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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

'Batman v Superman', The Real Problem

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Batman v Superman is set two years after Man of Steel, but that doesn't it will be released in that time.


It seems the ridiculous delay of the DC Comics film franchise will not effect the timeline of the cinematic universe. Man of Steel was released in 2013 and Batman v Superman was supposed to follow up in 2015. Until a few weeks ago, Batman v Superman was still just 'Untitled Man of Steel sequel.' Let's breakdown Warner Bros. breakdown in competence. 

First! As much as you loved Man of Steel, it had some of the weakest storytelling of any superhero film. It serves as an origin story, categorically, but the narrative was very loose and disjointed. At times, the movie became needlessly existential, on the verge of being convoluted. These negatives sent the film more to Sucker Punch territory, rather than the more acclaimed 300 territory (all films directed by Zack Snyder). 

Although Snyder has his style of digital backlots and hellacious action sequences, he is not to blame. The great lapses in the film as a whole had to do with the writing. I agree that the story took some new turns, compared to other Superman films, but they happened to be the wrong turns. Superman's, and thus Clark Kent's, character development was cut short by over extended trips to Krypton and Clark's youth on Earth. 

The disjointed narrative overtook the movie during attempts to form chemistry between a miscast Lois Lane and detached Clark. These scenes played out more like a cinematic game of cat and mouse, rather than developing their relationships to each other, or any of the other characters for that matter. 

I won't even go into how the Man of Steel sequel turned into a mini-Justice League film, then into Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (way to play it off).

Man of Steel resulted in a porous foundation on which to build a franchise. My points were highlighted by the fact that the film received a 55% on Rotten Tomatoes and by reports that the follow up film entered a form of development hell (maybe limbo) due to story concerns. The list of cons outweighed the pros, and Warner Bros. had to course correct on a massive scale. What we now know as Batman v Superman was pushed a full year to 2016, which unavoidably delayed every other film in line. 

Now that Warner Bros. has their ducks in a row, they must resist the urge to shoot them by moving out of the way of the shared Captain America 3 release date. Warner has WAY more to lose. 


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