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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice smothers a potentially powerful story -- and some of America's most iconic superheroes -- in a grim whirlwind of effects-driven action. Read critic reviews.
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- Zack Snyder
- PG-13
- Ben Affleck
Mar 22, 2016 · "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" is state of the art epic superhero filmmaking. That's a compliment if you prefer these movies to be ponderous, disorganized and glum, but a warning if you prefer tonal variation from film to film and scene to scene, and have a soft spot for storytelling that actually tells, you know, a story, as opposed to doing an occasionally inspired but mostly just ...
- Go in expecting less of DC's version of The Avengers and more of a variation on Watchmen.
- Verdict
By Jim Vejvoda
Updated: Nov 24, 2018 7:07 pm
Posted: Mar 22, 2016 10:00 pm
After three years of intense hype and scrutiny, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (henceforth known as BvS) is finally here. And it’s OK to good with some very fine and some very off-base moments peppered throughout. BvS never fully transcends into being an awesome viewing experience and yet is also too competently made to be anywhere near the disaster its haters have predicted. That said, if you've already made up your mind about BvS then the actual film itself won't do much to change your mind one way or another.
Part Man of Steel sequel and part Justice League prologue, the Zack Snyder-directed BvS chronicles the violent, early encounters between the Dark Knight (Ben Affleck) and the Man of Steel (Henry Cavill) and their eventual reconciliation to being Super Friends.
Starting with the Metropolis-leveling battle previously depicted in Man of Steel, BvS introduces an aging, bitter, and increasingly violent Batman obsessed with stopping Superman, an alien worshipped as a god by some and deemed a global threat by others, including brilliant tech billionaire Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg).
While Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has good things to recommend it, its shortcomings are undeniable. The action sequences whenever Batman is set loose on the bad guys are cool, and the story strives to explore human and philosophical elements, but it’s often not much fun. Not every superhero movie should be like a Marvel one (because every he...
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Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 6, 2021. Batman v Superman is almost unrelentingly dark, making the two-and-a-half hour movie tougher to get through than the lighter-toned Marvel movies ...
Mar 22, 2016 · Film Review: ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ Zack Snyder paves the way for a DC Comics universe on the big screen with an exhilarating, scattered showdown between two comicbook titans.
Mar 23, 2016 · In “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” when Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) looks at a television screen and sees a child trapped in a burning building halfway around the world, he strips down and ...
Mar 25, 2016 · Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Directed by Zack Snyder. With Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg. Batman is manipulated by Lex Luthor to fear Superman.
