Review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) by Leonard D — 10 Oct 2017

I've learned my lesson from Man of Steel, and this came as no surprise after how underwhelming which this turned out to be!

For starters, director Zack Snyder has clearly proven here that he's unable to tell a nice flowing cohesive story. You can say that it's David S Goyer's fault for creating this mess, and I completely agree, but the director is partially to blame for how this was also delivered. He tried with Watchmen, and to give him some credit, I admire him for staying true to the source material. As for Man of Steel, oh boy......good old Snyder made this in such a way that made it appear to be a huge staple to his legacy! He not only wanted me, but the rest of the general public to love this film. A major comeback for one of the greatest superheroes of all time, LOL! Him and the writers assumed that we are really that stupid to allow them to rewrite the character at the expense of basic common sense! What a douchebag! After all the mistakes that they've made with the film, the studio executives decided to be a bunch of cowards, and tell them to go along the same route. Boom! Surprise! This is what they shoved out, and here is what we ended up with!

The movie has such a big ego, it tries to beat the general public over our heads with wanting us to love it! It takes itself so seriously, and so dark to the point where they never bothered to ask themselves, "Umm, shouldn't we be a little lighthearted and have some fun with what we are working with?" Studio executives, "Don't you dare ask us such relevant questions again! Dammit, we must be different from Marvel!" Ugh, for the love of God, you fools! LISTEN TO US!

How can anyone not understand that Warner Bros is beyond desperate to compete with Marvel!? Haven't they ever heard of these two simple words, SELF RESTRAINT!?

I think I'm focusing too much on the negative stuff, so I have to point out a few positives. Ben Affleck, must say, did a fine job with playing Bruce Wayne/Batman! He's come a long way since his embarrassing days of the laughable film Daredevil! Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman? She's decent, but not enough development or screen time to make her shine. Not only is she damn beautiful, but she has an awesome battle pose with our other heroes, so I enjoyed that.

Back to the negative. Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor? Sign......don't even get me started! The dialogue is so damn melodramatic, I can't think of any other way to describe it as sounding like, "AROOOOOOOOGHH!! OOOOOHHHCCHH!!" C'MON, YOUR INVESTEEEEEEEDDDDDDAAAAHHH!!" So, do you know how I feel yet?

And Henry Cavill's version of Superman? I admire this guy for trying with the material which he was given to work with. However, after the last movie, he still comes across as bland, and an a$>+%';! If Henry was smart, he would have just quit, but no, because of the power of money. He just doesn't care how his character is portrayed! And Louis Lane here, is even more useless than she was in the first film! Why!? It still doesn't help that she is played by Amy Adams, who is 9 years older than Cavill! You can't have her in here just because of the name! You gonna have her as a character, fine, but you have to write her as a good character! For God's sake! A complete train wreck to build another cinematic universe, and completely derailing itself, despite there being a few shining spots out of the wreckage. Just stick with the first Avengers film!