Dawn of Justice: Love, Labour, Lost (Spoiler Riddled Late Review)

Rating: 6/10 (3 April 2016)

OK, got it off my chest finally. This is my late review of the film Batman V Superman. Before going to this movie, I had ample share of comments from friends who had watched it. Some of them were not well versed with the DC universe so I decided not to make up my mind until I've seen it myself. Even paused every video review that said there were spoilers and graciously left a comment telling – would revisit after watching the movie. One thing that bugged me was the massive difference between the critics rating and the fan rating. Well, It doesn't anymore. I see where the critics saw the fault in this movie.. Yes DC fan boys (of whom I consider myself to be one) Batman V Superman is a flawed movie and it pains me to say that. I'll have to live with the TV shows.
There are a few promises of future goodness in the franchise but unless there is a great deal of improvement in the next installment, the justice league will have challenges winning over the moviegoers. For the most part I agree with the points made by Bobby Burns in his review video. The character development is certainly compromised. Moreover, in an attempt to reinvent the superheroes, a lot of what make these characters great, disappeared. Also as a consequence the storytelling got jumbled. Just hiding Easter eggs is not enough. For example, we see an old timey picture of Wonder woman standing next to Steve Trevor. We know its a set up for the WW standalone movie but would I be interested enough to see her origin story, now that I've seen her enough and didn't get excited about her? It was a huge risk bringing her into this plot at this moment. An expensive risk.
Justice League fans know it all about the crisis story lines. Surely, Flash is a key player in any future plots but his presence in this movie just plays as a placeholder. We already have the most endearing Flash on the TV. The movie version of him looks just too strange, barely identifiable. Those were the things that could have been done differently to get me really excited as a fan. Surely, I'll watch the successive movies. Not because of this movie gives me enough reason to but simply because I am an addict.... Read the complete review at https://dontcribb.wordpress.com