Review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) by Oliver G — 16 Jan 2018

Holy movie disaster batman! Is this a disaster movie? No, its a disaster of a movie! Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, it got worse. Most of what I didn't like about this movie can be summed up this way: big on effects, and hype, low on characters, story, and heart.

The Joker I mean Lex Luthor, who thinks that he is playing the joker, has little motivation to do what he does, the plot didn't makes any sense to me for starting the fight and even less for ending it.

.. "Martha.." This is an overstuffed, overpopulated, loud bombastic movie, a real lost opportunity to see two iconic characters go at each other, instead we end up with a plodding, strange, loud, pretentous movie, I think kids playing with their action figures come up with a better story line than this disaster.

Let me break this down, the direction is bad, the music doesn't work, the acting is terrible, Batfleck is a well armed sociopath, and his awful depiction of Batman is somehow overshadowed by the, I don't know what to even call it, shocking cringe inducing mind boggling Jesse Eisenberg Luther.

He is a great actor, so I blame the direction which is clearly misguided and produces a number of grating scene. The whole time Luther showed up, I had to pull my shirt over my head and prayed that it would end quickly.

I mean I am at a loss, why in the world does Lex pop a JollyRancher in a senators mouth? Strangest product placement in the world. This is the follow up to the epic Nolan series! The Wonder Woman scene is absolutely ruined by the idiot that decided to spoil it in the trailer, so we all knew what would happen, and we knew that how the Batman v Superman fight would end.

I went in hoping that perhaps that was a reason the trailer was designed the way it was giving the movie the benefit of the doubt, even willing to give Batfleck a chance after ummm...Gigli and Daredevil.

I think there would have been one element that could have saved the film, Matt Damon in the role of Robin would have made it all work. Nevertheless, that did not happen and by the end of this movie, I was a defeated pool of ooze on the theater floor.

..and by the way...BATMAN DOESN'T KILL PEOPLE OR USE GUNS!!!! This movie really deserves no stars at all, 0. Warning: this is a movie that cannot be enjoyed at ANY level, it can only be survived.