Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Review

I SO WANTED THIS TO BE GOOD!

We all have to see it of course.

i got my tickets for friday afternoon. im still excited to see the film, to see afleck as batman. i dont care about the reviews it could be as bad as fantastic four. i hope it does well. with that said, snyder needs to be removed immediately. i dont read anything dc but i dont believe he is capable of producing any real quality that can carry DC characters. he is all flash in the pan. he is like michael bay of comic movies. sparkler explosions and lots of running.

@abdullahzubair: MOS featured a boring and brooding hope-guy,not my Superman. Marvel.s Daredevil respects the source material and shows a love for the comics.

I agree with most of this, especially the Luthor point, the common argument I get is "it's a modern luthor, it's why he is short, has hair and is so odd, he's like an internet billionaire" but we still get classic Batman and Superman? You can't have it both ways, if we're updating, lets update them all. Otherwise it just has Luthor as he is, out of place with terrible exposition "boy you do not want to pick a fight with this guy".

As for the dark thing, what really hurt DC was the fact that their most successful films of the past two decades were the Batman films, pretty much since 1989. They milked all the money they could out of Superman through the 70s and 80s and it pretty much went down hill after Superman 2. Batman promised a different kind of hero and every director and actor had their own take.

I did enjoy the Michael Keaton version quite a bit.

Batman however has one of (if not the) most famous origin stories which to some can be related, action driven by loss, the loss of a parent may be even more poignant for some. It is part of what makes him so dark, the Batman was born the night Thomas and Martha Wayne died.

If we look at other DC projects, they've tried this dark road before with the Green Arrow, even his city looks dark during the day.

I think the most successful branch outside of the dark was The Flash, yes, he lost his mother but they've kept the Flash upbeat through most of it and the Arrow even said it "You come from Central City, where it's sunny all the time". I think DC could go more funny, sarcastic or at the very least not turn everyone into Batman but it's an extreme risk vs reward scenario that with past non-Batman movies (Catwoman, Green Lantern, Superman Returns) has not turned out well.

I don´t agree with this review at all. The rating is okay but:

Lex was a great comic relief and the ending, alltough certainly bittersweet, was very hopeful. We know what will happen next, so just relax.

i don't care if the movie fails, i will still watch and watch and watch till i get tired of watching it. lol

Batman kills people in this movie. How does this get a pass from anyone who has ever picked up a comic book in their life?

@micah007123: Idiots

I swear this started as a 4/5 lol maybe I am going crazy

Trailers were pretty bad, same overly grey tone (not dark, literally a lack of color) Luthor looked like a joke, Superman looking oh so serious, sigh. Looks like my fears for this movie were confirmed. I really really wanted this to be good. DC fans are obviously gonna defend this to the death so I'm looking at official reviews.

Well at least Civil War looks amazing.

I see a lot of spoiler free reviews. Here's my thoughts. If you liked Man of Steel, you'll like this. I thought it was a natural continuation of that story. But there's a lot going on, so it's easy to lose sight of what's happening. Movie has great depth. You really understand what the characters are going through, which is a testament to the acting. Wonder Woman will give you goosebumps. Batman was amazing. Lois was even good. I didn't dig lex's portrayal and Cavill was the Superman he was in MOS. All in all I think I was a great experience and does a good job in setting up what's to come. I'm going again tomorrow so I can just take it all in.

So the question is, should you see it? Yes. But if you like the marvel approach to film making, then you won't enjoy it.

Who is "Randolph Ramsay"?

Half of these "critics" had their score for the movie before they even saw it. Man of Steel's controversy ruined any chance of this movie being well received. Marvel started off on such a high note with their cinematic universe that even their garbage movies (and there are quite a few in my opinion) get a lot of love just because it's a Marvel movie. Definitely going to see this movie for myself and judge it myself, I enjoyed Man of Steel a lot and have a good feeling about this movie being good despite bad reviews.

This movie is a bigger disaster than Fantastic Four lmao

@alkusanagi: Because some people want this to succeed regardless of its quality.

I'm only seeing this to see Batman punch Superman. Snyder is about as bad as Micheal Bay.

Gal Gadot is also extremely toned. Toned=/= muscular. Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire are both extremely slim, its all lean muscle definition, not bulk. I would be shocked if either were more than 170lbs.

And peak human in comic =/= peak human in real life. Batman's top end feats are significantly above anything anyone could do irl. But that's outside the scope of this conversation, as I was responding about superpowered people's physiques not being important.

