DC Universe Takes Leap Forward

Rating: 10/10 (1 April 2016)

People are down on this movie, but I think they are being too hard on it. There seems to be much speculation of Lex's intentions. First off, I think this movie maybe should be called Lex Luther: Rise of the Villains. The movie title itself is a misdirect. Lex is playing 3 steps ahead of Batman & Superman. He has been for some time and knows who they are really Bruce & Clark. Hmmm...Bruce conveniently gets invited to a Lex Luthor party right as a time that he needs to steal some information from their computers. Well that's convenient. Lex was dropping breadcrumbs so that Batman would get the kryptonite. Lex is a billionaire and certainly controls media outlet, so he pushes forward stories related to distrust of the powerful and sets up our heroes and citizens to distrust each other. Why does he want to do all this? What was Luthor's end game in the comics? He wants immortality and power. He views Superman as a god and wants to control that god.
I enjoyed it and think it took a big step forward in the universe. Maybe people expected too much or maybe they didn't pick up on Lex manipulating them from the start. I don't know, but I really liked it.
In other DC news, Flash crossing over to Supergirl was a smart idea. Supergirl is awful, but it sets up the ground work of the multiverse. Any past D.C. film or TV show can be part of canon if it belongs from a different universe. Then in theory you could have any of these universes cross over.