That's right the highly anticipated My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 is out today and the masses are flocking to see it by the millions!
I'd like to formally apologize for that terrible joke and get started on what you came here for!
My review of Batman V. Superman
It's the greatest gladiator match the world of comics has ever seen and we're smack dab in the middle of it. So does the film deliver? Well.....it's a little more complicated than just yes or no. Let's break this down and talk about what makes this film great and what makes it not so much. Of course like the title suggests this is a SPOILER FREE review and I won't be mentioning anything that hasn't been revealed by the films announcement and it's promotional footage. First i'd like to talk about just that, the movies promotional footage! The first trailer was amazing and left me with a wonderful sense of excitement much like other trailers did last year (Star Wars, Civil War). Sadly some time after that another trailer was released and it included footage of a secondary villain in the film (Doomsday) which I personally feel would've been a very great thing to save for the film. I honestly believe that anyone who is familiar with the superman story enough to know who Doomsday is would've already have planned to see the film, so who was the marketing team trying to "reel in" when they chose to include him in the second trailer? Anyway that's a topic I should save for another day.
This film is exceptionally tough to review because sometimes I have to go into a movie and decide whether I want to see a movie and review it as a film or if I want to shut my brain off and enjoy the mindless explosions and revel in the fact that these things that I and many other people did not expect to ever see are happening and on the big screen.
It's Batman taking on Superman for heaven's sake!!
So here we go I guess i'll give it a try. This film is exactly the hard hitting and gritty super human throw down that a lot of people want to see but it's wrapped in a shitty shiny wrapper of a story.
Let's talk casting....Ben Affleck is (waiiiiittttt for ittttt) in my opinion the BEST portrayal of both Bruce Wayne and Batman that i've ever seen! Yep he is by far the best thing about this movie and if that's all that you care about well there you go! Henry Cavill is mediocre as Clark Kent/Superman but even though some might assume that would completely derail this movie since he is half of the main cast, I'm happy to say that there's enough cool stuff happening around this dull and forgettable Superman that you just kind of accept that this is him and you just move on. Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman was in my opinion a strange choice but I had to eat up my words when she demanded the attention of the viewer without saying much as the Amazonian warrior princess. Next up I guess is Lex Luthor.....I defended the casting of Jesse Eisenberg as the evil and calculating genius who even as a mortal has given Supes a run for his money. Sadly i'm eating those words today as I watch a strange and oddly uncharacteristic portrayal by Eisenberg. He was more weasely and annoying than he was menacing, so he will go down as a failed attempt at trying something new with an already established and perfectly fine character.
The story starts slow but does a good job of introducing Wayne/Batman without going full "origin story" with it. Meanwhile we get a look at an unstable world that's divided on whether Superman is a savior or an impending threat. Much of the first act goes in depth about the politics of this matter and some (especially younger viewers) will find this first hour or so of the film boring. Fortunately the movie picks up the pace and we start to get a glimpse of what we came to see. The action especially the fight scenes are very well done as expected from director Zack Snyder but a lot of the plot seems convoluted and hectic which leads me to assume that the director and writers were trying to juggle way to many things at once and unfortunately the movie suffers for it. Even though the film felt exceptionally long at Two hours and thirty minutes I don't think they spent that run time properly and were left with some underwhelming character aspects and a lackluster story over all. Special Effects seemed way more polished than what we saw in the trailers and that is a huge relief because that was one of my biggest gripes going in. Another flaw this movie has that for me personally was the most distracting was it's editing. Many scenes transitioned very awkwardly and was reminiscent of how you would edit a trailer instead of an actual film if that makes any sense. Of course I understand that the not everyone came to see this movie for it's top notch editing or masterful writing but these are just things that I found to be flaws in the overall film. So let's recap some things before wrapping up here.
The movie had Batman fight Superman
Good
The movie sets up further movies such as WW, Batman and the Justice League
Super Good
The movie has an awesome portrayal of said characters
Good
The movie was sloppy in it's execution and is a mediocre film at best
Bad??...I Guess??
The movie is longgggggggggggggggggggggg.
Bad (depending on who you ask)
Included cool cameos and easter eggs that will hype us up for the future of the DC cinematic universe
GOOD.
So let's just put it this way, if you saw the trailer or poster and said "I can't wait! Fuck the haters!!"
then you will more than likely enjoy this so go see it regardless of what I or anyone else thinks.
Normal Rating: 6/10
Fanboy Rating 9/10
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