![]() ![]() I actually really liked Superman’s entrance in this movie, smashing through the ceiling of the warlord’s compound to save Lois and that moment where he puts the gunman through several walls, but everything else around it felt out of place, almost like they had strayed into a different movie. Instead, they *both* spend a majority of the movie brooding! While I don’t completely hate that concept, in a movie where he’s facing off against the Dark Knight, it really feels like there should be more contrast between these two characters. ![]() While I still genuinely like ‘Man of Steel’ and I still think Henry Cavill is fantastic as Kal-El, it felt like that first movie was setting up a more hopeful sequel as Superman really comes into his own as a hero, instead we’re given a much darker entry where Superman is having an existential crisis and questioning whether or not he should even use his powers to help people. Right away, there’s a lot about this one that feels weird to me. (Also, weird that Bruce’s business partner who’s killed during Zod’s rampage isn’t Lucius Fox?) While it’s neat to see the battle of Metropolis play out from a different perspective, I don’t think this is a great way to open the movie. I feel like it would have been far more effective to first introduce Bruce Wayne AS Batman doing his Batman thing, prior to his whole world being turned upside down by the arrival of aliens. It might not be a masterpiece by any means, but it does has some gorgeous shots and some moments of great dialogue.īecause opening with one childhood trauma wasn’t bad enough…īruce Wayne (not Batman) races to save civilians from the wreckage of Wayne tower before staring up into the sky and blaming Superman without any actual evidence that he was actually to blame for the chaos, because he’s you know, a detective? Unfortunately, that bleak opening really sets the tone for the rest of the movie and it doesn’t really lighten up much from there. While the extended (Rated R) ‘Ultimate Cut’ is definitely a step up from the theatrical version, filling in several key plot holes, it doesn’t quite fix all the problems with it. Batman v Superman certainly does some interesting things in terms of building off of the events of “Man of Steel”, but it makes a whole lot of odd choices that don’t quite work as a cohesive whole. Sure it has plenty of problems, which I’ll get into, but if you can get past all of that, there are some brief, fleeting moments of genius, hidden in the madness. In a lot of ways, Zack Snyder’s “Justice League” manages to actually make “Dawn of Justice” mean something (more on that next time). And then when Joss Whedon’s “Justice League” hit theaters in 2017, it really felt like such a let down and made it seem even worse in retrospect, because none of the set up was ever properly paid off.Īfter having experienced the Snyder Cut however, BvS is still a very flawed movie, but it’s no longer a painful memory. ![]() So when I first saw this in theaters back in 2016, I got so swept up in the hype that I actually thought it was decent (I even wrote a mostly positive review of it back then), but looking back at it with a more critical eye, it’s flaws are hard to ignore. Growing up, I always thought about how cool a live action Batman vs Superman movie could be, especially considering how many times they faced off in the comics and animated shows. As a huge DC fan, this was a movie I’d been looking forward to since *before* it was even announced. I’ve gone through a lot of stages with this movie. “Dawn of Justice” stars: Henry Cavill, returning as ‘Superman’ (aka Clark Kent / Kal-El), introducing Ben Affleck as ‘The Batman’ (Bruce Wayne), Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman (Diana Prince), Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Thomas Wayne, and Diane Lane as MARTHA!!! The Movie We Always Wanted? ![]()
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