![]() That it has Thomas Wayne croak “Martha” with his dying breath, then finds We surely would have surmised that the identical first names of Bruce’s deadīiological mother and Kal-El’s adoptive mother-Martha-would come into playĮventually, but the film is so worried that somebody might not get it One down on the table with gusto, he keeps pointing to it and telling you what rankĪnd suit it is. Play ten minutes before the movie plays it, yet Snyder doesn’t just slap each That carries itself with unearned confidence you see every card it’s about to Superman” is a disorganized, lead-footed movie Unfortunately, the script’s early promise recedes as the movie unreels. This was a last minute decision by Warner Bros., which preferred the financial safe-betīatman to the recently revitalized Supes.) Man of Steel to a glorified supporting role. ![]() Overstuffed, overpopulated, awkwardly plotted Batman picture that relegates the White ( Laurence Fishburne) and Ma Kent ( Diane Lane)-this is ultimately an Reporter and Superman gal pal Lois Lane ( Amy Adams) Alfred the Butler (Jeremy Like Jeremy Davies) ageless Amazon warrior Wonder Woman ( Gal Gadot) ace Tech-douche version of Lex Luthor ( Jesse Eisenberg, fidgeting and yammering Presences of touchstone DC characters-including a smarmy, psychotic, The title promises an even distribution of screen time. Starts screwing up his regular duties at the Planet), Clark Kent and Superman are essentially the same guy. Preoccupied by an unauthorized investigation of Batman’s vigilantism that he Glasses or a cape and the stress of maintaining his cover story (he gets so Superman seems a more balanced character: aside from the presence or absence of Manifestation of ordinary neuroses, practically a lycanthropic rodent-beast who emergesĪt night, summoned by his own monogrammed spotlight-moon. I keep referring to the cowled hero as Bruce because, more so than anyīatman picture, “Batman v Superman” treats the Caped Crusader as a scary-awesome Lest humans get so comfortable with worshiping "aliens" that they set He sees Kal-El as a clueless and careless false god whose powers must be neutralized, Re-traumatized by a 9/11-styleĭisaster that kills dozens of his employees, including a young girl’s mother, he channels his angerĪnd helplessness into a preemptive war against Superman, to be carried with biomechanical armor and Bat-tech fortified by Kryptonite. It, so that it looks like something “Man of Steel” always meant to do, theīetter to provide strong, simple motivation for Bruce. Takes a persistent complaint against "Man of Steel"-that the supposedīoy Scout from Krypton was callously oblivious to collateral damage-and retrofits Is the film's most affecting and original sequence, in large part because it Sequence also portrays Wayne as a somewhat detached one-percenter who’s ashamedĪt having taken his work "family" for granted-a thoughtful touch.) Wayne Industries' Metropolis office is damaged in the super-fight. Hundreds of members of his adopted professional "family" killed when Shannon) from the point-of-view of Bruce Wayne/Batman ( Ben Affleck), who sees Steel" showdown between Superman ( Henry Cavill) and General Zod (Michael You get to the next scene, a replay of the Metropolis-leveling "Man of Sequence initially plays like one more visit to a dried up well. Snyder (" Man of Steel," "Sucker Punch," et al), this Goyer (“ Blade,” “ Dark City”) and directed by Zack As co-writtenīy Chris Terrio and David S. Parents' murder by a gun-wielding mugger, followed by a bracketing trauma, hisĮncounter with a flock of bats in a cave near stately Wayne Manor. Story begins with yet another flashback to young Bruce Wayne witnessing his Tells, you know, a story, as opposed to doing an occasionally inspiredīut mostly just competent job of setting up the next chapter in a Marvel-styled That's a compliment if you prefer these movies to be ponderous,ĭisorganized and glum, but a warning if you prefer tonal variation from film toįilm and scene to scene, and have a soft spot for storytelling that actually V Superman: Dawn of Justice" is state of the art epic superheroįilmmaking.
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