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- Society believes there should be no Superman because of his alien-like powers. Batman agrees and proceeds to take Superman down. Conversely, Superman fears that Batman's actions are reckless and tries to stop him. Meanwhile Lex Luthor, owner of Lex Corp, is plotting something that will destroy mankind! Will one of the heroes fall or will Lex Luthor take over Metropolis?
- The general public is concerned over having Superman on their planet and letting the "Dark Knight" - Batman - pursue the streets of Gotham. While this is happening, a power-phobic Batman tries to attack Superman.Meanwhile, Superman tries to settle on a decision, and Lex Luthor, the criminal mastermind and millionaire, tries to use his own advantages to fight the "Man of Steel".
- Dark and brooding. This describes both Batman and Superman. It's also very similar to how the film is shot. This colossal movie takes the opposite approach to Marvel and The Avengers, but that's pretty much how they want to compete with them anyways. A follow-up to Man of Steel, Zack Snyder is once again at the helm. I'm thinking his visual style should be the opening topic.<br/><br/><br/><br/>First, let's talk about the introductory 10 minutes. The opening credits is a stylish way to bring Batman's story back, and I enjoyed how it was kept brief with only the highlight moments (if you consider a double-homicide of his parents a highlight) since we all know the story already. The slow-mo works well in opening credits, and it's certainly cool, but Snyder definitely gets excessive with it. My favorite part of the film is what follows immediately afterward-- excluding the fact that Bruce Wayne was driving a Jeep Renegade. My favorite shot as well is in the 9/11-like destruction during the Man of Steel climax, but this time from a different perspective; and as the people dash away from the rubble, Bruce rushes towards it. The entire sequence, in fact, is powerful, for the film does a great job of playing off of one of my biggest complaints about Man of Steel, the destruction. Not only does this introduce the political aspect, but it also provides sound motivation for Bruce as he is unable to save the innocents from the crashing towers. This type of storytelling worked well, and maybe Snyder tried using it more in the form of those dreams/premonitions, but the vague references to comic book story lines didn't pull through in those scenes that may have been added just to put in the trailers. I will say, the one awesome moment is in the Batcave, and off to the side is what is presumed to be a Robin costume with a message from the Joker; don't worry, Snyder, I see you being clever.<br/><br/><br/><br/>All right, let's talk us some superheroes. The movie toys with interesting moral dilemmas with Superman, and I still love Henry Cavill, but the overall impact isn't there. There are some cool shots with him still: the people surrounding him with their arms outstretched, and then when he's in space with the sun behind helping to rejuvenate him. On the other side of the two-headed coin (Batman reference), I mean, c'mon, Ben Affleck is awesome. I have always been a firm believer that his directing is far superior to his acting, but don't let that take away from what he does. With the Dark Knight himself, I love the branding. I'm all for it. I was slightly taken aback, however, by the free-spirited use of lethal force employed to take out the goonies. Maybe more interaction would have me more willing to simply say bye-bye to the baddies, but it does retract a little from what Batman usually represents and is used more of a way to set up conflict with Superman. I have no issues with the bulkier suit either; it makes more sense to me as they play with this older version of Batman. Which reminds me, I wasn't as much of a fan as some of my friends were and how they will say how awesome it is, but watching The Dark Knight Returns (animated but still dark) is highly suggested to get more of a full circle of Batman. Oh, and brief shout out to Jeremy Irons. You weren't fully utilized as Alfred, but I look forward to what you will give us in the future.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Now we all know this sets up Justice League. And I was the most skeptical about cheap, forced ways of introducing the rest of the lineup, but I was pleasantly surprised. It was smart and to the point. Not sure how their looks are going to turn out, particularly when they get stand-alone films, but that will be a discussion for when the time comes.<br/><br/><br/><br/>The other very, very smart move was having Gal Gadot be Diana Prince for the majority of the film instead of Wonder Woman even if how it was handled still felt clunky in areas. The reveal worked in to their favor. But it does leave much to look forward to with future outings.<br/><br/><br/><br/>One of the issues I've noticed people have been most split on is Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor. The best way I can describe his performance is as unconventional. At moments he was trying too hard to bring a more psychotic, schizophrenic approach, but in the context of the film it was a contrast vastly needed.