And the Dark Knight here is older, gritty, tired – and therefore, more brutal. The story is inspired, among the other sources, to The Dark Knight Returns (1986, Miller, Janson/Varley). To forget Christian Bale is not easy, and the good news is… we don’t have to! This is not a re-boot, but a development. Affleck delivers a performance well in line with the changes asked to the character. Yet his arc is developed well, the emotional connections are there, and the godlike character who tries to be human and have a “normal” life manages to connect and results convincing, in my opinion.īatman (Ben Affleck): many fans were skeptical, and I was one of them. This “Man of Steel” brings honour to his name. The characters: Clark Kent / Superman (played again by Henry Cavill) does his job. That’s what he always does, no? Superman was never meant to be the most human, expressive of characters. But the plate can be too full, and it doesn’t help that sometimes the plot proceeds jumping from one storyline to the other, leaving the audience to do the math. Fans of both heroes will leave the theatres with their mouths and eyes full. In this sense, I guess, mission accomplished. And then again, it ends up being a bit of both. But then, it turns out to become a Batman movie (and one of the best, come to it). Overall the effect is strange, because the story starts essentially as centred on Superman. Fans will recognise his features and yes, it’s him, but completely out of context. The mega villain is this one, but I am not sure I can say more without spoiling too much. These elements seem rushed and can leave disappointed. And this is to say something, in a movie where people fall from the sky just as naturally as they have breakfast. Especially the conclusion of the epic duel between the two heroes (it ends just like that? really? and now best friends forever?) and the ultra-villain introduced at the end (can’t spoiler it, really can’t), that without real motivations seems to pop up literally from nowhere. There are a few moments in which things happen too slow or too fast, without the necessary depth. You can’t wait for that battle to happen and when it does, it’s a feast. Nothing memorable, provides not much more than an excuse for the iconic characters of the title to meet. But all three? The Dark Knight looks absolutely GREAT in his new costume, designed for the showdown against Superman. It goes witout saying that one of these goals would have been enough of a challenge for a movie. A re-boot for Batman, to close the Nolan-Bale era to ensure a following to “Man of Steel”, which was pretty much left open to introduce new characters and a semi-coherent story, to create an Expanded DC Comics Universe to contrast what Marvel is doing with the “Avengers” franchise. So in the end, does it deliver?ĭirected by Zack Snyder, who is not new to bringing comic books to the silver screen (Watchmen, 300, Man of Steel), “Batman vs Superman” sets for itself a few challenging goals, to achieve all at once. It could have been many, many different things. The same words could apply to the whole movie. “How best to describe it?” says Alfred when he sees… *something towards the end*.
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