Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice movie review (Spoilers)

One of the most anticipated movie of all time is finally here and boy this movie was met with a lot of criticism. 29% on rotten tomatoes make it one of the worst superhero movies of the decade, with some critics even suggesting to just stay home and wait for the next Marvel movie. I think that is where the problem lies, critics were expecting the same formula of every single movie of the MCU to be rehashed by WB, but instead they saw a realistic, gritty, dark and mostly humorless movie with deep philosophical themes of good vs evil. An intense movie which gave us a view of our world from the point of views of the three main characters.
Superman, the alien understanding the burden of being a god and how one bad thing is enough to turn most of the world against you. The emblem of this ideology is when Superman says " I guess nobody stays good in this world" when he is met with the difficult choice of either killing batman or letting his mother die. This is how Superman should be portrayed, the weight of the world should always be on his shoulder and that is what makes him a layered and complex character.

Batman and Lex Luthor give us two different perspectives of human beings in the presence of Superman. Batman sees Superman as a menace who needs to be stopped, a menace that caused so much destruction in Metropolis. He is full of rage for the death of his employees and that escalates when Superman fails to stop the bomb in court.
On the other hand Lex Luthor is driven mainly by the philosophical view that if God is all good he cannot be all powerful and if he is all powerful he cannot be all good. He is the mastermind behind everything that happens to Clark or Bruce and it is his genius mind that pushes them to clash and this to me is one of the best aspects of the movie. The two heroes don't necessarily want to fight each other but it is lex that makes them to.

The movie is extremely well shot, the visual are astonishing and everything is very well complemented by an amazing score.  No scene feels forced or out of place, it might seem like it is at first, but upon several viewing you simply realize that every scene has a purpose and a reason for being there and nothing feels out of place. The first act is the introduction of everybody, we get Batman's origin story, Clark Kent's new position in Metropolis and Lex Luthor. The first act also introduces us to the Flash who if you really think about it is the reason for why certain events went the way they did. He sets a lot of events in motion, including the formation of the Justice League and also the end of the battle between Batman and Superman when Bruce understand that Lois needs to be trusted and that Superman is not his enemy.
The inevitable battle between the  Man of Steel and The Dark Knight, although very short, is amazing with Batman beating Superman. Even though I am a Superman fan, I loved the outcome of the fight because it made perfect sense. The battle showed everybody how intelligent Batman is and why he deserves to be in the Justice League among Gods.

The Third act is simply awesome.  The trinity joins forces to defeat Doomsday and one of the best scenes of the movie was the introduction to Wonder Woman. The first shot of her saving Batman made everybody go crazy in the theater and everybody was cheering.
The movie is poetic with the way it handles Superman's death, it shows what a true here is, this movie is epic and majestic in its portrayal of the world's most famous heroes.
This movie is everything that I wanted, great villains which are intimidating and whose actions actually cause damage. If you are more interested in generic villains who make empty threats and always loose to the heroes then go watch any Disney Marvel movie because I believe it is offensive for Batman v Superman and to the DC Extended Universe to even be considered in the same movie genre as Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant Man or any other kid friendly Marvel movie. This movie is a serious take on the superhero genre and it is very unapologetic about what it is and about what it aims to be. It is truly one of the best comic book movies ever it gets better after each viewing, it is a great homage to us comic book fans with a lot of Easter Eggs that hint at future villains and heroes.

-theheroblogger