![]() ![]() Turns out, Batman v Superman is a bit of an Easter story itself. Indeed, it may help answer why Warner Brothers decided to release this surefire blockbuster on Easter weekend rather than waiting for the superhero-friendly summer. Some of the things that Batman did here made me wonder, frankly, if Director Zack Snyder had a firm grasp of the character, or whether he just read Frank Miller’s uber-dark, non-canonical The Dark Knight Returns and decided, “nope, not bleak enough.”īut as disappointed as I was with the movie, it did have some interesting spiritual elements. And Batman-never the cheeriest of do-gooders anyway-was a dark, bitter mess. But for the most part, the superheroes themselves were shallow, two-dimensional creatures. Sure, Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) was pretty cool, and I liked the look of the new Batmobile. ![]() Alas, Batman v Superman felt less like a movie than it did a cynical corporate product-a movie whose primary purpose was to launch a lucrative franchise universe (to compete with Marvel’s litany of superhero titles) than draw moviegoers into an exciting, enthralling story. ![]()
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