Tag Archives: DCEU

The bust-out of Warner Bros.

Posted on October 15, 2022 by reelentropy

Industrial-scale film distribution dates back to before World War I. In the bad old days with no way to transmit information digitally, movies had to be physically carried from Southern California outward, a supply chain that wound its way across … Continue reading →

Posted in Applying Chaos Theory, White Noise | Tagged "House of the Dragon", Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Batgirl, Black Adam, Christopher Nolan, DCEU, Disney, Disney+, Ezra Miller, HBO, HBOmax, Justice League, Marvel, MCU, Netflix, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Streaming wars, The Batman, The Flash, The medium is the message, Warner Bros., Zack Snyder | Leave a comment

‘The Batman’ is a triumph

Posted on March 4, 2022 by reelentropy

9/10 The Batman is a grueling marathon of angst and anxiety, the perfect balance of a wannabe-hardcore crime story and the real fears that undergird its telling. It is a bold statement of and about Batman in media that could … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged AMC, Batman, Batman Begins, Ben Affleck, Christopher Nolan, Colin Farrell, David Fincher, DCEU, Matt Reeves, Paul Dano, Robert Pattinson, Seven, The Batman, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Warner Bros., Zoe Kravitz | 1 Comment

‘Eternals’ vibrant plot full of big ideas held down by MCU-enforced technical weaknesses

Posted on November 13, 2021 by reelentropy

4/10 Eternals has long been built up as a shift in direction for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and boy, is it ever. There’s a new production mentality, a new story mentality, new story directions and relaxed series rules. It’s more … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Black Widow, Chloe Zhao, DCEU, Eternals, Justice League, Kevin Feige, Marvel, MCU, Nomadland, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Leave a comment

After three movies and an hour and a half, ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ delivers

Posted on April 2, 2021 by reelentropy

8/10 Godzilla vs. Kong ends with a 20-minute sequence of Godzilla and King Kong beating the absolute tar out of each other, and that’s awesome. I mean, that part absolutely rules. But that’s 20 minutes out of 113, and that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Batman Begins, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, DCEU, Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Kong, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Justice Leauge, Kong, Kong: Skull Island, Man of Steel, Warner Bros. | 1 Comment

Somehow, the Snyder cut is even worse

Posted on March 23, 2021 by reelentropy

0/10 Zack Snyder’s Justice League opens with a title card reading “This film is presented in a 4:3 format to preserve the integrity of Zack Snyder’s creative vision.” The words “Zack Snyder” literally come before the Warner Bros. logo. In … Continue reading →

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