Finally saw this tonight. Kind of confused about a few things. Disclaimer: I generally like DC and Marvel movies but I'm not a comic junkie. That is, I enjoy the movies but know nothing of the background from the comic books, only what's been in other movies.
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First of all, I always thought one of Batman's core beliefs was that he didn't kill anyone. Did I dream that up or did they abandon that in this reboot?
As seems to be the rule rather than the exception anymore, I thought it basically went with the "how many special effects can we cram into one movie" line of thinking rather than bother with much in the way of story-telling. It was entertaining but not that great of a movie. It seemed to me like they tried to jam the "why Batman has it in for Superman" backstory into two minutes that I didn't think really set everything else up very well.
The biggest thing that makes me shake my head is there doesn't seem to be a lot of foresight for a movie that is specifically designed to set up a forth-coming series of movies. That is, what type of storyline can possibly be a follow up to a movie that was basically wall-to-wall action that ends with three superheroes teaming up to fight a not-of-this-world monster that should be unbeatable? There's no where to go but to try to out SFX this one which can only lead to more movies that are nothing but wall-to-wall SFX with some even more outlandish attempt at a story line.
Anyway, perhaps someone has a better understanding of where this was all going than me and can fill me in.
*** SPOILERS ****
First of all, I always thought one of Batman's core beliefs was that he didn't kill anyone. Did I dream that up or did they abandon that in this reboot?
As seems to be the rule rather than the exception anymore, I thought it basically went with the "how many special effects can we cram into one movie" line of thinking rather than bother with much in the way of story-telling. It was entertaining but not that great of a movie. It seemed to me like they tried to jam the "why Batman has it in for Superman" backstory into two minutes that I didn't think really set everything else up very well.
The biggest thing that makes me shake my head is there doesn't seem to be a lot of foresight for a movie that is specifically designed to set up a forth-coming series of movies. That is, what type of storyline can possibly be a follow up to a movie that was basically wall-to-wall action that ends with three superheroes teaming up to fight a not-of-this-world monster that should be unbeatable? There's no where to go but to try to out SFX this one which can only lead to more movies that are nothing but wall-to-wall SFX with some even more outlandish attempt at a story line.
Anyway, perhaps someone has a better understanding of where this was all going than me and can fill me in.
