Moviebob's Text Review of Batman v Superman and oh boy he is ANGRY!!!

[Darth Rosenberg]

Bob's a little silly these days, sure, but yikes... as someone else mentioned, if even half that plot and the events he outlined are actually in that film? Then Bob's made me want to see it just to see if it's that moronic and senseless...

 

[JimB]

Not only did he change his avatar, he also made a post about it.

I can't find the exact Twitter post, but basically he just wrote a description of him laughing in maniacal glee that Spider-Man is now part of the MCU.

And? How does that invalidate any of the criticisms he made about the Amazing Spider-Man 2? Does the movie's plot suddenly make sense now that you know he changed his avatar? Is his out of nowhere, never-established-but-totally-life-long friendship with Harry Osborne less reminiscent of one of Duncan MacLeod's multiple "Oh, we forgot to mention her before now, but here's a chick who was the true love of Duncan's life" girlfriends in a Highlander spin-off movie because Mr. Chipman wrote whatever you assert he wrote on Twitter? Is the universe-building less cynical and soulless because years after the fact, he celebrated that a movie studio which generally makes good movies can make a movie of a character he likes?

 

[Wuvlycuddles]

Honestly, weren't Moviebob's long winded nonsensical whiny rants his most popular videos when he was here?

Yeah and now because of our encouragement he goes overboard and it's not funny anymore.

 

[Imre Csete]

Oh my god, that sounds hillarious.

Can't wait to see Angry Joe's 11/10 squeeing about it though.

 

[Spider RedNight]

Ohhhh snap he used tumblr buzzwords "literally shaking". I didn't watch past that.

It's... it's so stupid.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Not only did he change his avatar, he also made a post about it.

I can't find the exact Twitter post, but basically he just wrote a description of him laughing in maniacal glee that Spider-Man is now part of the MCU.

And? How does that invalidate any of the criticisms he made about the Amazing Spider-Man 2? Does the movie's plot suddenly make sense now that you know he changed his avatar? Is his out of nowhere, never-established-but-totally-life-long friendship with Harry Osborne less reminiscent of one of Duncan MacLeod's multiple "Oh, we forgot to mention her before now, but here's a chick who was the true love of Duncan's life" girlfriends in a Highlander spin-off movie because Mr. Chipman wrote whatever you assert he wrote on Twitter? Is the universe-building less cynical and soulless because years after the fact, he celebrated that a movie studio which generally makes good movies can make a movie of a character he likes?

OK let me clear the air.

I am not invalidating his criticisms about Amazing Spiderman 2. I am not saying that Bob is the reason Spiderman is now in the MCU.

I was saying that I honestly think that Moviebob is a blind fanboy to the Disney Marvel brand. Becasue again when the Amazing Spiderman 2's performance went so bad that Sony basically surrendered the rights of Spidey to Disney/Marvel, Bob went estatic in Twitter.

Proving to me that he is just a overzealous fanboy.

 

[Fappy]

Holy hell, that video review was scathing. I am really excited to see this now. I am drawn to disasters like this.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Holy hell, that video review was scathing. I am really excited to see this now. I am drawn to disasters like this.

Just so you know this is Moviebob we are talking about. He takes movies like this WAY too seriously and sometimes he is prone to exaggerations. (Like that comment of basically mocking the body structure of the actors playing Batman and Superman, really?)

Watch Chris Stuckmann's review of it since he is more level-headed and offers the negative points calmly and rationally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoDGX0b5lzo

 

[JimB]

I was saying that I honestly think that Moviebob is a blind fanboy to the Disney Marvel brand.

How many of his reviews of Marvel movies have you watched? Like, I have his review of Age of Ultron up in my next tab. He has plenty of criticisms for it: the characters don't grow or change because Avengers movies are just there to be cool rather than meaningful; the universe-building is blatant; there's too much action; the villain is too similar to the previous villain and his plan makes no sense. By what measure do you call that "blind?"

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

I never read it, but apparently his "Super Mario Bros 3" book had parts where he talked about his childhood, and how he would fantasize about living in the Mushroom Kingdom, and would hide in his car playing Gameboy so he didn't have to interact with his family.

Isn't that just basic escapist fantasy? You know, the very thing that most people here do? The thing that this site is named for, that escapism?

Judging from how that part of the book was written I think he takes his escapism WAY too seriously.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

I was saying that I honestly think that Moviebob is a blind fanboy to the Disney Marvel brand.

How many of his reviews of Marvel movies have you watched? Like, I have his review of Age of Ultron up in my next tab. He has plenty of criticisms for it: the characters don't grow or change because Avengers movies are just there to be cool rather than meaningful; the universe-building is blatant; there's too much action; the villain is too similar to the previous villain and his plan makes no sense. By what measure do you call that "blind?"

