Marvel V DC Part 2...

In this three part series I am comparing Marvel against DC. I am seeing who I think had the better movies released last year, then I will give my opinions on the movies getting released this upcoming year, as there's many that look like they could be incredible.

In part one I did head to head reviews, putting 'Captain America: Civil War' against 'Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice'. You can read that HERE. In this post I will be doing a head to head of two more films (I mentioned in part one that this will not be 'Deadpool' as I have already reviewed it - Read the review HERE).

'SUICIDE SQUAD' V 'X-MEN: APOCALYPSE'

These are two quite different films, with X-Men opting to be more serious with few parts bringing out comedy and 'Suicide Squad' opting for the comedic value throughout, but which one is better?

Suicide Squad

I found the idea of the film a good one, bringing together a group of bad guys together as one, to take down more bad guys. Despite this I do think that the film fell a little short of my expectations. The first half had substance, it was funny and intriguing, but it slowly tailed off until finally finishing, and I did lose concentration a couple times within the second half of the film.

The acting was good, and there was a great cast of actors assigned to 'Suicide Squad'. From two time Oscar nominees Will Smith and Viola Davis to Oscar winner Jared Leto ('Dallas Buyers Club'). The star of the show was definitely Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, I think that she captured this difficult character perfectly, and is no doubt become the most popular one from the film, with many people eagerly anticipating a Harley Quinn film. Harley's other half The Joker was also portrayed well within the movie, by Leto. This is a hard character to act, as so many have played it so well. Despite Leto not quite doing as well as Heath Ledger in 'The Dark Knight', I do believe he did a good job and I am interested to see more of the new Joker the future films to come.

As I mentioned before I think the problem with this film is ot loses its momentum half way through, it slows down a bit and never manages to get back up to the standard that it started with. The final battle is not as big as I was expecting it to be, and the final few scenes do not keep up the comedic value that the movie gives to you within the first half.

'Suicide Squad' made a total gross within theatres of $325,100, 054. Bringing it in at number nine of the top total grosses of all movies released in 2016. Coming in just behind 'Zootopia' and 'Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice'.

Overall I give this film a 7 out of 10. This film got marked up for its strong, interesting and funny start, but lost points for the weaker second half.

X-Men: Apocalypse

I think that this was a strong superhero movie, it did have comedy but it also knew when to be serious, while as providing high action scenes. X-Men did a good job of capturing the watchers attention and being able to sustain that throughout.

I am not a huge fan of the acting across the board of X-Men movies, but I do think that this one did a lot better than the rest. The cast is a good one, with some very big names, such as Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence ('Silver Linings Playbook'), two time Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender, and Golden Globe nominee James McAvoy. I was most impressed with the two actors more known for TV than film though, Evan Peters of 'American Horror Story' brought great comedy to the film as he has previously within the franchise and Sophie Turner of 'Game Of Thrones' portrayed a difficult character perfectly, she was able to show us the inner emotions of Jean Grey better than I have seen done before.

The only problem with this film is I think you may have to watch the other X-Men films in this series to understand some parts, it is not a completely stand alone film as 'Suicide Squad' is. Despite this it is a film that fans of the series will love, and if you did decide to watch it without the ones before then I think you will still enjoy the majority of the movie without getting confused in the story.

'X-Men: Apocalypse' made a total gross within theatres of $155,442,489. Bringing it in at number sixteen of the top total grosses of all movies released in 2016. Coming in just behind 'Star Trek Beyond' and 'Jason Bourne'.

I give this film a 8 out of 10, for its strong story and good portray of characters, as well as it's balanced level of comedy, action and suspense.

In the third part of this series I will announce who did better in 2016 Marvel or DC, as well as who is set to have the best 2017

Marvel V DC...

Now this year there is a lot of superhero genre movies coming out, and I for one cannot wait. Last year there were a mixed bag of films in this genre, and I wanted to do a head to head post of the top two films released from both sides to see who came out on top in my ratings and at the Box Office in 2016... Marvel or DC.

I have already reviewed one of the Marvel movies of the year, Deadpool (read the review here), because of this I am going to leave it out of the head to head reviews.

'CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR' VS 'BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE'

These are the biggest films released from each side in 2016. They had big budgets (both estimated at $250,000,000) and they both also made big money as well, but which one was better?

Civil War

This I have to say was one of the best movies this year, and is definitely one of the best superhero movies released. It had a bit of everything for everyone to enjoy, it had comedy, it had suspense, it had action and it had emotion. 

As far as acting goes in superhero movies this is on the upper end of the scale, this is no doubt down to it's killer cast though, from two time Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr. and one time nominee Don Cheadle to Oscar winner Marisa Tomei ('My Cousin Vinny') and four time Golden Globe nominee Scarlett Johansson. All main actors in this movie helped to portray the emotions of the characters perfectly, they allowed us to have a view into the mind of superheroes and I can tell you we weren't disappointed. 

The plot is a solid one, and completely grasped watchers attention early on, and managed to sustain it throughout. The movie's storyline is about a political interference in the Avengers' activities which causes a rift between the Captain America and Iron Man, and forces others to choose their side. 

This film made a total gross within theatres of $408,084, 349. Bringing it in at number three in the top total grosses of all movies released in 2016, coming behind 'Finding Dory' and 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'.

Overall I give this film a solid 8 out of 10, for its gripping story and its excellent capture of a range of emotions throughout.

Batman V Superman

I have to say that I was not as impressed with this film, which is hard for me to say as a huge Batman fan, but I do not feel this lived up to it's hype, as Civil War did. With a new Batman, and a merge of some DC characters that haven't been in scenes together before, this film had a lot of potential to amaze and inspire but it just fell flat. 

Now the acting was not the problem here, as there is an excellent cast, with two time Oscar winner Ben Affleck (Best Original Screenplay for 'Good Will Hunting' and Best Film for 'Argo'), one time nominee Jesse Eisenberg and five time nominee Amy Adams leading the way. They did portray the characters well, although it is quite obvious that Ben is not going to be able to live up to Christian Bale's amazing showing as Batman in Christopher Nolan's trilogy. 

The problem for me was the storyline, it didn't engross me as I would've wanted, I feel like they should've stuck to the story of Batman being against Superman, as they did for half of the movie, rather than have them work together to fight a being from another world, they could've saved this for a future film. I also think the graphics were appalling for this day and age, they really let it down, and made it seem low budget. 

I did however enjoy Wonder Woman's role in the movie, and it has made me look forward to seeing her individual movie due for release this year. 

Batman V Superman made a total gross within theatres of $330,360,194. Bringing it in at number eight in the top total grosses of all movies released in 2016, coming just behind 'Deadpool' and 'Zootopia'.

Overall I have to give this movie a 4, I was let down after viewing it, and left feeling like I needed more substance to what I believe is a fairly average movie. 

The winner of these two movies has to be 'Captain America: Civil War', it came out top at the Box Office and top in my ratings. 

My next post will be part two of this series, I will put 'Suicide Squad' and 'X-Men: Apocalypse' head to head, and reveal who came on top overall in 2016, Marvel or DC.