If you want to make a superhero film, there are worse sources to crib from than Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, or the Doomsday arc. If you’re trying to create a film that owns its comic book roots and also aims to make some kind of statement, there are worse directions to go than examining the social and political repercussions of gods and aliens coming to Earth. If you want to add shading to time-honored icons, there are worse ways to do it than to show each of them struggling with the legacies of their parents.
But trying to do this all at once requires a deft hand. Trying to do it with the added requirements of mandatory big-budget action scenes, the launch a new cinematic universe, and having to correct for the perceived missteps of a prior film requires a miracle-worker. If the combination of these elements isn’t mixed just right, then instead of the hoped for depth and complexity, you get a well-meaning, incoherent muddle. That’s what the cumbersomely titled Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice is -- a boldly ambitious, hopelessly flawed, overextended mess of a film.
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If you want to make a superhero film, there are worse sources to crib from than Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, or the Doomsday arc. If you’re trying to create a film that owns its comic book roots and also aims to make some kind of statement, there are worse directions to go than examining the social and political repercussions of gods and aliens coming to Earth. If you want to add shading to time-honored icons, there are worse ways to do it than to show each of them struggling with the legacies of their parents.
But trying to do this all at once requires a deft hand. Trying to do it with the added requirements of mandatory big-budget action scenes, the launch a new cinematic universe, and having to correct for the perceived missteps of a prior film requires a miracle-worker. If the combination of these elements isn’t mixed just right, then instead of the hoped for depth and complexity, you get a well-meaning, incoherent muddle. That’s what the cumbersomely titled Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice is -- a boldly ambitious, hopelessly flawed, overextended mess of a film.