{"id":1022,"date":"2016-04-24T04:39:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T04:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2016-04-24T04:39:45","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T04:39:45","slug":"batman-v-superman-you-knew-this-was-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/batman-v-superman-you-knew-this-was-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman v. Superman- You knew this was coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know. You\u2019ve all been waiting to hear what I thought\u00a0about Batman v Superman.<\/em>\u00a0I\u2019m certain you haven\u2019t been able to think of anything else until you\u2019ve heard my opinion.\u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"batmanvsuperman-xlarge\"So what did\u00a0I think of the movie? I liked it. Most of it, anyway. But like\u00a0Man of Steele<\/em>, the director once again veered off course too many times to make me go, \u201cYes! This is the best.\u201d<\/p>\n

BvS\u00a0<\/em>takes place almost two years after\u00a0Man of Steele<\/em>\u00a0and the aborted world domination plan of General Zod. During that battle, Bruce Wayne was enroute to his company offices in Metropolis yet arrived too late to save most of his employees. Hence the seeds of his dislike of Superman are sowed.<\/p>\n

The overall arc of the movie centers around Superman, who is struggling with maintaining his dual identity, being held unofficially on trial by the world. A man with god-like powers who answers to no one. How do you hold accountable someone with such power? A very good question in deed. So good in fact, that that is the basic premise of Marvel\u2019s Civil War series which will soon be on the screen with\u00a0Captain America- Civil War\u00a0<\/em>out next month. It is Bruce Wayne who believes he is the only person who can put Superman in his place.<\/p>\n

At least I think that is his reasoning. Bruce\u2019s motivation wasn\u2019t made exactly clear, and that theory makes the most sense to me.<\/p>\n

And thus, one of the many issues I had with\u00a0BvS.<\/em>\u00a0Lack of motivation. Clark\u2019s you understand from the get go. Bruce not so much. And Lex? Haven\u2019t a clue.<\/p>\n

Second issue- The filmmakers didn\u2019t stick to one storyline. Of course not. That seems to be a trend with every DC movie. They threw in Wonder Woman. Why? Was the fight scene with her, Batman, and Superman epic? Yes. It was totally awesome!! But her presence was completely unnecessary. The Justice League could have been foreshadowed so less obtrusively. Lex Luther, again, not exactly sure what his purpose was except to be an opponent Superman and Batman could join forces to fight. Again, could have been executed much better.<\/p>\n

And what the hell was Lois doing at the dock during the epic battle? She had absolutely no reason to be there. None. At all. And I\u2019m not just saying that because I\u2019m not a Lois fan. She truly had no purpose.<\/p>\n

My companion for the evening was the Romi to my Michelle, Danielle Monsch. At one point she commented, \u201cWhy is it so dreary? Isn\u2019t there any happiness?\u201d The funny thing that struck me about that statement was as a\u00a0Gotham<\/em>\u00a0fan,\u00a0BvS<\/em>\u00a0is a bright sunny day in comparison. Not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing, but it is sad that bleak is the best anyone in the DC world can hope for.<\/p>\n

So what did I like about the movie? Henry was dreamy. In my opinion, a fantastic representative of the \u2018S.\u2019 Love him. Love him! Ben was a decent Batman. Bitter, slightly jaded, a little self-righteous. A middle aged Bruce Wayne. Spot on. Didn\u2019t understand how at his age, the exploits of Batman are still a mystery, and how people didn\u2019t recognize Bruce Wayne while on the street. Seriously, if I\u2019m a reporter at a party and Paul Allen or Bills Gates walked into a room. I\u2019d recognize them.<\/p>\n

I also liked how the massive destruction was scaled back from\u00a0Man of Steel.<\/em>\u00a0It was still excessive, but the number of causalities was considerably less. When the fists started to finally fly, Danielle was concerned when I started giggling and clapping with excitement. I\u2019d give the fighting an overall grade of B+.<\/p>\n

When the story stayed in its lane,\u00a0BvS<\/em><\/a>\u00a0was great. Unfortunately, the director swerved into oncoming traffic too many times to bring this movie victoriously over the finish line. And don\u2019t get me started on the ending. Seriously?<\/p>\n

Final thought- Go see it and form your own opinion. Definitely worth a matinee showing.<\/p>\n

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