Review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) by Erol O — 18 Aug 2017

Batman Vs Superman Dawn of Justice is to me the best film of 2016. And perhaps like Man of Steel the most misunderstood. The film opens up as the attack on Metropolis is at its worst and Bruce Wayne arrives to see his office tower destroyed and his employees die. and injured. flash forward two years and Bruce Wayne is still as bitter. He's Forgotten what The Batman is supposed to have stood for. He's still doing the job but he's killing and torturing the criminals. And he's worried about Superman. He believes that one day Superman will turn on them and he must have a plan in place. When Superman rescues Lois Lane from a warlord in the Middle East Superman and Lois interfere in a CIA plot and people die. superman is blamed for those deaths. And its added to the destruction of Metropolis there is a senate hearing already in effect on the Superman problem. And there is the little matter of a mad man named Lex Luthor who is stirring the pot creating even greater trouble. Luthor has discovered a mineral that can kill Superman. He names it Kryptonite . The only problem is its rare. Things heat up when the capital building is destroyed and Superman is believed to be involved . Bruce Wayne finds out there are others like Superman and that Luthor has files on them. And when he tries to steal them he meets a Wonder woman named Diana Prince.

The movie comes together in a big finale that is action packed energetic and wonderfully filmed. And it sets up The Justice League nicely. The reason the movie is misunderstood is this. Batman does not kill That is wrong he does and he has killed in the comics The Martha scene. Again pretty much like the Tornado scene in Man of Steel people fail to realize that there is actually something going on inside the character's head .Martha is a word that acts as a trigger and to me that's the most realistic scene in the movie.

There are other things but Synder is aiming for a realistic take and he succeeds. People compare this so much to Christopher Reeve and his movies or Adam West / Christian Bale or the comics and fail to see that this movie has nothing at all to do with any of those.

This is a stand alone movie not having any ties to the other versions of Superman and Batman it's its own Earth .

To me the film works because when you look at it. how else would a Superman or a Batman be precievced by the public except as Gods and Monsters.