I've just watched it! I'm just going to copy and paste my review here and in the 'what film did you watch last night' thread - makes it easy then.
7/10 easily.
I take back any doubts that I had, this film is it's own thing. IF you can walk into it with that mindset, you'll like it - in the same way The Batman/Joker isn't trying to be The Dark Knight trilogy.
This is very silly, but in a good way, I think by the end of it, the wholesome comedy portrail, is what won me over. It is both it's strength and weakness, I was going to give it 6-6.5/10 but the good outweighs the bad, as there are some weak parts that felt rushed/cheaped out on/could have been better, but overall, you still end up liking it, a lot.
It is clearly meant more for kids and less of the serious/trying to be real/dark/believable style that TDK and MOS/SR portray in their modern renditions of Batman/Superman, but that's completely fine, we can have both - just like we can like TDK and The Batman in their own individual takes.
The cast was surprisingly good, I think that impressed me more how well the actors did, versus what you expect, it just worked casting them in this film. That doesn't go to say these are top tier actors, but they didn't have to be, the silliness of the movies humour throughout, 'just works'.
You're left with a warm humbling wholesome feeling after - something I was not expecting to walk away with.
But I went into it with an open mind.
It just goes to show, that as usual the media stirs up complete ******** about anything they can get their hands on, and makes out it's something that it isn't - I didn't feel any hard pushed woke agenda or any of the nonsense that i've red. Journalists really are pieces of ****, and will make up lies about anything to get paid, clearly.
This was one of the few films I bothered to read up on (because I was initially excited, then worried), and I nearly fell for the rubbish they spouted! Never again.
So TLDR, take it for it's own thing, just like you do with any Batman/Joker movie, despite loving The Dark Knight trilogy.
I still prefer Superman Returns and Man Of Steel, due to the dark and more believable/realistic 'if it was to happen it'd be more like this in reality' Dark Knight-esque style both films had - especially Man Of Steel (being a Nolan), just like I prefer TDK trilogy to The Batman and Joker, but I still love The Batman and Joker in their 'own way', it's just 'at a push if I had to rate one over the other' mentality I'd choose the formers. But so what. Now I have even more versions of something I love, and they're not trying to copy each others style, so I'm all for that!
I'm more than happy to watch more of these if they make sequels.
The dog worked for me, I tried to not look into that part, as many critacised, glad I didn't, it worked.
Also, does anyone else think Rachel Brosnahan, looks the spit of Demi Moore in her prime, in this? Definitely not a bad thing
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