Movie Review: “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” – NO SPOILERS

For those of you who know me well enough, you all know that this is one of those movies that I’ve been waiting for my whole life. Both Superman and Batman have always been in my top 2 of favorite Superheroes. And while I am enjoying the heck out of what Marvel has been doing with their properties, I have always been a DC fan at heart. So, this should warn you already, that I have a bias towards wanting to like this movie.

As it says in the titles, I am not putting any spoilers in, so this will be quite short. Perhaps later I’ll do a spoiler review, but for now, here’s the break down.

Overall, I enjoyed the movie. What’s not to enjoy? My favorite heroes are on screen together! However, speaking honestly and critically, I do feel like the move could have been a little bit shorter. There were a few scenes that perhaps didn’t need to be there, or maybe could have been shortened a little bit. The story seemed to have a lot going on, not so much that I couldn’t follow it, but at times seemed to jump from place to place. Not enough to detract from the enjoyment of the movie though. It’s tricky to discuss the movie without giving too much away because there was so much going on that it probably needs a second viewing.

Ben Affleck, was very good as Batman, pretty much lifted from the pages of a Frank Miller comic, which worked for this older experienced Batman. Henry Cavill, definitely a good Superman. Gal Gadot, I enjoyed as Wonder Woman, she was great! The only cast member I was a bit torn on was Jessie Eisenberg as Lex Luthor. I get what they were going for, and enjoyed it, but still, for me Michael Rosenbaum has been the best live action Luthor.

Action scenes were great! I mean, lets be honest, Zack Snyder’s visuals are always awesome.

In short, I’d give it a B, which is what….7.5/10? Or something like that. It was good, enjoyable, but honestly speaking I wish they had tidied a few bits and pieces up.

Random Blog Post 1: It’s tomorrow!!

I can’t believe tomorrow is the day I have been waiting for, probably my entire life. Tomorrow is the day I get to watch Batman v Superman!!

Here’s the thing guys, for as long as I can remember, I’ve been a superhero fan. I ate it all up, DC, Marvel, heck even other publishers producing characters like Spawn, the Milestone comics characters like Static (yes,I know, they’re DC now lol). But when it all came down to it, it was always Superman and Batman for me. Spidey was also up there for me, probably at the number 3 spot, but Superman and Batman, probably my two favorite characters of all time!! Here’s why:

With Superman, I’ve always liked the fact that, especially in the Post Crisis Pre New 52 era (yes, I’m that much of a geek), Superman didn’t need to have a reason to be good, he just was thanks to how his adopted parents brought him up. Even with unlimited power, he still respected his parents who taught him the valuable lesson of using his talents to help people.

Batman, because he’s Batman!! Kidding aside, Batman represented for me, the fact that you can have a drive to do good even in the face of tragedy.

This is the movie I’ve been looking forward to for pretty much my whole life. Honestly, would love to see this bring out a World’s Finest movie. For those that don’t know, Superman and Batman were referred to as the World’s Finest heroes in the pre Crisis. It was later Superman/Batman in post crisis.

My two favorite childhood heroes come to life together and we have tickets for tomorrow night 🙂 I feel like I’m that 5 year old kid again who sat down in the Chris Reeve movies, silently clapping away when Superman showed up on screen 🙂

Full review after the movie 🙂