Blue versus Red

Rating: 10/10 (25 March 2016)

To start off, I hated Man of Steel, but am a huge Zack Snyder fan. When I first heard the name and read the basic premise for this movie, I wasn't intrigued to say the least. I watched a few trailers and my feelings of ambivalence didn't change. Then, a new trailer surfaced and I got a deeper look into the soul of this movie. So today - 26 March 2016 - I went and watched the movie (in 2D - 3D I felt wasn't gonna crack it considering most of it was filmed at night). We were about ten minutes in and I knew, this one was what I'd hoped MoS was gonna be. The pairing of Superman and Batman - really did it for me. All the sub plots were nicely done (although I did read somewhere that there's gonna be a directors cut with about 30 minutes extra footage - I was a bit annoyed, but am now keen to watch it when it comes out on disc). Wonder Woman should have been given more screen time as she REALLY KICKS ASS - but I'm sure that will be addressed. Over all - a really great movie, one I'm sure I will be watching again. Kudos to Ben for injecting his own kind of menace into the Batman character - I wonder who would win in a fight between Jason Bourne and Batman....
Oh, and as for Alfred - Jeremy Irons was sublime.