The Big Picture- A Review of Batman vs. Superman
I am in a little disbelief concerning how many people are panning this film. What are they expecting...really? As much as I was so vehemently opposed to the casting choice of Affleck portraying the caped crusader, he proved me wrong. Christian Bale had 3 movies to nail Batman and to me came up short. I felt a little bad for Affleck who had to play a morally bankrupt at-the-end-of-his-rope Batman. Emotionally teetering on full on sociopathic vigilantism and pure isolationist. Affleck needed more time to develop his character. Which to me didn't seem to be a prudent decision to hire him in the first place and would have made more sense to bring back, despite my feeling about him, Bale.
But this movie was all about story. A perfect start where we literally are brought in the middle of Zod and Superman's battle, we are watching "From Humanity's Viewpoint" As Bruce Wayne rushes to his office building to help his, employees or " corporate family". If you can get past Afflecks performance, there is a rich story going on in Batman v Superman. It tackles issues surrounding power and morality, responsibility and accountability and corruption in the world. Cavill, despite all the haters out there, does such an amazing job with his Superman that I at times was left speechless. He bring an emotional depth to him that must make people who are fans, flee at the signs of any real emotion. Superman may be from Krypton, but raised by a human caring mother who taught him compassion, which he surely conveys. He and Affleck had to convey very similar emotional conflicts and how they did it was very interesting to watch on screen.
This is an adult film, and has very adult themes running through it, so needless to say if people were expecting overly orchestrated fight scenes and a well balanced assortment of special effects or to give their kids a treat may come away feeling cheated. Not to say there aren't any great fight scenes, ie Batman raiding Lexcorp. Most of special effects lacked any amount of subtlety, though brilliant were Wonder Woman's lasso and Bracers. Children will not understand the context for these fight except maybe the end.
One weakness that stands out for me in the script surrounded the drawn out flashback sequences with repeating images of Wayne s past which became overly tedious.
The soundtrack was amazing and use of key signature audio from Man of Steel made the film seem more iconic in a way. A note to the sound design team. Please stop using the extended high frequency ring after a huge explosion. It is a tired convention and doesn't really work to add to the dramatic fallout of catastrophe anymore. Try implementing the orchestra a little more.
All that being said, the real payoff for me was the introduction of Gal Gadot, as Diana Prince. Mysterious, enigmatic and just the right amount of fierce, she lassoed my heart as Wonder Women. The film definitely worked at making me want to see more of her. So kudos to you guys for that.
I can easily write 10 pages of the pros and cons of this film, but I will stop here. All I can say is keep making these films and granting these seemingly one dimensional comic book characters the depth they deserve. These movies, have become outstanding marks of achievement.
But this movie was all about story. A perfect start where we literally are brought in the middle of Zod and Superman's battle, we are watching "From Humanity's Viewpoint" As Bruce Wayne rushes to his office building to help his, employees or " corporate family". If you can get past Afflecks performance, there is a rich story going on in Batman v Superman. It tackles issues surrounding power and morality, responsibility and accountability and corruption in the world. Cavill, despite all the haters out there, does such an amazing job with his Superman that I at times was left speechless. He bring an emotional depth to him that must make people who are fans, flee at the signs of any real emotion. Superman may be from Krypton, but raised by a human caring mother who taught him compassion, which he surely conveys. He and Affleck had to convey very similar emotional conflicts and how they did it was very interesting to watch on screen.
This is an adult film, and has very adult themes running through it, so needless to say if people were expecting overly orchestrated fight scenes and a well balanced assortment of special effects or to give their kids a treat may come away feeling cheated. Not to say there aren't any great fight scenes, ie Batman raiding Lexcorp. Most of special effects lacked any amount of subtlety, though brilliant were Wonder Woman's lasso and Bracers. Children will not understand the context for these fight except maybe the end.
One weakness that stands out for me in the script surrounded the drawn out flashback sequences with repeating images of Wayne s past which became overly tedious.
The soundtrack was amazing and use of key signature audio from Man of Steel made the film seem more iconic in a way. A note to the sound design team. Please stop using the extended high frequency ring after a huge explosion. It is a tired convention and doesn't really work to add to the dramatic fallout of catastrophe anymore. Try implementing the orchestra a little more.
All that being said, the real payoff for me was the introduction of Gal Gadot, as Diana Prince. Mysterious, enigmatic and just the right amount of fierce, she lassoed my heart as Wonder Women. The film definitely worked at making me want to see more of her. So kudos to you guys for that.
I can easily write 10 pages of the pros and cons of this film, but I will stop here. All I can say is keep making these films and granting these seemingly one dimensional comic book characters the depth they deserve. These movies, have become outstanding marks of achievement.
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