, delight, drama, excitement. Granted, TV shows are better at this, but I'm looking for the one movie, live-action or animated, that you'd show a friend and say, "THIS is DC".

I'll go first: James Gunn's The Suicide Squad. It may be recent, but it perfectly captures the wide variety of genres and tones that the DC Universe balances, from the silly fun to the all-out insanity to the compelling drama to the gritty realism. It bottles them up into one film, much like how DC Comics bottles all these elements into one world, that, when you think about it, REALLY shouldn't work together, but they end up combining into something so unique that you've never seen before.

What's your pick?

(Edited by MattTheNerd42)

DC Movies DC Universe The Suicide Squad (Movie)

Leader Vladimir·8/22/2021

Am I the only one who unironically loved the theatrical version of Justice League?

Sisu138·8/22/2021

I thought I liked it the first time I watched it. I haven't even watched The Snyder Cut yet but it truly revealed just how god-awful the 2017 film was. Opened a lot of eyes, including, somehow, my own.

Thegreatness05·8/22/2021

I liked it too just because it had superman, the flash and all my favourite characters in it but then I got to know about Snyder's vision of the movie and then all the behind-the-scenes drama about harassment of actors done by Whedon and the movie just sucked after knowing how great it was going to be and how shitty it turned out

Tupka217·8/22/2021

I came out of the cinema thinking "what did I just watch?". Then after seeing the Snyder Cut, it made me understand Whedon had nothing to work with and no rewriter or director could've made that palatable.

Leader Vladimir·8/22/2021

I can enjoy Justice League 2017 on isolation but I cannot, for the life of me, condone what Whedon did to his cast and crewmembers. I will take the moral high ground and do my best to separate the story itself from the production and the person from the artist and I hope the victims of this fiasco get the justice they deserve.

Tupka217·8/22/2021

It's hard to enjoy things when the creator is bad. So many things leave a bitter after taste now.

I think most of the drama was inevitable. Johns and Snyder have clashing ideas on comics and their conflict created an atmosphere of toxicity and loyalty where a new director just couldn't win. The stories paint a poor picture of Whedon, and the reports from earlier series seem to corroborate that. But I doubt it's as one sided as the other side would want you to believe. They definitely controlled the narrative an DC seems to have done nothing but damage control.

Leader Vladimir·8/22/2021

Also, Ray Fisher torpedoed his own career by refusing to do a cameo in the upcoming Flash movie. Somebody should have told him not to bite the hand that had fed him.

I dont care if my name is taken·8/22/2021

Ray fisher was treated like shit by whedon and WB. I don’t blame him.

(Edited by I dont care if my name is taken)

Tupka217·8/22/2021

The thing about the Fisher story is that it is still very much Fisher's story. It's from his perspective. Warner found no evidence for the most egregious claims. The drama is as much Fisher's fault as it is Whedon's.

Leader Vladimir·8/22/2021

He still demands an apology from Hamada. What do you think is gonna happen?

What do you think?