Wonder Woman
Gal
Gadot as Wonder Woman is a breath of fresh air in this otherwise
drab movie. I felt like she was the wrong choice to play the third
main DC character in their universe. I was wrong about my misgivings
about her casting. She is one of the few things to sit through and
enjoy. Everything about her in this movie works and is a lot of fun.
Gadot is impressive as the Amazon warrior. She does the character
service. Somehow, WB didn't screw this character up and let Gadot
encompass the character.
Even the
director airs a bit of mystery behind her appearance and enjoys
shooting her scenes. Plus, she has good chemistry with Ben
Affleck.
Wonder Woman's
outfit is spot on too. It is a cross between the New 52 and the
Kingdom Come outfits. It is believable in this world.
In a movie that
has heroes not wanting to be heroes, it is refreshing to see someone
that wants to make a difference. She is a superhero in a Snyder
movie. When Doomsday attacks her, she gets back up with a smile on
her face. She is loving every minute of it, and it shows she is a
true warrior.
Okay, DC, I am
looking forward to seeing her solo movie now. You got me.
Batman
Ben
Affleck as the Dark Knight is fine.
While I find it
kind of odd that DC decided to make Bruce Wayne an older Batman.
He's been doing this for 20 years whereas Superman is about three
years into being a superhero. I am fully aware that they're taking
this older Batman from the Dark Knight Returns, but why not match a
new Superman with a younger Batman so that way you can take the Bats
franchise further?
Ben is good as
both Wayne and Batman, but there are limits to the character due to
the really atrocious writing. I think Batman is written fairly well
when he is either paired with Alford or Wonder Woman. The scenes
between Diana (WW) and Bats are interesting because we never seen a
live action pairing between WW and Bats.
The relationship
between Bruce and Alfred is a different take and I really dig it.
Jeremy Irons is great as the more edgy butler. He is more of an
equal to Bruce than a servant. Their relationship feels like there
is a 20 year price tag to it.
Why is Wayne
Manor burned down? Was this a reference to the Nolan Batman movies.
That was an interesting take.
One of my
biggest issues with this Batman is he is a straight up killer. He
kills more people than probably the Batman 89 version. Not even the
Dark Knight Returns version kills. That version uses rubble
bullets. In this movie, Batman even uses cars to crush other people
in cars and doesn't bat an eye doing it. This troubles me, because
the character has taken a regressive step backwards to the Tim Burton
days of the Batman.
Superman
Superman/Clark
is sort of lost in his own sequel movie. Henry
Cavill does what he can, but I feel there is a lot of stuff cut
out and Superman's motivations are some of those things. From the
final cut, I just know that he really hates Batman. He views his
tatics as being extreme, but Superman did kill Zod in the last movie.
And, what about the crashing through all those building in the third
act of the first movie? You and Batman are the same in that aspect. Yet, the writers
can't band-aid that problem.
Unlike the
version we see on Supergirl, this Superman is a dick...a super dick.
I was hoping they weren't heading to the dickish version of the man of
steel from the New 52 universe, but they kind of are with this guy
feels more burdened with saving lives than feeling good about making
a difference .
Are we supposed to
cheer for him?
Now, I haven't
touch upon the far more terrible things in this bloated movie. (Lex
Luther and Doomsday) Oh, boy.
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