I doubt it's as bad as that. I really do.
Yeah, it's really not. For all its faults, it's still a largely ambitious film filled with interesting concepts and themes, great performances from its actors, gorgeous cinematography, expertly staged action, and a pretty compelling and interesting take on these two titans. Even the balls-to-the-wall finale -- which is loaded with over-the-top action and CGI -- is fun to watch and an improvement over the finale of MOS. I am usually among the biggest critics of needless CGI, but wasn't bothered by much of it here outside of a few spots and even appreciate a lot of it.
The things that are most heavily criticized in the negative reviews -- long runtime, too many subplots, JL teases and setups for future films/characters, dark tone, supposedly no "fun" -- are things I think that most DC fans and people in the GA will likely either enjoy or simply won't be won't bothered by. After all, most movie critics couldn't give two ****s about the Justice League, nor do they have passion and excitement for seeing those characters in BvS or the various upcoming films. I appreciate some of the "fresh" reviews that at least understand and acknowledge what this film really is and what WE have always known it to be -- a crossover event film that explores a central conflict between Batman and Superman (along with the conflicts within themselves) but also connects mythologies, expands the DC film universe, and the lays the foundation for the Justice League. These reviews admit that the film is not without its issues and aren't afraid to label those issues, but also express that the "good" outweighs the "bad".
In all honestly, I really don't care much about the negative reviews. They don't bother me, and I have no interest in trying to suggest that there is some widespread bias against Snyder or DC. It's a Snyder film. It was never going to get glowing reviews, nor was it ever going to be "the next TDK". However, having seen the film, I do find that the narrative picture that has been painted of the film by many critics and some people here -- that it is a jumbled together disaster and mess of a film with little to no redeeming qualities -- is just WAY off.
Not only do I think it's better and more of a fully realized vision than MOS, but it is not even
remotely close to being the kind of disaster that the recent Fan4stic was -- a boring, soulless, and ultimately pointless franchise reboot that is nothing more than a desperate cash-grab and rush-job to retain the FF rights, which was marred by production problems, studio interference, phoned in performances by its actors, and reshoots that clouded whatever "vision" the director supposedly had for the film. Similarly, I would rank this wayyyy above something TASM2 -- a film with 3 villains, subplots that I would actually consider to be pointless and bothersome, teases and set-ups for a Sinister Six film that not even the biggest Spidey fans wanted (at least people WANT to see the Justice League come to fruition soon), rehashed aspects of the previous franchise, barely (if any) compelling drama, lousy and uncreative cinematography, and again, studio interference.
Furthermore, I have to believe that most (if not all) of you will prefer BvS over the completely generic and indistinguishable superhero fluff of films like Thor: The Dark World, which play it safe in the worst way and have no real emotional stakes. I even much prefer BvS to Avengers: Age of Ultron, which, while not a bad movie by any means, was little more than a rehash of the first film in almost every way but with more characters and oddly inserted teases to future films.
Again, just my two cents. I'm definitely excited for the rest of you guys to see it so that we can dissect it together and talk about all of the things that go down in the film.
