The Marvel Cinematic Universe has a couple of mediocre movies, but given us Easter eggs and sequel setups that went nowhere. So, Warner Bros. needs to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Should remove: Justice League
There’s an opportunity to make a Green Lantern needs to be involved! And the villain needs to actually be intimidating, like Thanos. Darkseid would be a prime candidate. Justice League needs a total redo – but leave most of the cast alone.
Should keep: Wonder Woman
Just when DC Comics fans had lost all faith in the cinematic universe built around their favorite characters, Patty Jenkins came along with few superhero movies understand this today. But Wonder Woman got it with Ares. As the God of War, Ares stood against Diana Prince’s anti-war stance, but as a pair of deified warriors, they were practically one and the same.
Should remove: Man of Steel
it’s just not as strong a grounding for a cinematic universe. And it got Superman all wrong. The last son of Krypton is not the mopey, angsty loser we see in Man of Steel – he’s an unwavering hero who laments the fact that he can’t save everyone at all times.
Henry Cavill clearly cares about the Superman character – that much is evident from interviews, and he even has Clark Kent’s dorky charm – but the character he’s been forced to play as written doesn’t really feel like Superman. Man of Steel needs to be updated with a movie that still stars Cavill, but isn’t as dark or gloomy.
Should keep: Aquaman
After Jason Momoa’s rippling, tattoo-covered Arthur Curry successfully saved the character from years as a laughing stock in the comic book community, his first DCEU solo movie – directed by horror icon James Wan – was eagerly awaited by fans. While the film wasn’t perfect, it did bring the kingdom of Atlantis to life in spectacular fashion, deepen the ing characters like Mera (and not to mention the title character), and feature some of the most breathtaking battle sequences in recent blockbuster memory. a horror-tinged Trench-based spin-off are both in the works.
Should remove: Suicide Squad
James Gunn won’t clarify whether or not his DCEU entry, the very few things that worked about the first one (Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn and the nihilistic humor and that’s about it) and move on with The Suicide Squad onwards.
Should keep: Shazam!
The MCU has done smaller movies featuring street-level characters living in a world where all the crazy, world-threatening events from the previous movie have taken place, but arguably, the Superman cameo to the Batarang merchandise.
The lead character is Billy Batson, a regular kid in a world containing real-life superheroes who gets the chance to become a superhuman himself with the use of one magic word. Shazam! was hilarious, lighthearted, and a lot of fun. It’s the DCEU’s most Marvel-ish movie – in a good way.
Should remove: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
There’s the movie that DC Comics fans have been wanting to see for their whole lives buried somewhere in Batfleck being replaced, maybe this one should just be consigned to forgotten history.
Should keep: Birds of Prey
she’s promised it’ll be less male gaze-y. This isn’t just a good direction for the DCEU; it’s a good direction for Hollywood blockbusters as a whole.
