Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Review Thread

This makes me wonder how this will bode for the rest of the upcoming DC films. Undoubtedly they will still be made and stick to their timeframes but it's obvious not nearly as many people are enjoying these movies as they had hoped which will of course affect box office returns for each subsequent film. That and who wants to see a woman superhero amiright???

One of the biggest issues with the movie is the way it sets up the Justice League. It literally feels like we're dropped in the middle of a movie. Lex Luthor has secret files on meta-humans, not to be confused with the ones in The Flash TV series, and the movie never tells us how the fuck he even knew that meta-humans existed. Then there's Bruce Wayne who keeps having these ridiculous and totally random nightmares. Some of it even appears in the trailers and TV spots, so I'm not spoiling anything. By the looks of it, they seem to take place in an alternate universe - meaning that The Flash is already time traveling and creating the multi-verse. That's fine and all, but that's literally what's going on in the TV series. So is the movie universe literally gonna do the same exact storyline or are they opening the gates for the movie and TV universe to cross paths with each other. Unless you're a super geek, a lot of this stuff is gonna confuse audiences. It also explains why so many critics were "bored" by the movie. They didn't know what the fuck was going on.

So there is A LOT of holes that the Justice League movie is gonna need to fill.



If they make a Ben Affleck Batman movie, it'll make a billion dollars. Seriously. He's that fucking awesome. His Bruce Wayne is terrible. I actually think he was better as Daredevil. But his Batman is amazing. Granted, most of the credit goes to the stunt team, the fight choreographers and the special effects crew, but still, you'll love every second that Batman is on screen. My ONLY issue with his Batman is that his story didn't make sense. Apparently, he's been Batman for 20 years - meaning he was Batman during the Val Kilmer and George Clooney era - but it didn't feel that way. Where's Commissioner Gordon? Where are all the villains, besides the Suicide Squad? Why do the cops still hate Batman? Why are people still scared of Batman? Why is Gotham City still so crime ridden? If Ben Affleck has been Batman for 20 years, shouldn't the streets be cleaner and his public relations be better?



Wonder Woman is one of the highlights of the movie. I'm not entirely sold on Gal Gadot. Her acting isn't very good. But she has great screen presence and handled herself well in the action scenes. It reminded me of Scarlett Johansson in Iron Man 2.

Holy crap Neverending was right

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/4bq3y1/fake_or_purchased_imdb_accounts_are_rating_batman/

take a look at the user review page: www.imdb.com/title/tt2975590/reviews?ref_=tt_urv Wow that's some pretty far out claims from people. "A new Era of Comic Book Movies, Batman V Superman Surpases All Expectations" "The best superhero movie of all time" "A complete package" "Amazed, Favourite superhero film of this year."

Bloody hell, the year hasn't even finished yet! Taking a look strictly at the 10/10 and 9/10 accounts, you can clearly see they are tons that are only a few days old with only the one movie review under their belts.

I won't spam you with all the user account links, but here's an example of what I mean: www.imdb.com/user/ur65929724/


I mean look, maybe this film is just that amazing and everyone rushed home to make an IMDB account to tell everyone, I won't judge until I see the film tonight but I mean, I don't think I've ever known someone to do that...

"A ponderous, smothering, over-pixelated zeppelin crash of a movie scored by a choir that sounds like it's being drowned in lava."

Ouch.

I guess I'm Dracula this time. People were talking so much shit after tonight's screening. Zack Snyder really wasn't the guy to bring Superman back to the big screen. Everyone hates what he's done with the character. I wonder if Warner Bros regrets not sticking with Bryan Singer. People had issues with Superman Returns but not necessarily the characters or the people involved. If they had given him a second chance, and if he had toned down the Donner worship, it could have worked.

I Just Got home an hour ago from seeing the movie. I never see a Comic Book Movie ever on a thursday night but The  Movie Started At 8:15 and after the movie had too went too an open all night Super Walmart too get stuff too make Hoagies.

I have had time to digest what i saw and think if i had not had time too think it could be a very very mean post. But my head has leveled out and I figured out something. I must be a secret Batman fan because my stomach felt all messed up. I have not felt like this since Batman and Robin was released.

Ok lets talk about what I liked or in other words what worked. Gal Gadot  Worked her tale of too try and be the balanced hero the DC fans have been waiting for. She will have a great Franchise for DC. Jeremy Irons As Alfred was how Alfred should be and thats in the whole mess with Bruce. Love Micheal Caine but Irons Alfred was my favorite one. I hate Ben Affleck But he nailed Batman as well as could be done. But I was kinda distracted how kinda bloated looking he looked in his regular bat suit and yet when he is Bruce Wayne he doesnt look chunky. Liked the while fight sequence with iron batman. Doomsday Was Not as bad as people are saying. He just looks allot like Abomination.

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Anyways The movie was overall just a C and should have and could have been an A movie up there with Avengers 1. Wonder Women and  Irons Save the movie enough. But X-Men Apocolypse and Civil War can beat this in there sleep.

6.5/10

Well I normally now try to be have with too many spoilers because i learned the hard way what happens if spill too many beans. And I am not getting Banned over Zack Snyder Lame Ass Movie With Fat Cavill.

Opinions on Lex Luthor are incredibly mixed. It's a love it or hate it situation. Although I will agree that the writing was very sloppy. From the meta-human surveillance that had no set-up to the Doomsday shenanigans that was really stupid, they really had no idea what to do with Luthor.

You might be one of the few that enjoyed it... I envy you... I just got more and more pissed as the film continued.

Smug and self-important would be my short, three-word summary of Batman vs Superman. Just like 2013's Man of Steel, this movie had promise, but simply did not deliver. From the desaturated colour palate to the pretentious dialogue, this movie took its self way, way too seriously.

Right off the bat (pun not intended), Zach Snyder a bunch of borrowed ideas and imagery, right down to Mama Wayne's pearl necklace, and thinks that its okay because its all in slow-motion and more artistic. Sure we've seen boy Bruce surrounded by bats before, but its okay to do it again because this time they're making him fly through symbolism! And these borrowed ideas continue, even having Batman get his car stolen from a party by a woman who would end up becoming his ally. Even the Harry Potter wand battles are borrowed from.

We are thrown right into the ending of Man of Steel, this time from Bruce Wayne's perspective. Then we go to Lois Lane in the desert for some reason, then Lex Luthor doing stuff, then Superman doing stuff,... the whole story is very fragmented and shoddily edited together. It is constantly jumping storylines in a way which make the seams very apparent. And then out of the blue we get some sort of doomsday prophesy and a time traveler showing up? C'mon! No cohesion whatsoever. A mess, one might say.

I liked Ben Affleck taking up the bat suit, and I liked Wonder Woman quite a bit (despite her addition being entirely extraneous). I didn't care for Jesse Eisenberg as Lex though, Henry Cavill was just there, and Jeremy Irons never felt like he was in the same movie.

The visuals of this movie were completely ruined by the choice, once again, to go almost grey throughout the whole thing. Not to mention they went a little far with the religious imagery (both visually and in the writing). Man, did they ever miss the mark with Superman here.

And then finally, once it seems to be over with the prolonged action set pieces (the only interesting one being the actual fight between Supes and Bats), we get an almost Return of the King ending which feels like it takes another half hour to conclude. Not to mention the desperation to turn this into DC's avengers by hinting at a further storyline. Honestly, that scene with Lex in the jail cell was so tacked on it was eye rolling.

Sorry DC comics. It was a nice idea, but poorly executed. Too long, too full of itself, too disjointed, too joyless.
4/10