<br/><br/><br/><br/>And that ties into the next topic: Hans Zimmer. When we last saw him in the previous caped entry, his dull performance led me to miss the John Williams theme. One of the best parts of the movie was Zimmer bringing out his creative soundtrack; each superhero got a unique theme, and Luthor's blend of quick violins was pure awesomeness and was a redeeming grace to every scene featuring him because it brought out the character Eisenberg desperately tried to portray.<br/><br/><br/><br/>To go back to the visual style, the film is too bleak; the lack of lighting renders some scenes as less effective, like the climax I will describe later. It caused too much straining to know what was presented on the screen instead of doing something like drawing attention to details to treat the observant, smart viewer. There are moments, but there's still a feeling that Snyder had to make sure he appealed to a wide audience, so the more hopeful viewer ends up being dumbed down to size to fit with the marketing. This isn't a dumb film, but a lack of deeper meaning behind visuals doesn't do much to stretch the brain.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Before we move closer to the climax, lets talk about Batman scenes versus Superman scenes. I enjoyed Snyder's use of Bruce. Sure, some scenes dragged the run time out a little, but you could tell he was having fun working with such a different character. This is most evident in the action sequences. You know what I'm talking about from the trailers when I say I loved the Batman: Arkham style fighting. As a slight downer, in one of those weird vision scenes, there's a really long, circling take where Batman tosses bad guys all around as they take him on one at a time for the most part. While the long takes are always appreciated, the delicate nature of not wanting to mess up the fight choreography did lead to a held-back effort from the stuntman and actors. <br/><br/><br/><br/>With glasses-wearing Clark Kent (still find the disguise lame, but I've had it explained that donning the glasses changes Kent's entire appearance, making it full disguise-- I like that explanation more, but it still seems kind of half-hearted), you'll get your fill of Diane Lane, Amy Adams, and Laurence Fishburne; but nothing better than from Man of Steel comes out, only scenes to propel the plot.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Maybe this is a slight spoiler coming in after 2 hours, but if you don't know that Batman and Superman fight and that Doomsday makes an appearance, then you're already a lost cause. Go be like Tom Hanks in Cast Away, but change up the story and stay on the island. And now that I have tossed out the people that must have put life on mute for the opening weeks of the film, let's talk. This movie has my favorite use of kryptonite. It makes sense, and Batman uses such a cool array of gadgets during the fight. I will say that the fight was totally unnecessary, but if I'm like anybody that paid to see this, I wanted a fight, and a pretty darn good one I got. I also enjoy the idea of putting Doomsday in. But if you've seen Godzilla, King Kong, or even Clash of the Titans (not the laughable original, doesn't count) and its older brother Wrath, then nothing new is added honestly. Big, huge, ginormous, CGI creature with a menacing roar threatens total destruction. I guess teaming up on him can satisfy the nerd in us, but it went too far over-the-top.<br/><br/><br/><br/>I am pleased with the outcome of the film, but the end has its predictable moments. If I had to summarize in one sentence, I would say that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a large improvement over Man of Steel and a very entertaining watch, but it doesn't hold the substance seen in The Dark Knight.
- First things first... What a film, what a way to start of the DC cinematic universe! The film has everything action drama everything! Each member of the cast do their roles justice especially Ben Affleck and Jesse Eisenburg, I was initially against both castings when announced but they have completely changed my mind!! Affleck pulls off Bruce Wayne brilliantly and as for Batman... WOW!! Eisenburg is a great menacing Lex but can also make you laugh at the same time, people say the film has no plot I disagree completely the plot is evident straight away, Lex is the puppeteer, forcing these two great heroes to collide, he more or less gives batman the weapon to kill superman, he knows everyone's secret identity which makes him a better villain, I enjoyed the way the justice league was introduced (Cyborg and Aquaman look insane), and as for the ending it left me completely speechless!! I can't write all my feelings down on this because I'm limited to 1000 words, but as I've said ignore the critics go watch it for yourself!! P.S shoutout to Jeremy Irons and Gal Gadot who also impressed me. I've not mentioned Henry Cavill simply because I enjoyed what he did in Man of Steel and I enjoyed what he did in this, Perfect for superman!
- This huge, unwieldy movie is busy and overcrowded.
