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  Review by davidehrlich ★★½ 20

  DO YOU BLEED???????

  [whispers in baby soft voice after Superman flies away] "you will."

  uguuhhhhhhghghgh …i kinda liked it. at least until the fighting starts, and it becomes a three ring circus of shit.

  the first half of this movie shows the best of what superhero movies could be, while the second half swan dives into the worst of what they so consistently are.

  the rare superhero movie that even *attempts* to drum up real stakes, Snyder manages to get out of his own way long enough to frame a relatively interesting moral conflict re: Superman's place on earth, and its attendant logistics... his relationship with Lois is underserved, and everything between Bruce Wayne & Scoot McNairy is disastrous, but the…

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  Review by Lucy ★★★★ 20

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  it is honestly so hysterical to me that the entire movie is just batman and superman having an almighty pissing contest while wonder woman was minding her business the WHOLE TIME and at the end they've made a gigantic mess JUST because they don't like each other and everything is absolutely fucked and she finally has to step in like "OH For Fuck's Sake. These Fuckin' Dudes. Really guys? Seriously bros? Honestly Boys?" but she ZOOPS in anyways and helps their collective toddler asses Boy oh boy that's good

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  Review by Bryant Tyler ★★★★★ 361

  Batman V Superman: Ultimate Edition
  The Hope In Seeing That People Are Still Good

  Zack Snyder’s films feature complex character arcs with depth, realism and artistry rarely seen in comic book films, and with his most recent film, Snyder is at the height of his filmmaking abilities. Compared to the typical blockbuster, Batman V Superman is a challenging work of art; exploring complex themes rather than solely driven by plot, structured as a five-act revenge tragedy rather than a conventional three-act hero’s journey and deconstructing tropes of the genre. Like Snyder’s previous Superhero ensemble Watchmen, BvS explores the logistical problems that would naturally arise if superheroes existed in real life. The film explores the intersection between violence and politics, the…

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  Review by Tasha Robinson ★★½ 42

  I've been complaining for years that Batman doesn't spend enough time shooting people to death, torturing them with red-hot bat symbols, and making bush-league intellectual mistakes. Thank goodness Zack Snyder finally made a movie for me!

  Snark aside… My actual review over at Verge gets into how the film is built entirely around reacting to, and trying to combat, the reactions to Man Of Steel.

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  Review by russman ★½ 12

  I always scroll slowly through my emails one sentence at a time.

  
  
  

  For dramatic effect.

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  Review by Josiah Morgan ★★★★★ 85

  A study of permanence and impermanence and the ways we internalize our emotions until they explode into a physically affecting form, an abstraction of narrative that Snyder pushes so hard it loops into and under itself, there are snapshots of other films - images people have labelled unnecessary - but this is not so much misplaced exposition as it is a myriad of secondary narratives superseding our core one - that's why the titular fight takes over an hour to get going. We know these stories - by now the death of the Wayne family's parents is a household story, a cozy narrative with a moral to tuck your kids into bed with at night. Snyder tears these morals apart,…

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  Review by pd187 ★½ 82

  remember when everybody hated batman movies because a gay director was having too much fun making them

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  Review by josh lewis ★★★★ 31

  "the american conscience died with robert, martin & john"

  huh... so this is a weird one. to me, zack snyder is a strange but interesting choice to adapt traditional comicbook superheroes because hearing him talk about them you'd think he worshipped at their alter but watching what he actually does with them on screen you'd think he absolutely hates them & everything they stand for. in adapting alan moore's seminal graphic novel Watchmen, that deconstructed the very idea of costumed heroes (featuring allusions to superman and batman in the ultimate power of the distant & sad dr. manhattan and the brutal quest for "justice" of the psychotic & vicious rorshach), snyder found an interesting outlet for his fascination with violence and the cost/meaning of…

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  Review by Gonzo ★★ 38

  ▶ Gonzo's 2016 Movie Rankings

  Is it good?
  Mmm... Nnn... Yea... Kinda... Nnnot really...

  What? Yes or no, man? Yes or no?!
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  Okay, is BvS Batman Part 1 or Man of Steel 2?
  Both. The movie begins and ends with Bruce Wayne and the main plot deals with the aftermath of the events in Man of Steel.

  How's Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman?
  Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne is Ben Affleck. Bale did a better job, but I'm sure Affleck will improve along the way. But as Batman, hoo, he's pretty fucking terrifying and a force to be reckoned with. He's also, hands down, the most badass Batman yet. All of his action scenes are killer and…

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  Review by SilentDawn ★★★½ 12

  70/100

  Insanity wrapped in echos of tragedy, trauma, and American gloom. Throughout Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, I was dumbfounded not only by its failures but by its triumphs. This is Zach Snyder making a DC team-up movie in the only way he knows how, and the results are fascinating, raising every character to maximal stature and evoking countless images of majestic, Mythical beauty. Its first hour is like a thrilling Bond film, adding vignette and vignette to the globetrotting mayhem so that the tapestry becomes extreme; folding into itself with horrific dream sequences, Justice League setup moments (ugh they're horrible) and bizarre subplots. This movie takes the strangest route possible to its endgame, but when it all explodes…

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  Review by josh lewis ★★★★ 5

  "the world only makes sense if you force it to."

  a movie that intentionally or not genuinely follows through on the inherent ugliness and fascism of batman and the complicated moral relationship between the american image (superman) and the horrifying actions around the globe committed by the state. snyder takes his genre deconstructionist interest in the ethics of power and the mythic, godlike alienation of the superhuman and deforms them even further with political violence and corporate privatization; placing two american icons into an unpleasant, expressionist, cartoon nightmare world brought on us by the country's institutional corruption and disastrous foreign policy. one of the most strange and sadistic and as a result honest depictions of what american superheroism would look like. superman destroys a drone, batman quotes dick cheney. of course people hated this. (first review.)

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  Review by Evan ★★★★½ 41

  I'm a big fan of Zack Snyder. Watchmen is my favorite comic book film of all-time. A lot of people dislike that film. Man of Steel is another film directed by Snyder that I really enjoy, but many others do not. Hell, I even like Sucker Punch and for the most part that film is universally hated. I really like Zack's style, for whatever reason it works well for me. I enjoy his visuals and the way he does action. Snyder is a visionary and I really appreciate that. From a story and narrative standpoint, he could use some work. Everything's there, he just needs to do a better job at putting it all together. It's also no secret that…