I’m actually a huge fan of DC characters, which is why I care about this film at all. I clearly love Spider-Man above all but Batman and Green Lantern are my 2nd and 3rd favorite characters with Flash working his way up my list. I agree that Marvel does show a lot of these same mishaps but they’ve earned our confidence while the folks working on the DC side of films have yet to earn that confidence. Between the Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern and Man of Steel I’ve only mustered a passing interest in their work.

I absolutely believe that Ben Affleck will be a pretty awesome Bruce Wayne. Bruce Wayne doesn’t worry me it’s Batman. I also felt split like this with casting with Andrew Garfield, who was a great Spider-Man, cast as Peter Parker. I hated his Peter Parker but loved when he assumed the attitude of Spidey.

I have absolutely no opinion of Ezra Miller. My commentary was that DC is getting some flack for introducing a new person to play The Flash right when fans fell in love with the TV counterpart. It’s a bit confusing for the casual fan and going to be competing with itself in an area it may not want that to happen. Grant Gustin fans are going to take Ezra Miller to task at the sign of first failure. I love TV’s the Flash.

“Killing A Man” – You had me there.

A huge draw for Superman is he’s the guy that other heroes aspire to be like. I personally prefer the Superman who doesn’t kill under any circumstances and uses his intelligence and strength to discover an unforeseen resolution that doesn’t result in a loss of life. Call me a fan of the classics but this is how Superman is typically characterized and showcased. It makes hims ‘Super’.

DC has made some great movies but also made some failures. Green Lantern, Jonah Hex, The Losers, and it’s been only 10 years since Superman Returns. I’ve never watched The Watchmen. I’m glad that they want to go the unified route it’s just that their history in film makes it difficult for these newer films to have my respect without first earning it.

I’m not worried about Civil War because I base my opinions on films on the past work of their directors and The Russo brothers directed The Winter Soldier which was AMAZING.

This isn’t to say Marvel is infallible as their Spider-Man movie has me a bit apprehensive as well. I’m not yet sold on Tom Holland nor am I fully on board with its director. Some films just give a bad vibe and unfortunately Batman V Superman is one of them.

Hmm, to me this sounds like a bunch of Marvel fanboyism. Many of the points you’ve just stated are trivial things that every big film franchise goes through. Of course there will be changes! Do you think that Marvel never changes their minds on anything? They’re constantly pushing movies back, changing storylines, and scrapping movies altogether! NOW it is clear that Warner Bros has a plan for the DCEU. Maybe in the past not so much, but over the next 5 years we’ll be seeing at least two DC films every year. They obviously have a well thought out idea of what they want going forward.

Also, of course people will always have something to say about casting when it comes to a comic book movie. At this point if you think that Ben Afleck was a bad choice for Batman, you should reevaluate what you deem as a suitable performance. He literally IS Batman! People said that Grant Gustin would make a terrible Flash since he doesnt share his likeness, but nowadays everyone is loving him! I don’t see how the same wont ring true for Ezra Miller, or whoever plays the Green Lantern. Jessie Eisenberg as Lex Luthor is the only highly questionable casting choice in the DCEU so far. But even so, everyone shit on Heath Ledgers Joker until they finally saw the finished product. What we’ve seen so far in the trailers is Lex Luthor putting on a front for his peers. Behind closed doors(and once he goes bald)
i’m sure we’ll see more of the Lex Luthor we’re all familiar with.

So killing a man who just decimated an entire city, and is about to kill an innocent family isn’t justified? He’s not looking to dish out his own form of justice and be an executioner. In that moment it was the only thing he could do to save innocent lives. As for his dad, it was clear that Clark wished to save him, but he also wanted to respect his fathers wishes to not out himself as this god like being. And whats wrong with Doomsday being a clone of Zod? It makes the most sense thematically speaking, and helps to intertwine the events that occurred in the previous film.

I’m not too well versed on the movies that Zack Snyder has directed, but I do believe he directed Watchmen, 300, and Dawn of the Dead,(which were all great movies, especially Watchmen.) Dc has also made some very good movies over the past decade. The critically acclaimed Dark Knight trilogy, V for Vendetta, Watchmen, and Man of Steel(not the best, but definitely better than a ton of Marvels movies.)

If theres a movie to be concerned about this year, it’s Captain America Civil War. After the awful AOU it’s clear that Marvel doesn’t know how to juggle a large cast. Given the fact that Civil War will have more than double the ensemble AOU did, AND will be introducing at least 3 new characters, it’s really hard to think of a scenario where everything is fleshed out in a well mannered way and doesnt feel rushed. I hope that it’s good, but honestly it looks like a tranwreck waiting to happen :/

I understand that Marvel and DC are taking different approaches but DC doesn’t promote that there’s any oversight to what they’re doing. They announced the future films but after the Green Lantern disaster who know’s what they’re planning. Not to mention that this isn’t their first attempt to make a Justice League film. The 2008 movie that was originally planned was only cancelled due to the writers strike at the time.

Let’s also keep in mind that Batman V Superman was originally planned to be Man of Steel 2 and then somewhere along the line the plan changed to instead be Batman V Superman. IF there is a plan then it’s a constantly changing plan for sure. Not to mention the casting of their movies are questionable. Cavill makes a serviceable Superman but Affleck is still something that will be under scrutiny. Ezra Miller is still trying to justify himself as the Flash in the light of his TV counterpart Grant Gustin gaining incredibly popularity with the character. Geoff Johns is involved in all of this and the statement that their “may” be a multiver to rationalize the different people playing the same character is annoying.

This is a cinematic universe in which Superman wouldn’t save his dad and kills his enemies, A Batman who is old, Doomsday is a Zod clone or something, A Green Lantern that won’t be played by Chris Pine, a Lex Luthor who suffers from the giggles, cats and dogs living together, all directed by the guy who brought us Sucker Punch and hasn’t directed a pleasing film since 2007. MASS HYSTERIA!

I plan on doing another post highlighting the things they’ve done well but things don’t look all that great from the outside. Suicide Squad seems to be the highlight of their list with it being the vehicle to capitalize on the popularity of Harley Quinn. Also, I do have high hopes for Leto as the Joker as his interpretation reminds me of the Joker from the 90’s Batman cartoon.