Those are more or less of the same criticism he said about BvS and yet he did not tore Avengers 2 a new asshole.

 

[JimB]

Like that comment of basically mocking the body structure of the actors playing Batman and Superman, really?

No, not really. That's not what the review says. It says Zack Snyder uses poor photographic techniques that make the male characters look ridiculous. He did not say anything about the actors or their bodies.

Guys, I get that you dislike Moviebob, but at this point you're really coming off as unfair to him as you accuse him of being to movies.

I was saying that I honestly think that Moviebob is a blind fanboy to the Disney Marvel brand.

How many of his reviews of Marvel movies have you watched? Like, I have his review of Age of Ultron up in my next tab. He has plenty of criticisms for it: the characters don't grow or change because Avengers movies are just there to be cool rather than meaningful; the universe-building is blatant; there's too much action; the villain is too similar to the previous villain and his plan makes no sense. By what measure do you call that "blind?"

Those are more or less the same criticisms he said about Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, yet he did not tear Avengers 2 a new asshole.

Then that leads me back to the question I asked at the beginning of the post: How many of his reviews of Marvel movies have you watched? Because that complaint only makes sense if you completely divorce the criticisms from context of issues like frequency and severity of occurrences and whether the films have good points in their favor to balance out or overwhelm the negative points.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Like that comment of basically mocking the body structure of the actors playing Batman and Superman, really?

No, not really. That's not what the review says. It says Zack Snyder uses poor photographic techniques that make the male characters look ridiculous. He did not say anything about the actors or their bodies.

Guys, I get that you dislike Moviebob, but at this point you're really coming off as unfair to him as you accuse him of being to movies.

I was saying that I honestly think that Moviebob is a blind fanboy to the Disney Marvel brand.

How many of his reviews of Marvel movies have you watched? Like, I have his review of Age of Ultron up in my next tab. He has plenty of criticisms for it: the characters don't grow or change because Avengers movies are just there to be cool rather than meaningful; the universe-building is blatant; there's too much action; the villain is too similar to the previous villain and his plan makes no sense. By what measure do you call that "blind?"

Those are more or less the same criticisms he said about Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, yet he did not tear Avengers 2 a new asshole.

Then that leads me back to the question I asked at the beginning of the post: How many of his reviews of Marvel movies have you watched? Because that complaint only makes sense if you completely divorce the criticisms from context of issues like frequency and severity of occurrences and whether the films have good points in their favor to balance out or overwhelm the negative points.

1. I have seen many clips of these 2 characters in trailers and so far I have not thought there was ANYTHING wrong with their bodies that would make it look ridiculous.

2. Its been awhile since I have seen his old reviews of the previous Marvel movies. But from what I can remember he was very forgiving of Iron Man 2 even though its universaly considered the weakest Marvel movie of the lot. I know some people that outright hates it.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Bob is a simple creature. He likes Marvel and Nintendo, and everything else sucks.

 

[JimB]

I have seen many clips of these two characters in trailers and so far I have not thought there was anything wrong with their bodies that would make it look ridiculous.

Okay, I guess. He disagrees, and personally, I'm apt to take the word of someone who's seen the movie over the word of someone who's seen clips. I personally think the visual designs are pretty crap myself, though Batman's costume isn't bad. At least it's not made of blue raspberry-flavored Twizzlers.

It's been awhile since I have seen his old reviews of the previous Marvel movies.

Then I think you ought to refamiliarize yourself, because you are misrepresenting his stance in order to justify your own.

But from what I can remember he was very forgiving of Iron Man 2 even though its universally considered the weakest Marvel movie of the lot.

He says in later reviews he went too easy on it. I disagree, though, because I like that movie more than I like Iron Man. What can I say? Character is the most important thing of a story for me, and I had a blast with all the characters in Iron Man 2.

 

[Hawki]

Funny that I didn't hear any complaints about his Pixels review.

I will admit, Bob does irk me with his fanboying/fanrage at times, but that's usually when he brings up a dead horse to beat. Here, I can't complain about the review. I had high hopes for Batman v Superman, and while Bob's review is hyperbolic, most reviews seem to line up with what he's getting at. Web reviewers like Chris Stuckman are far more informative and level-headed than Bob, but damn if Bob isn't entertaining.

That said, if we're still dredging up Batman v Superman 3-5 years from now when Bob reviews movies, then yes, the irritation levels might get a bit much.

 

[JimB]

Considering he says "Holy shit. Now that I've actually said it out loud I hate this goddamn thing even more." I see it more hate than depression.

I feel like you're assigning that single line undue weight at the expense of the tone of the entire review.

If a film was bad live with it rather than make video (though I think it was two) as if it's the worse thing that ever happened.

Uh...he's a movie critic. Making videos about bad movies is his job. It's literally his job.