Batman V Superman (2016) Trailer
Marvel
has Captain America: Civil War where Captain America vs. Ironman vs.
Spiderman. While DC has Batman vs. Superman plus Wonder Woman.
I have watched all Marvel Movies (including the Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool,
Antman, X-men, Ironman, the Avengers, except the TV franchises, Wolverine
series, and the new Spiderman franchises) and all DC Batman Movies (except the
TV franchises). I haven't watched any Superman movies before this movie, but
I'm interested in watching them now.
This movie has the same old same old theme as Christopher Nolan's Batman series, i.e. whether Batman is protecting the city or destroying it during the course of his battles with the enemies.
The first
scene of Batman V Superman is the death of Bruce Wayne's parents. And here
again we go through the same old story behind the bat cave, which was vividly
depicted in Batman Begins (2005).
And then
there is Superman's fight with the alien. A giant spaceship in the sky. It
reminds me of Doctor Who Christmas Special: The Christmas Invasion (2005),
where a giant alien star is in the sky.
To be
honest, I think Christopher Nolan's Batman is very remarkable. I like the combo
of Christian Bale as Batman and Michael Caine as Alfred. Even though Ben
Affleck's resume has a good job in portraying a suspiciously evil
character in Gone Girl (my review on Gone Girl is here), he does not have the physique as Batman. He looks fat
and clumsy in that Batman suit. I remember Jeremy Irons' performance in Die
Hard: With a Vengeance (1995). But I like Michael Caine's Alfred better,
because he looks much older and wiser. Henry Cavill is very good-looking. But
his character as Superman is dumb. He could have passed the spear to Batman or
Wonder Woman. People said that Jesse Eisenberg tried too hard. But I think he
did a good job in using his awkwardness to portray a psychotic sociopath.
It's ashamed that the screenplay did not give him a background story in depth
as we did not understand his motivation. That's why his character looks
ridiculous. I don't know why when I see the performance of Holly Hunter, I
think of Glenn Close. Wonder Woman, almost universally agreed, is the best part
of the movie. The music rocks and the character rocks.
Interestingly,
DC's Superman is Marvel's Spiderman as they are both journalists. DC's Batman
is Marvel's Ironman as they are both rich playboys. So Alfred is Jarvis?
In my
opinion, if they use retro pop music like how they used in the Guardians
of the Galaxy and Deadpool, then the movie would be way cooler.
Ratings:
Premise:
Average
Plot: Average
Characters: Good
Dialogue: Average
Plot: Average
Characters: Good
Dialogue: Average
Recommendation:
Recommended
I
recommend watching this movie because it is the introduction to the following
franchises of DC comics movies. Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Justice League
Part I, The Flash, Aquaman, Shazam!, Justice League Part II, Cyborg, Green
Lantern Corps, Batman x3 are coming.