Or a really boring experience. There\'s a risk of that result as well, like it was for me.
Well as far as I am concerned, I don\'t feel it\'d be boring, if just to see some of the really weird choice they made. But as I said, I am not blaming anyone for disliking it, so your call.
This is almost exactly the review I would write myself if I had the time and motivation. I could see what they were TRYING to do, and it was pretty admirable... but they never really pulled any of it off all that well. This is a new, hard-line Batman... with no explanation why he\'s so seemingly lax about his previously iron-clad no killing ever rule, not even a Begins-style handwave. Superman is more conflicted and troubled but we never actually understand why and I didn\'t find him all that sympathetic. Luthor and Wonder Woman on the other hand were my favourite characters but seemed to have teleported in from a Marvel movie in terms of their personalities and the actors\' approaches.
There\'s the dream sequence that might not be a dream but a vision but might not and features funky slow motion fights and some foreshadowing of Darkseid but the whole thing seems almost literally crowbarred in at random. Batman finally gets a truly epic, brutal fight sequence right out of the Arkham games and then in the actual climactic fight against Doomsday it\'s a bit of punching and Doomy occasionally blowing up (or something? Not quite sure what that was all about) and Batman running for his life.
It\'s just... there. A thing that exists. I can\'t really decide if I like it or not.
"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."
I\'ve said it before, and I\'ll say it again: I can see the outline of a good movie that got shredded in the editing room. And when that happens, I\'m inclined to blame the dumb studio suits more than the actual filmmakers.
I\'ll say it\'s Zack Synder\'s fault. He wanted to make the Fountainhead. Should be a pretty good indicator of the direction he\'s taking with the DC movies.
This pretty accurately sums up my feelings. I found watching it to be a surprisingly fun experience, but I don\'t think it\'s a remotely good film, barely even a decent one. I\'m more than a little concerned about what this means for the future of the DCCU, if this is like ASM 2 and the budget is bigger than it seemed.
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I really don't know what to make of this movie
Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice is kind of a big enigma to me. On one hand, I find myself unable to get mad at people for not liking it, because, well, almost all of their criticisms are 100% justified. But on the other hand, I just can't bring myself to hate this movie, because for all the things it did wrong, I genuinely feel like it did some parts really well. There even are parts where I can't decide weither they were great or terrible.
For starter, remember how people complained about Man of Steel being too grim and colorless? Well, forget about that; it was all rainbows and sunshine compared to this movie. I rarely say that, but BvS was too dark, both literally and figuratively; Not only are some action scenes really hard to follow because of the darkness, but a good chunk of it felt like it came out of a horror movie. They really played up the Sociopathic Hero aspect of Batman, and while I can't decide weither I consider that a good thing or not, I can see how this will piss off fans of the character. And while I disagree with people saying Luthor is more like the Joker in this version, I definitely agree his level of psychosis gives Heath Ledger a run for his money. This movie is dark and serious all the way through, with very little, if any, joke, and that's one thing I feel plays against it;
Plot-wise, I will once again have to agree with most fans: this movie is a mess. The writers clearly tried to do too much at the same time, and it shows; there are enough stories in this to make at least three, maybe four or five different movies. And a lot of them are done well or have potential to be great, but they are not glued well together and get kinda confusing.
Still, I am relucant to call this movie bad. The actors gave good performances for the most part; Ben Affleck was a good Bruce Wayne, and while his Batman was psycho, he played him awesomely. Henry Cavill did an okay Superman, though sometimes I wish he could act a bit more emotional (Capitol scene, anyone?), and Wonder Woman was great, definitely leaving an impact despite how little we learn about her. The visuals, when you can actually see them, are spectacular and really feel comic-booky without being Narm; I genuinely enjoyed Aquaman's cameo for example, though like many scenes there was little point to it besides preparing the field for Justice League, and the fight scenes are spectacular, showing us the full extent of how powerful these characters are. That movie was many things, but dull it wasn't; there was a real athmosphere to it, and I honestly wouldn't mind seeing the next movies.... if they could just have A BIT more humor and levity.
I would recommand seeing this movie and making your own opinion of it. Weither it's good or bad is up to you, but at least it would be an interesting experience.