Comic's vs. Movies

Rating: 5/10 (29 March 2016)

As the saying goes "Books are better than movies"--DC comic books are amazing--as their counter partner Marvel. Today, DC comic books have struggled to make a decent superhero movie--constantly failing, with films such as "Green Lantern" and now with "Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice" although; the "Dark Knight" trilogy by Christopher Nolan was a success. "Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice" didn't meet the high expectations. The first disastrous mistake like "Daredevil" was casting Ben Affleck as Gotham's vigilante. Affleck has been in many successful films such as, "Good Will Hunting"--this role of Batman was unsuited for him making it unsuccessful in fulfilling a dark, angry, and mysterious character, such as Batman. The second problem for the movie that any comic book follower could understand is that this movie tried to put too much into this single movie--combining aspects of both "Dawn of Justice" and "Doomsday." They could've been two individual free standing films but instead, they got mashed together making this movie less satisfying. Creating the ultimate problem with this film is that Superman went off the last film "Superman Returns"--completely changing the storyline. Admitting, the first three-quarters of this film was less than entertaining--the last quarter of the film was entertaining with great special effects, fights, and special guest of Wonder Woman. Yet, this film is not worth the money to see in theaters if you followed the comic books, meant purely for action/thrill seekers. Case and point, "Books are better than Movies."