Awesome, moving, memorable

Rating: 10/10 (26 March 2016)

Batman vs. Superman not only lives up to all the hype, it is an extraordinary experience. This sequel to Man of Steel builds on the events of that movie and takes the action about a year and a half later. By now Lois and Clark are lovers, Bruce Wayne is furious at the vast destruction of so much of Metropolis, and Lex Luthor, Jr. is smarmy and despicable. Cavill is so imposing and magnificent looking, it is hard to imagine anyone else could be called Superman than he. Affleck creates an aging, brooding Dark Knight. And Wonder Woman's feats of strength are simply thrilling. There even seem to be a few homages to Superman: the Movie and Superman Returns. Zack Snyder films the face-off between our two iconic heroes with breathtaking visual flair, capturing and surpassing the look of the comic books, with the bonus of an engrossing script that references Lewis Carroll, Vladimir Nabokov, and The Brady Bunch. The narrative even before the movie opened was that critics would denigrate this exceptional film. Go see for yourself. It is something else!