![]() Miller uses this backdrop to contrast their very different ideologies of justice and goodness.” Miller’s story “sets up the very real idea that two good men, perhaps the very best men, can have vastly different views of what a good world looks like.” Superman, meanwhile, is the obedient muscle of the government. Vox explains that the source of the battle stems from Frank Miller’s influential 1986 comic The Dark Knight Returns, in which “Miller, bending the comic book rules of time and space, makes Batman an older man living in dystopian Gotham City. One of the obvious questions that arises for anyone who hears the movie’s title is: why are these two lovely superheroes fighting? Has it really come to pass that these strapping beacons of humanity and heroism can’t find any seriously bad villains to eliminate and have to duke it out with each other? ![]() Instead, the blockbuster is a free-associative montage of misunderstandings and dull action sequences that add up to a long trailer for future Justice League films. ![]() So what bones are these reviewers picking? Even if the premise sounds like a gimmick, there is a potentially strong idea lurking in this movie’s material: an ideological clash between differing views of what constitutes “good” or “heroism.” Unfortunately, the consensus tells us this battle of philosophies never materializes. Fans are looking forward to the blockbuster and may still show up in droves regardless of what critics say. Pictures is counting on Zack Snyder’s movie to usher in welcoming receptions for the next releases in the media franchise and fictional shared universe: Suicide Squad(2016) and Wonder Woman(2017), followed by the first Justice League movie. The second installment in the DC Extended Universe, after previous Superman movie Man of Steel(2013), Batman v Superman‘s epic showdown between the Dark Knight (Ben Affleck) and Man of Steel (Henry Cavill) has a lot of money riding on it. ![]() Vox’s Alex Abad-Santos calls the movie a “stink bucket of disappointment” and “ a home invasion perpetrated on comic book culture.” Screencrush‘s Matt Singer describes it as “a bloated, frustrating superhero serial featuring a protagonist crowded out of his own movie by a second star, a bunch of villains, and the obligation to lay tons of cinematic universe groundwork.” The critics have not taken to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and Twitter is resounding with chatter about their verbal jabs. ![]()
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