Batman v Superman : L’aube de la justice

You can only call Batman v Superman mediocre once you take into account its huge potential, which was more or less buried by unnecessary mistakes. Starting with Snyder's routine direction and ending with a rudimentary script without proper emotions, characters and twists, the film is a bore that naively understands darkness as more black on the screen. But rudimentary thinking is also connected with the two main characters. Instead of the chosen guardians of order, we get two little brats fighting over a toy in the sandbox. The only consolation is that Affleck's battered Batman at least looks far more natural during the dull beatings than if Bale was running around in the same costume. DC is floundering and it's only a matter of time before it puts itself out of the game for good. (13/09/2016)

I'm withholding my final rating until the extended cut. What I took away from the screening was just how incredibly simplified and overall hasty the editing was. Affleck's Bruce Wayne was great and even better than Batman, Superman was incredibly sidelined, Eisenberg was perfectly okay (as opposed to the trailers), and I like Gal Gadot in pretty much anything, but she was superb as Wonder Woman. What I find disappointing is Zimmer’s lackluster soundtrack, which, except for a few exceptions, lacks a memorable motif. Like many others, I have mixed feelings about this movie. My basic or slightly above-average knowledge of the DC world was obviously not enough. After watching it, I started browsing the Internet to find out what I had missed and, apparently, there were a lot of things. Indeed, Dawn of Justice is not a movie for the masses, but for true hardcore DC fans. For them it must be a near-orgasmic experience. After the second viewing and the subsequently watched solo movies, my rating is bound to go up. (31/03/2016)