The film starts during the big fight from Man of Steel but we see it from Bruce Wayne’s perspective which I thought it was quite good because it sets up why the two biggest names in the DC Universe are fighting each other. This is the first appearance for Ben Affleck as Batman and to be honest, I thought he was quite good and thought that it was a brave thing to introduce a new Batman during one of the most important films for DC. It also introduces Wonder Woman, Aquaman and The Flash for the upcoming Justice League film. It does feel at this point that they are rushing through their version of the Avengers films which is worrying. As well as introducing a new Batman, they introduce Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. Quite why this film is called Batman v Superman when Wonder Woman plays just as important a role in this film as the other two. Gadot is sidelined for most of the film until the final act and this relates to my point about DC rushing these stories because Gadot would get her own f...
Reviewing films seen since 2016