- Most newspaper cuts were made by Wallace Keefe (<a href="/name/nm1058940/">Scoot McNairy</a>) some time prior the movie events as a way to menace and intimidate Bruce Wayne (<a href="/name/nm0000255/">Ben Affleck</a>) but they were never shown to him by his employees until it was too late, as it was taken as mere hate mail against him. Keefe had a heavy grudge against both Superman (<a href="/name/nm0147147/">Henry Cavill</a>) (for indirectly causing him to lose his legs during the fight against Zod in <a href="/title/tt0770828/">Man of Steel</a>) and Wayne (blaming him for his disgrace to the point of rejecting his aid payments). After Keefe vandalized Superman's statue, Lex Luthor (<a href="/name/nm0251986/">Jesse Eisenberg</a>) saw him as a pawn for this schemes, using him to disturb and manipulate Batman into destroy Superman by providing the angry man resources, credibility for Senator Finch's audiences and supporting his menacing hate mail towards Wayne, including the final one that reads, "you let your family die". In the heliport, Luthor confronts Superman and references the newspaper cuts in quality of being the mastermind behind the whole affair. Prior to the movie's release, some people assumed the the Joker was behind the handwritten notes because of the similarity in handwriting to the spray painted message on the Robin suit in the Batcave. While clearly that's not the case, in the movie's theatrical cut it served as a proper red herring to both Wayne and the audience. The Dream at the Cave: Running away from his parents' funeral, young Bruce Wayne fell into a circular shaft leading to a cave, where he saw in vision hundreds of bats surrounding him and rising him above the darkness of the pit and back into the light. Bruce Wayne himself says in the movie that this dream propelled him into crime fighting, hoping to find the light... but it never happened. He became ruthless and, as Alfred tells him, cruel, almost a villain when the movie starts. The movie shows how his perceived imminent risk to Superman makes him willingly kill in cold blood... but in the last moment, Superman shows him a better path, a redemption for his trauma upon the death of his parents via Martha Kent's rescue. The concept that this dream originated through supernatural means is never addressed, but it could be interpreted that Superman's example and, ultimately, his sacrifice makes Batman finally see "the light" of justice, becoming a little more humane (as demonstrated by not branding Lex Luthor in his cell) and thus starting his mission in search of other meta-humans in company of Wonder Woman, in order to "be united". On the other hand, this dream-like scene takes iconography Christopher Nolan introduced into the Batman mythos in The Dark Knight Trilogy, but with a twist, thus making it a tribute to Nolan's trilogy and his character's contributions inside the DC Expanded Universe.<br/><br/>The Creature in the Tomb: At some point of the movie, Bruce Wayne has a dream where he visits his parent's mausoleum and, while contemplating Martha Wayne's tombstone, a black liquid starts to pour from it. As he examines it, the tombstone bursts and a dark-skinned creature attacks him from inside. Wayne wakes up disturbed. Just like the Dream at the Cave, if this dream implies any supernatural element is not currently confirmed in the overall DC Expanded Universe, but it can be taken as Wayne's mind still trying to cope with his parent's death trauma. Furthermore, in an allegorical way, it could mean he is always subconsciously projecting his inner demons on his parents through the form of a humanized giant bat, thus not allowing him to get over it. Another way to look at it could be that somehow this dream is connected with the nightmare, the creature could be another vision of a para-demon or even a premonition/vision of the weight his mother's memories could make him realize Superman is not his enemy because, if he (Batman) lets Martha Kent die, the whole world will suffer the consequences.<br/><br/>The Knightmare: Waiting for the long process of decoding the hacked copy of Lexcorp files, Bruce Wayne falls asleep in front of the computer. Then, he has a dream/vision of a dystopic future where the world is barren, civilization is destroyed and Superman is leading an army of both human soldiers and winged creatures while armed with a pistol. On the ground a large Omega symbol has been carved. While trying to take possession of a kryptonite sample, Batman is captured. Superman confronts Batman saying that he "let her die" and then kills him, presumably by ripping his heart out. Wayne appears again in the Batcave but a red-masked man appears from some sort of portal, wondering if he came "too early" and saying to Wayne that he was "right about him" (not entirely clear if he meant about the latent danger Superman might pose, Lex Luthor, Doomsday or someone else) but Lois Lane (<a href="/name/nm0010736/">Amy Adams</a>) is the key to avoid such a future. Suddenly, Wayne "wakes up" wondering what has just happened. Elsewhere in the movie, Lex Luthor points to his father's apocalyptic painting in the wall and talks about "demons coming down from the sky" as a red herring, since evidently he was not refering to Superman (he always refers to him as a messianic figure or even "god") but to something else, as he left the painting upside down before he had been taken into custody. Note the close similarity between the creatures in Batman's nightmares and the figures in the painting.