Superman V Batman.

Rating: 6/10 (20 May 2016)

Talking to a family friend about them having seen Captain America: Civil War,I was surprised to hear,that despite only buying Marvel Comics,that they actually preferred the DC movie to the Marvel one.Putting my memories of the "mixed" reaction it got to one side,I got set to see the DC heroes take on each other.
The plot:
After leaving an entire city to waste,Superman is seen as a danger to mankind.Spending his life protecting the people, Bruce Wayne / Batman fears that Superman is a serious threat to the people.Learning of Bruce Wayne's feelings on Superman,Clark Kent/Superman starts to suspect that Wayne might be some kind of threat to his unknown superhero.Failing to get permission to import kryptonite,business man Lex Luthor starts making plans to make Batman and Superman fight to the death.
View on the film:
Putting their two biggest superheroes against each other,the screenplay by Chris Terrio & David S. Goyer finds the spectacle,but fails to locate the purpose of their heroes existence. Giving the duo monstrous baddies and tangled nightmares,the writers give Batman and Superman a vast canvas to flex their action muscles,whilst the movements for their motives remain vague,which goes from Lex Luthor's master plans feeling like the writers made it up as they went along,Superman switching from being seen as a villain to a hero in the blink of an eye,to the excuse used to get the heroes on the same side being hilariously poor.
Toning down his slo-mo trademark,director Zack Snyder and 300/Watchmen cinematographer Larry Fong give the action scenes a mighty crunch,by splashing a vast array of smashed buildings and fire across the ring.Aiming to keep the DC stars grounded,Snyder and Fong soak the film in earthy grey and brown.Although this style does give the fight scenes a good thump,it also takes the shine off its main stars,due to the dour,washed-out colours smashing any shining light of heroism to the ground.
Logging on as the main baddie, Jesse Eisenberg gives a grating performance as Lex Luthor,a character whose annoying tics and "quirky" manner make the "big bad" look like a dazed and confused Mark Zuckerberg.Kept on the side lines for most of the movie, Gal Gadot grips every scene she is in as Wonder Women,with Gadot striking the perfect balance of giving Wonder Women a tough action skin,whilst keeping her wrapped in a mythical superhero flame. Showing that he is not just the bomb in Phantoms Yo, Ben Affleck gives a terrific performance as Batman,thanks to Affleck grinding a rustic gravitas in Batman,as Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent face the dawn of justice.