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What Exactly Is Wrong With The DCEU?

As the DCEU plays catch up on Marvel, it's stumbling to get ahead.

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What Exactly Is Wrong With The DCEU?
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As anyone who knows me well enough at this point knows without a doubt, I love the DCEU. However, I'm able to admit that the movies that have been... flawed. In particular, I find a lot of issue with that of Suicide Squad. But in an attempt to get more into a factual state of things. There are some serious things wrong with the DCEU.

One of the many criticisms that I've heard is simply that the heroes aren't acting the way they should. People are saying that Superman should be acting the way he always has been for known for. Superman has a massive reputation for being the American Icon. "Truth, Justice and the American Way" is something that is constantly associated with the character. Superman instead is seen in these movies as just power unleashed, massive destruction with no regard for human life in the area. More so, as the movies continue they "kill" the man of the steel, but his death isn't nearly as meaningful as it should be because the man that died isn't the superman that we know.

Another is people constantly criticizing the tone of these movies, always claiming they're grim and moody. Full of nothing but mindless destruction. Even the color pallet has been criticized, as being too dark. Not a lot of color compared to that of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Destruction is something that is all over the movies, massive destruction and death are all over the place. While this is present in the MCU, there are consequences to this, the death of the citizens in those movies matter. The damage that occurs is important to the plot and is able to impact the character in strong ways. A great recent example of this is Captain America: Civil War.

And lastly, sometimes these movies just aren't good movies.Suicide Squad seemed to be if it was something more than a jumbled mess at times. It seemed to be a dark parody of the Guardians of the Galaxy. While the acting in the film was regarded as being great or all over the place.Suicide Squad tone shifted between being humorous and dark and brooding, even a few moment of sweetness that felt completely out of place. While the darker movies are almost humorless and the emotional moment of even less fullfilling.

DC's continually trying to fix their movies in the goal to get to the top of the movies in an effort to get as much money as marvel is. I'm a DC fanboy at heart, I'm always optimistic to see where these films will go next. With Wonder Woman coming out in the next month, I'm hoping that this movie will be the one that can finally save the film universe from the negative reputation is starting to build.

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