Zack Snyder fails in making a serious movie without taking out the fun

Rating: 7/10 (27 March 2016)

Being a big Batman fan and having been frustrated of Marvel's cartoonish action packed movies that lack depth I was looking forward to Batman v Superman to save the superhero movies from being dull entertainment action movies. After the Dark Knight trilogy Marvel's Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy took what was essential in good superhero movies and turned it into cartoons that are for children or action seekers who expect no depth in a movie. So, yes I was hoping that this movie could give back what Marvel took from The Dark Knight Trilogy. Having said so, I was disappointed when I saw the movie; granted it was a dark, serious movie but it lacked the complexity and the narrative that the dark serious movies entertain the viewer with. Furthermore, I believe I can say this about all of Zack Snyder's movies. Having seen Watchmen, Man of Steel and Batman v Superman I seriously think that he tries to and to an extend manages to make serious movies out of comic books like Christophar Nolan did but when doing so he lacks the actual complexity and captivatingess that Nolan was giving to the genre. On the other hand, I've seen 300 as well but have a vague memory of it so I'll give Snyder the benefit of the doubt on that one and not include it into one of his failures which Batman v Superman certainly is included in.