Ok didn't feel like double posting so...thoughts on Batman v Superman? I plan to watch it this weekend with my family but I've been reading a lot of negative comments. Opinions?
Oh boy, prepare for a ton of words
Is an awesome, AWESOME movie.
My theater was packed (and when we were out people was getting ready to enter to the midnight showing that also was sold out), tons of families with kids around and well, everyone was simply having the time of their lives with the movie. For a movie everyone was claiming is too grim, gritty and joyless; the audience on my showing laughed quite a bit thanks to some well placed snide remarks (most notorious the exchange between Batman and Superman in the final battle) And yes, everyone lost their shit at the moment Wonder Woman showed up.
Purely anecdotical, but I went with all of my family that includes a hyperactive 10 years old niece and a seventy years old grandma and everyone was glued to their seats watching the movie. Hell, even my mom that barely reads comics loved the way the movie questioned Superman's role in the world.
Now on the actual movie
I honestly don't understand the complaints about the plot being hard to follow or falling short to explain the characters' motivations. Everything is laid out clearly by the dialogue and the acting. Why Lex did that massively contrived plan to manipulate Superman? Because he was essentially having a pissing contest with Superman to get him bend to his will. Why Bruce stopped fighting Clark? Because the realization of Clark being a guy that values his family as much as Bruce himself does, hit him like a wall of bricks. Why was WW around? She was after the intel Lex gathered on her and just happened to line up with Bruce's own investigation in the matter. I mean seriously, as long you put attention to the movie everything is very easy to understand.
The action is amazing, it truly is like a comic book come to life. Batman acts and fights like the Batman I've read on comics all of these years and is the best interpretation of the character so far. Ben Affleck hit a home run with his acting. The complaints about killing people are way, way overblown. He doesn't do anything that Keaton or Bale didn't did before. The guy is brutal as fuck but then again, it fits the tone of this universe where there are always consequences.
Just like Batman, this version of Superman is my favorite yet. Cavill sold me the character, his motivations, doubts and morality. He's flawed and that precisely why I loved, it left such impression on me that I actually teared up during his death. I'm not bothered at all by the fact they showed he's coming back, all the contrary, that little stinger is somewhat of a turning point for the DC Cinematic Universe where everything is brighter and more hopeful.
Wonder Woman was well, wonderful. Her sudden appearance during the fight against Doomsday was one of the best moments of the film and Snyder really drives home how powerful she is by being the only one who actually puts a fight against Doomsday.
Eisenberg's take on Lex was amazing as well. It reminded a lot of the way the character has been handled in the current comics. A guy really smart but with an ego to match that simply can't stand the idea of someone being better than him.
Doomsday has always been somewhat of a walking plot device and such, I enjoyed the way it was handled by Snyder, just an unstoppable machine of destruction. His appearance wasn't comic accurate but whatever, we were shown on screen the way he improved himself after every attack and that is more impressive to me.
In short, the movie was everything I expected and is definitely a movie I'll recommend to everyone willing to listen me.
last edited at Mar 27, 2016 2:41AM
