Saturday, April 16, 2016

BvS : Dawn of Justice

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice

                                     Dir: Zack Snyder
       Cast: Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne, Jesse
    Eisenberg, Gal Gadot

      This is my review of the highly anticipated movie in the DC Cinematic 
  Universe taking place immediately after the events in Man of Steel.

      Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) arrives in Metropolis for unknown reasons, just
in time to witness the destruction of the city between Superman and his nemesis 
Zod. Its citizens turn against Superman (Henry Cavill) and perceive him as 
an alien threat to Earth.

      Meanwhile we are introduced to Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg), a wealthy 
young man with Daddy issues. He becomes paranoid of Superman and takes 
drastic actions to have Batman battle Superman.
       
      I thought this movie was too dark and depressing. I was disappointed with 
 the pacing and tone of the movie. The killing of a certain character in the Superman
 lore early on was pointless and unnecessary. I felt like this movie was tried too 
 hard to shoehorn characters for the plots sake. It's a muddled mess of a film that
 tried to take itself serious.
      Jesse's Lex character came across as too nerdy and unlikable. Wonder Woman's
inclusion became the better half of this movie. 
     Overall, it wasn't the worst comic book ever, just the worst of the past several 
years. I wanted to like like this movie but couldn't.


   Grade D (5/10)

No comments:

Post a Comment