Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a new comic
book film that follows 2013s Man of Steel as the next installment in the
DC Extended Universe. Once again directed by Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300)
this film hosts an all-star cast featuring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy
Adams, Jesse Eisenberg and Gal Gadot amongst others. It is worthy to note that
this is completely separate from Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy with
Ben Affleck portraying a whole new incarnation of the Caped Crusader. Needless
to say, as a big fan of comic book films in general, I was very excited to see
the two most famous superheroes of all time face off in their first live action
film together.
The movie begins with a brief montage of Batman’s early
life while going on to show Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) witnessing the
destruction of Metropolis by Superman (Henry Cavill) and General Zod (Michael
Shannon) fighting at the end of Man of Steel. Because of these events,
Superman has become the most controversial figure on the planet. Some view him
as a god and a symbol of hope, while others see him being dangerous to all of
humanity. Batman is one of the people who views Superman as a threat and
decides to take it upon himself to defeat him once and for all. Meanwhile, Lex
Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) has been working on creating Doomsday, a monster who
poses yet another threat to mankind. Now Batman and Superman must make peace
with each other and team up with Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) in order to save our
planet.
Overall, I had a blast watching this movie. Like all of
Zack Snyder’s work to date, the movie looked amazing and had mind boggling
visual effects; the guy proves yet again that he knows how to bring a comic
book to life. In addition, I loved watching Ben Affleck embody the role of an
older Batman/Bruce Wayne and thought he played each part perfectly. In my
opinion, his scenes were the best parts of the film. All of that being said, my
biggest complaint with this movie is that it had a bit too much going on and
really struggled to find its pacing. Putting that aside, Batman v Superman is
still worth seeing for the absurdly entertaining action, especially the epic
titular throwdown that we have all been waiting for.
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