Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

With a 28 percent on rotten tomatoes, it was hard not to have low expectations for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The biggest complaint that you will hear from most people is that there is too much Justice League and not enough Batman versus Superman. When Wonder Woman, Lex Luthor, and Doomsday were announced to be in the movie alongside Batman and Superman, many fans feared the movie would be overcrowded.

While Lex Luthor played a relatively crucial role in the plot, Wonder Woman was of little to no significance. She appeared to have only been added to the movie to introduce the Justice League, along with a couple other Justice League related parts that did not need to be there.

Doomsday in the movie was such a waste of a character. He could have easily been integrated in a meaningful way if the Batman and Superman fight had a different conclusion. Instead, Doomsday was only there to be a cool looking fight.

Throughout the movie, Bruce Wayne has several random dreams that have no relevance to the plot in any way. These dreams only make the story more confusing and should have been taken out.

It was not all bad. Ben Affleck was the perfect cast for Batman. He played the role brilliantly and looks a lot more like Bruce Wayne than previous actors who have played Batman. If there is one positive thing I can say about the movie, it is that it gave us the definitive version of Batman. Batman did kill people, which is unusual for his character. Fortunately, this change did not have a negative effect on the plot. Ben Affleck was the perfect choice for Batman.

Jesse Eisenberg, however, was an odd choice for Lex Luthor. It was interesting seeing a young and socially-awkward and psychopathic Lex Luthor, but the movie would have made a lot more sense if he was like the Lex Luthor we are familiar with from the first Superman film. It was not as big of a problem as it was a missed opportunity.

The most frustrating part of the entire movie was the conclusion of the fight between Batman and Superman. It was a hilariously unclever and awkward conclusion based on an outrageous and unlikely coincidence.

The problem with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was not that the movie had too much in it. It was how they fit together, or lack thereof, that earned Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice its bad reviews.