I'll start this post off by apologizing to all you Superman fans, cause I'm definitely not one of them! Then, I'll continue by saying if you haven't seen the movie, stop now, cause this has SPOILERS.
So I went today to go see the Batman v Superman movie, I've heard so many mixed reviews, and I'm about to add yet another one. Being a big Batman fan, I was a little disappointed that this movie seemed more geared to Superman fans, than it was to us Batman fans. It was definitely a Superman movie featuring Batman. I think that's why I found myself playing on my phone majority of the movie and even yawned a few times.
Don't get me wrong, the action was great, the plot was cool, it was just...I don't know. Maybe it was the fact that Ben Affleck was Batman or that Superman was the main focus of the story...I'm not sure which it was, but it bothered me.
Especially the end. Being a woman who believes in God, I found it hard to swallow when Superman died. I understand he's some sort of God or deity or alien whatever! But the fact that he was dead for as long as he was, buried and then by the end of the movie you see the dirt rising to tell us that he is going to "rise" again seemed rather eh to me. Like really?! Did you have to make him like JESUS?! Did he have to die and in 3 days rise from the dead?! And this movie was released during Easter weekend. Perfect timing right? HA!
One thing I can say is that I loved Wonder Woman. She was amazing. I could watch her over and over again. She stood tall and strong, was beautiful and kicked butt too! Everything I believe a woman should be. I'm excited to get to know more about her in later movies.
On the other end of spectrum, there's little Ms. Lane. They seemed to find a way to make her visible in what seemed to be every scene. It was a little annoy, but then again, this was a Superman movie. What is Superman without his lovely little lady? (enter sarcasm here)
I love how they are aging Batman, and moving the series along the way they are. There is no need for Batman to be immortalized when he isn't immortal. Loved seeing the little bits of gray in his mane.
The writers felt that they had to recap Bruce Wayne's tragic beginning over as though we haven't heard/read/seen the story over and over again. But all I can say was that it was another view of yet the same story. I guess because it was a Superman movie, they felt they had to explain how Batman became the Batman, I don't know.
I also loved the fact that the writers found a way to make it so that the one thing that connected these two superheroes was their mothers. Martha. I'll admit I wasn't aware that Superman's mother's name was Martha, because as I stated before I am NOT a Superman fan, so I'm a little limited on his background. But I loved how Batman thought that when Superman asked him to save Martha, he thought he was talking about his mother. Of course, Ms. Lane ran in (insert eye roll) and was able to explain that Martha was the name of Superman's mother, and that was who he was talking about.
Lex Luther was...well...weird to say the least. He made me nervous the entire movie. The way he was so unstable and creepy (well played). The way he manipulated everything to make the Superman look bad in the eyes of the world and how he pinned the two superheroes against each other was genius in my eyes. Being the anti-Superman person that I am, I found myself rooting for the other man. Agreeing how Superman didn't see and understand what the consequences of his actions were. But that's just me.
If I could rate this movie...I'd give it *** out of 5 stars.
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