I’ll try to make this the last -at least for now- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (BvS) posting.
I’m convinced the love people have for Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman continues to fuel heated reactions from people. Either that or we’re tired of talking about Donald Trump and since there are no other “big” films out yet…
Anyway, many who hated, hated, hated the film have offered defenses from those who lambast them for daring (!) to have an opinion against it. One of the more amusing take downs of BvS was presented by Rob Bricken, who goes over the entire film and, for the most parts, despises what he saw. If you click on the below link, beware as Mr. Bricken goes over ALL ASPECTS of the film from start to end. Spoilers there be!
Batman v Superman: Spoiler FAQ of Justice
As someone who liked BvS, there’s stuff Mr. Bricken notes which I can’t argue with. I’ll be clear here: There are plenty of silly/stupid things that happen in BvS but, frankly, there’s plenty of silly/stupid things happen in almost all superhero films…including one of my all time favorites, Captain America: Winter Soldier.
Mind you, I consider Winter Soldier my second all time favorite superhero film, with 1978’s Superman being #1. Nonetheless, the film had issues as well. For example, what was the whole point of that opening ship assault? I’m still unclear as to how it linked up with the rest of the movie, Also, like Man Of Steel, that film’s climax presented an awful lot of city-wide destruction and there had to be hundreds, if not thousands of deaths which were shrugged away. Even if you were to accept that everyone evacuated Washington D.C. before the “shit went down”, exactly how many people on the various SHIELD crafts, be they Hydra agents or not, could/should have died?
The Avengers film -the first one, there’s little need to go into the problems many saw with Age of Ultron– likewise, had some head-scratchers as well. The biggest, to my mind, was this: If you are an alien army intent on conquering Earth, why open your dimensional jump right over New York City where everyone can see it and when the heroes are at full strength and ready to counterattack? You have the twin advantages of time and surprise. Why not open that dimensional jump behind the Moon where no one can see you and slowly bring your armies through that jump until they’re at full strength and then, when your forces are overwhelming, only then do you attack?
It should also be noted this movie featured an awful lot of city-wide destruction yet also shied away from saying anyone died.
Anyway, just my .02 cents…
While there is plenty of lambasting of BvS, I also found this fascinating article by Matthew Roza and for Salon.com which posits some interesting questions regarding the themes behind the film…
While I also may not agree with everything Mr. Roza states, he does offer some interesting food for thought vis a vis BvS and some of the deeper themes this movie explores, whether successfully or not.
Anyway, until the extended edition of the film is released in July, I’ll probably leave this topic…
…unless, of course, they pull me back in! 😉