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RECAP: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Batman v Superman (2016): Zack Snyder

America’s, and perhaps the world’s, most famous superheroes have never been in a feature film together. They’ve fought their own fights, battled demons internal and external. But these two guys realized that the time came to unite against their greatest foe yet: Marvel. Oops. Doomsday and Lex Luthor. That’s it.

Did they succeed? Yeesh. They beat Doomsday, but did they overcome their actual greatest foe: sequel promotion? DC Comics, seeing what Marvel had done with second-tier characters, thought, wisely, “We can do that.” They tasked Zach Snyder to helm the project, to be the Joss Whedon of the Warner Brothers/DC partnership.

And for every bit whimsy and fun Whedon brought to The Avengers movies, Snyder stuffed (and probably will stuff) his movies with grim specter. The enterprise really makes you think of that line from Macbeth about a tale told by an idiot.

ONE SENTENCE PLOT SUMMARY: BATMAN FIGHTS SUPERMAN; SUPERMAN VERSUS BATMAN; YAAAAAHHH! Continue Reading

RECAP: Man of Steel

Man of Steel (2013): Zack Snyder

Comic book whisperer Zack Snyder takes the reigns of another beloved comic book for Superman’s biggest everything yet!

The previous Superman adventure, 2006’s Superman Returns, was a failure. If you can name the star, well, you probably paid more attention than the general audience.

While $200 million might, at the time, have seemed like a good chunk of change, after that movie came three Iron Men flicks, The Dark Knight, and The Avengers. So Warner Brothers knew it had to try again.

ONE SENTENCE PLOT SUMMARY: Krypton might be dead, but its conflicts endure on Earth, between Superman, General Zod, and helpless humans.  Continue Reading