bulletproofQpid’s review published on Letterboxd:
"You're psychotic."
"That is a three syllable word for any thought too big for little minds."
I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is the perfect way to follow up Man of Steel as it further explores who Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman is and taps into the idea of what do men and women of this time do when someone who's practically a god walks amongst them. And the answer to that question is: They fight. They fight each other. They bicker. They blame. They hold special Senate sessions. They try to pass legislation. They do everything in their power to not feel as small and unimportant as they're just realizing that they really are.
Batman has a legitimate gripe against Superman. Only this is a Batman who's already lived through numerous nightmares and he's tired of it. He's just plain old and tired. Too tired to listen to answers, to consider other possibilities or perspectives. He's decided that Superman's a threat to all of us and he's going to put a stop to him. It doesn't help that a certain Lex Luthor is helping to make Supes look really, really bad...
Jesse Eisenberg's Luthor was everything I'd hoped he'd be and more. Exactly the kind of loose cannon rich kid with too much time on his hands and nobody to tell him, "No, you can't do that." He's essentially a younger Donald Trump, shooting his mouth off everywhere, getting his hands good and dirty and trying to push people into coming around to his crazy thinking. I really enjoyed his version of Luthor.
Wonder Woman didn't have enough screen time. Not that that was surprising to me. It's not her story. What they did with her was enough for me to agree that they made the right choice in casting and it's made me look even more toward seeing the Wonder Woman movie when it comes out.
And Ben Affleck...
Ben Affleck does a great job as an angry, psychologically disturbed Batman. He walks the walk, preparing his body and mind to take down Superman the only way he can: By cheating. I've always maintained that given the time and money necessary, Batman can come up with a way to defeat anyone that comes at him, be it Superman, Aquaman or any number of heroes or villains. That's just who he is. He's a paranoid genius with enough resources to come up with any tool he may ever need.
I'll see if I like the film as much next week when I see it again with Julie as I did today, but for now, I just don't understand what all the whining's about. It's good.