<br/><br/>All these elements heavily imply that Batman's vision was caused somehow by a future Flash (<a href="/name/nm3009232/">Ezra Miller</a>) coming from a possible timeline when an inter-dimensional warlord called Darkseid has taken control of the Earth and Superman is now under his command due to Lois Lane's death. The winged creatures are called Parademons and are Darkseid minions. In the last scene, when Batman confronts Luthor in his supermax cell, Luthor keeps calling out about demons from heaven to Batman, emphasizing that he succeeded in his plan to "kill god" so that Darkseid's arrival turns out in the super-villain's victory. While this movie presents dreams and nightmares as a new element to Batman's psychology and it's never clearly stated why or how Batman has such a vivid, detailed vision of this possible future, it certainly becomes the "heart wench" he mentions to Diana Prince, the reason for them both to start looking for metahumans after Superman's sacrifice and be united, thinking such hideous future has been avoided but Darkseid's intervention has not, setting up the story for <a href="/title/tt0974015/">Justice League (2017)</a> (2017) and since it involves time travel, possibly <a href="/title/tt0439572/">Untitled The Flash Film (2020)</a> (2020) as well. The Flash, from the future, comes to give Batman a warning. Most likely this warning is something that is to come in the next movie <a href="/title/tt0974015/">Justice League (2017)</a>. Apparently, he arrived too early, as can be inferred from the the Flash saying, "Am I too soon?", [Yells] "I'm too Soon!" They didn't "just become friends" because their mothers have the same name. Batman stopped fighting because he started to see himself in Superman. He started to see Superman as a human being who was trying to save his mother just like he would. Another Martha was in danger, and he wasn't about to let her die.Before its theatrical release, Warner Bros. spread the word that there would be an Ultimate Edition of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice on Blu-ray disc which contains an Extended Cut with 30 more minutes of footage. Zack Snyder announced that this extended cut was his director's cut. And that seems plausible because the new footage does not look like footage put in afterwards to make a few more bucks with a longer version. On the contrary, some of that footage is quite a loss for the theatrical version that needed to be removed for its theatrical release, as to not push it because the theatrical version still runs approximately 2½ hours. As one can see in the following comparison, the extended version is definitely the better version. But there is a downside as well: Narrativewise, the often criticized structure of the movie gets worse. Due to a lot of extended footage during the first half, the actual story regarding Batman v Superman starts with the Capitol scene after almost 90 minutes. And as also criticized quite often, there is not enough time for the duel anymore before they team up to fight Doomsday in the big finale. Compared to the rest, the beginning is still too long but the warming phase is more satisfying and explained more reasonably in the extended cut. The scheme against Superman & Clark Kent's investigation was just too short in the theatrical version. Subsequent things such as the short, rather mysterious introduction of Steppenwolf, which is obviously supposed to point to the Justice League, or the reversed censorings which got the extended cut the R-rating (which it deserves by the way) but without making it an incredibly brutal movie, make the result much more appealing. This is most likely to signify that what would've otherwise been characterized as "The People v. Superman" like a court case but not necessarily a literal such is instead "Batman v. Superman". It connotes exactly that Batman is the one who has a bone to pick with Superman, but that the "verdict" doesn't necessarily have to be the triumph of one hero over the other like a sport or chess, as it would suffice for Superman to merely get Batman to drop the "case" against him, which is what happens. This choice of syntax for a movie title describing a competitive match is somewhat unique; a departure from, for examples, the films The People vs. Paul Crump (1962), The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), The People vs. George Lucas (2010), The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015). An interesting bit of trivia is that there was a real Batman v. Commissioner case in the U.S. Fifth Circuit Appeals Court, back in 1951, the appealing party's whole name being Ray Batman. As there is no dot immediately following the "v", it also possible that the solitary letter may not be an abbreviation at all, that it signifies the symbol for the logic operator "or", which signifies union in set theory; as in "Batman ∨ Superman" / "Batman ∪ Superman". a5c7b9f00b
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