Detective Comics, unfortunately not

Rating: 1/10 (25 March 2016)

I wanted to like this movie. Apparently some people did because the first ten user reviews I saw all seemed to be super positive. I love that if you found fault in this joyless slog you are by definition apparently an MCU fanboy. Yet to believe this is the greatest superhero movie ever you have to be a DC or Snyder fan sticking your fingers in your ears. I enjoyed Affleck doing the best he could with a subpar script, I hope he gets to direct a solo bat outing asap. I don't know how people could so soon forget the sheer brilliance of the dark knight, heath ledgers joker was a revelation in an outstanding film. Batman v Superman is just so unfocused, and why implement Ezra Miller, when Grant Gustin has been killing it as the flash. Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns is amazing and Alan Moores for the man who has everything are amazing stories that if rendered properly could be the foundation for amazing cinematic stories one day but this is not on par with those. I get that people get defensive when they perceive that something they love is somehow under siege. I love Batman the character but not what Snyder has done with him in this flick, which is Bury him in this mess and it's worse here than even Batman and Robin because Affleck has the acting chops and gravitas to pull it off but isn't given the material to work with. I was nervous when the bat lifting bruce up Jesus imagery kicked things off and Snyder is not a well rounded enough filmmaker to utilize him. I wanted so badly for this to be the revelation the dark knight was, to leave the theater with a spring in my step, maybe someone will do a live action batman year one or just something to represent the cowl, but for now I'm going to binge the Nolan flicks and hope for something better.