I was specifically responding to this part of your post (probably should of specified to begin with). "Wonder Woman has stick-thin arms and barely looks to weigh 50lbs and we're supposed to believe she is as powerful as Superman?" and my response is simply that of course we should buy it, because their is nothing about any superheroes physique that attributes itself to their feats. Superman doesn't look like he should be able to destroy building either lol. It's completely impossible to conceptualize what a real human with that much strength would look like, but it wouldn't look like a 225lb man either. So who cares how extremely fit a superpowered superhero is, as their strength obviously doesn't correlate to muscle regardless.

Totally a sidenote but the reason Catwoman sucked is Halle Barrie is a HORRIBLE actress. Not because she didn't look the part, but cause she can't act.

Anyone who likes this film should go to an insane asylum

Then why have them be muscular?

Liking bad movies isn't the problem. Being unable to admit the movie that you like is bad is the problem. Feeling the need to doggedly defend garbage movies with dishonest and delusional arguments seems to be a pastime of the DCCU fanbase.

So basically everything we seen in the trailer is the movie.

@jgames: Not really :)

@farkam: marvel clearly makes a more superior product. Why even entertain anything else

Already got the tickets for today and coupled in with what Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and Comic Vine are saying I'm goning to struggle. Thanks Snyder, you really did it this time. On top of that I'm already half way through Watchmen just to give you a chance. Sigh...

Phase 1 Marvel was great. GotG is the only thing I like from Phase 2. Marvel is getting kind of stale imo.

@farkam: We need a variety in these movies otherwise we're going to continue getting the same things over and over again. That will surely kill the genre. I for one am disappointed this movie wasn't received better. I expected it, but it's still disappointing. That said, I enjoyed it. It wasn't perfect, but I was entertained.

But i will gonna see the movie

This is a very accurate statement. Just because a movie is bad doesn't mean you can't like it, but you can't act like a clearly poor movie is good just because you enjoy watching it. I love the transformers films, but I don't argue over the fact they're poorly written films with very little plot.

Is there hope for Luthor at the end? Do we see his chrome dome by the end credits? I guess i'll have to wait till tomorrow night.

Dumb review.

why do i even try to be optimistic about DC movies anymore? everyone always ends up hating them no matter what

Holy moses, it's like DC just forgot what the Superfriends were and after Paul Dini and Bruce Tim became so certain darker and edgier was their redemption from those days. But I digress, because Deadpool just kicked two icons ass in being as dark and edgey as this movie yet utterly fun and exciting.

@doc-holiday said:

@sesquipedalophobe: Yeah totally...

I mean look at that bony frame, stick-thin arms honestly, when I look at her she just screams Wonder Woman (sarcasm by the way, super heavy sarcasm)

I mean, lets compare her to former women's UFC fighter Gina Carano

Ugh, yeah you're right (sarcasm again), toned physique, thicker arms and already a trained fighter, she'd have made a terrible choice, absolutely (so much sarcasm)

two people that can't act. Yeah great option you have there.....end of sarcasm.

You should read more comics :D

is Zack Snyder being Zack Snyder , works for me.

I wish I could say i'm surprised by this but, i'm not. Warner Bros and Zach Snyder have never understood what makes the DCU special in the first place, so they just double down on what Nolan did with the DK Trilogy and expect it to work out. Hopefully this movie's critical reviews will make Warner Bros reconsider their creative decision making in the future. Here's hoping for a Snyderless Justice League movie.

If you prefer dark films and dark comics, this is the film for you. And that's okay. What I like is that there is room for both serious comics/films and light-hearted ones. Based on the previews, the movie probably will be pretty good, but not a lot of fun. That seems to be what's coming across - good film, but not a fun film.

I'm not gonna say I called it, but I will say that I've got some affirmations I need to check in with my brother...and Facebook...

It appears the film wasn't that bad at all, I saw the film and personally it's clear Zack as a editing problem with his films but it's not a horrible movie.

@thearchon: But it's not Batman, simple AS that. Pre-52 Batman didn't kill either, so what's your point?

After everything i've heard i'm not wasting my money on this. I hoped it would be an improvement on MoS but it seems mostly unanimous that it isn't. I'll wait for it to come out on DVD and borrow it from a friend when i'm in the mood for some unconditional violence (which tbh does happen sometimes lol).

Wow, so much negativity, and people haven't even seen the movie? Either way, can't wait till tomorrow night.

@mcbig: Not everyone. On some sites I've found the majority of critics given the movie perfect scores.

@lordraiden: i have. And i will say its awesome. GA loved it.