When Critics watch comic book movies and give them bad review

>>85116533
Shouldn't a movie be based on it's own merits and not the strength of it's source material though?

Hardly any of these movies have anything to do with the source. All of these superhero movies are more about utilizing an IP than adapting anything from the source.

>>85116688
Very true: an earnest adaptation of your typical cape book would require a sizeable amount of internal dialogue, have a fight scene every 6 minutes or so, and end with a hostess fruit pie ad.

>>85116633
NO! Movies should be rated based on how good the source was because reasons

First two posts best posts and pretty much sumirize the main problems.

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>When Snyder shits up the movie because he doesn't understand the source

>>85116814
There have been attempts to adapt page for page the source material and it usually fails. Like watchmen. And i havent seen Killing Joke yet, and from what i hear i might as well just reread the book

>>85116633
Tell that to Passion of the Christ.

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>>85116533
>p...people can't understand this character without having read ALL THOSE FANFICS that offer COMPLETELY DIFFERENT and INCONSISTENT interpretations of the characters

Yep.

>>85117367
>There have been attempts to adapt page for page the source material and it usually fails
>Like watchmen

Try reading Watchmen sometime, kid.