Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
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Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
What critics thought
DivisiveOne of the most divisive superhero films ever made, landing as a near-total critical failure at release while retaining a passionate defender base among audiences. Critics broadly found it joyless, incoherent, and bloated, though the specific complaints varied: some attacked the plotting, others the villain, others the film's apparent contempt for fun itself. The minority who defended it did so on the grounds of visual ambition and a genuine attempt at mythological weight — a position that has only hardened in the years since.
“The point of Batman v Superman isn't fun, and it isn't thinking, either. It's obedience. The theology is invoked [...] to buttress a spectacle of power. And in that way the film serves as a metaphor for its own aspirations. The corporations that produce movies like this one, and the ambitious hacks who sign up to make them, have no evident motive beyond their own aggrandizement.”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“A near-total drag, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice plays like a loose, unofficial quarter-billion-dollar remake of The Odd Couple, in which Oscar and Felix are literally trying to kill each other.”
Michael Philips·Chicago Tribune
“Someone clearly told Jesse Eisenberg that this movie is the Dark Knight to Man of Steel's Batman Begins, and he's doing his damndest to give a Heath Ledger-esque performance... Watching the trailers, I had thought Eisenberg's loopy acting might be this movie's saving grace – but a concentrated dose of his faux mania actually turns out to be the worst thing.”
Charlie Jane Anders·Gizmodo
“it hurtles not with the kinetic momentum of Mad Max: Fury Road nor the comparatively spry skip of a Marvel movie, but with an operatic grandeur it sometimes earns and often doesn't.”
Jake Coyle·Associated Press
“an utter mess of thinly sketched characters, haphazard plotting, surprisingly jumbled action”
Scott Mendelson·Forbes
Genres
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
Zack SnyderDirector
Ben AffleckBruce Wayne / Batman
Henry CavillClark Kent / Superman
Jesse EisenbergLex Luthor
Gal GadotDiana Prince / Wonder Woman
Amy AdamsLois
Diane LaneMartha Kent
Laurence FishburnePerry White
Jeremy IronsAlfred
Holly HunterSenator Finch
Scoot McNairyWallace Keefe
Callan MulveyAnatoli Knyazev
Tao OkamotoMercy Graves
Tom HolkenborgComposer
Hans ZimmerComposer
David S. GoyerWriter
Chris TerrioWriter
Larry FongCinematographyBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
What critics thought
DivisiveOne of the most divisive superhero films ever made, landing as a near-total critical failure at release while retaining a passionate defender base among audiences. Critics broadly found it joyless, incoherent, and bloated, though the specific complaints varied: some attacked the plotting, others the villain, others the film's apparent contempt for fun itself. The minority who defended it did so on the grounds of visual ambition and a genuine attempt at mythological weight — a position that has only hardened in the years since.
“The point of Batman v Superman isn't fun, and it isn't thinking, either. It's obedience. The theology is invoked [...] to buttress a spectacle of power. And in that way the film serves as a metaphor for its own aspirations. The corporations that produce movies like this one, and the ambitious hacks who sign up to make them, have no evident motive beyond their own aggrandizement.”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“A near-total drag, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice plays like a loose, unofficial quarter-billion-dollar remake of The Odd Couple, in which Oscar and Felix are literally trying to kill each other.”
Michael Philips·Chicago Tribune
“Someone clearly told Jesse Eisenberg that this movie is the Dark Knight to Man of Steel's Batman Begins, and he's doing his damndest to give a Heath Ledger-esque performance... Watching the trailers, I had thought Eisenberg's loopy acting might be this movie's saving grace – but a concentrated dose of his faux mania actually turns out to be the worst thing.”
Charlie Jane Anders·Gizmodo
“it hurtles not with the kinetic momentum of Mad Max: Fury Road nor the comparatively spry skip of a Marvel movie, but with an operatic grandeur it sometimes earns and often doesn't.”
Jake Coyle·Associated Press
“an utter mess of thinly sketched characters, haphazard plotting, surprisingly jumbled action”
Scott Mendelson·Forbes
Genres
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
Zack SnyderDirectorBen AffleckBruce Wayne / BatmanHenry CavillClark Kent / SupermanJesse EisenbergLex LuthorGal GadotDiana Prince / Wonder WomanAmy AdamsLoisDiane LaneMartha KentLaurence FishburnePerry WhiteJeremy IronsAlfredHolly HunterSenator FinchScoot McNairyWallace KeefeCallan MulveyAnatoli KnyazevTao OkamotoMercy GravesTom HolkenborgComposerHans ZimmerComposerDavid S. GoyerWriterChris TerrioWriterLarry FongCinematographyStream
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