(REVIEW) Batman v Superman / Grande Movie, Tall Plot (2016)

Batman v Superman: The Dawn of Justice is grand, I can assure you that. The screenplay is ama-zing. We are told (a lot, everytime we got to the internet lately) that this is not just another superhero cliche, because this is Batman and Superman, and it can be anything but small.

When it comes to Superman and Batman, of course you should give something more than just a threatening, crazy villain (only that even though Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor is many things, he is not threatening). The results are a very grim perspective of superheroes you can expect coming from DC. Or should I say, from a post-Nolan DC.  It's nobody's fault that Christopher Nolan was doing a remarkable, outstanding job in capturing The Batman Trilogy as a solemnly dark masterpiece. I enjoyed The Marvel Universe, but it never quite get me the way a single DC character serves a true human complexity. Compared to DC's, Marvel's characters seemed light in nature, and I honestly think that they are doing an equally great job serving two different niches.

However, Nolan's Batman Trilogy is a totally different world. Instead, Batman v Superman is serving as a direct sequel to Man of Steel, which I didn't find too pleasing. I feel that Man of Steel didn't serve a whole pleasant experience as a movie, moreover a reboot of the world's most known superhero, for the sake of its sequels. Sadly, Batman v Superman again giving the very same feeling as it seems like it only served us a milestone for upcoming Justice League's movies and Wonder Woman's. And we're back again to the very flaw of franchises-movies.

Exactly 18 months after Man of Steel took place, we can see Batman/Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) as one of the survivor of Superman/Clark Kent's (Henry Cavill) horrifying battle back then in Metropolis. Though many people worshipped Superman as God, many others are questioning his mere existence and purpose on Earth. And Clark is having a serious trouble confronting all the pro-cons in medias, especially because he is also working in it. On the other hand, Bruce is tracking a suspicious "White Portuguese", whom then connect him to Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg). He isn't alone, because suspicious yet beauty Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) seems to be equally interested. Throughly, Bruce came into a conclusion that Superman's being is a lethal threat to Earth, and decided to end him, for good. It is a suicide mission, even for suicidal Bruce Wayne with troubled past; but that's why Kryptonite exists in the first place.

I love Ben Affleck; I really do! He is doing great in big movies such as Gone Girl and Argo, and I kinda love him as a funny/charming situation individual too; but honestly? He's not exactly doing a very best job potraying The Bruce Wayne of Gotham. Affleck said he is doing a totally different Batman with Christian Bale's Batman, but the vibes are very similar you can't help but comparing. He is simply a more unstable, angry, and ambitious Batman, without actual good and believable explanations rather than yet again the scene of Mr & Mrs. Wayne's tragedy in the past. Shortly, I didn't see the pain; only anger. As a big Batman's fangirl, I'm really disappointed, because I know Batman is so much more than that. Superman is being Superman, and I do think that Henry Cavill looks like Superman, only that I will still favour him as Napoleon Solo of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. to date. Wonder Woman is someone to root for, though; Gal Gadot is effortlessly stunning just the way she is, and that way she gives Wonder Woman's femme fatale just like that. Funny because she is the one whose cast got so many critiques from public! To be fair, she is doing so little there's nothing to judge; even Lois Lane's rescues alone has more screen time, I guess.

But I do like the way they're doing a realistic aftermath post the Superman/Zod battle, which ruined Metropolis and killed thousands. You don't simply move on from that in even years, it will be remembered forever. If we do have a Superman in this world, I'd be more scared than in love; those "Does the world need a Superman?" situations are serving as the core theme of this movie. There are a lot solemnity of the nature of man and gods, all-good or all-powerful gimmick, and powers and its consequences. So yeah, Batman v Superman potrays the superheroes as emotionally drained individuals that does seem real, giving us a deep thought in process, but forget to give us an actual strong plot to root for. Most of us know that Batman and Superman will be friends in the end of the movie, even before having our seat. They do have a little surprise, but even that doesn't cover a long two hours of them being all rivalry without us screaming in our head like, "C'mon, just be friends already!"

More or less, I think it is still fair to say that Batman v Superman is captured beautifully and engaging. Wonder Woman's theme song is winning at everything. They do, however, have a fatal flaw in the frustating, boring conflict that served merely for the sake of The Justice League's upcoming movies. Much to my subjective love, I still do tolerate that and rooting for another DC movies, just because. I don't know what the real critics may say about the movie (so far they are pretty mixed up), but if they meant to tickle us to watch Justice League and Wonder Woman with Batman v Superman, I think it's a 100% goal, at least for me.