Quick-Shot Thoughts:
- Not what many are expecting. If you thing this is just 2.5 hours of CGI and fights, then get ready to be way wrong.
- More emotional than any of Zack's movies to date. And there are a handful of moments with some real "feels".
- His persona will still rub many the wrong way, but Eisenberg's Luthor works. He's by far the smartest and most insidiously evil Lex Luthor we've seen yet. He's basically a younger, more conniving, dweebish version of the Animated Series Lex. And damn he is evil. You'll want Supes to punch his face off.
- Anyone who still ******* about Affleck as Batman after this absolutely should lose any credibility. He's not just a great Batman in this, He IS Batman. And even his Bruce Wayne scenes work.
- Gal Gadot is also very good, and absolutely convincing as both Diana Prince and Wonder Woman. I expect her solo film will be HIGHLY anticipated after this.
- Cavill is allowed to "flex" a little bit more here. His Clark seems much more "real" this time, and by the end of this movie all of the "Dark Superman" nonsense should be history.
- There are moments of genuine humor in the film.
- There is one small scene at the end that I actually think would have worked better as a post-credits stinger (there isn't one, by the way). For a couple of reasons: It would simplify the ending (and also cut down on some of the ROTK-esque multiple endings feel some may get)... and it's also the perfect tonal set up for JUSTICE LEAGUE. I love Zack, but some times he does make creative decisions that I don't personally agree with (like much of SUCKER PUNCH
). This is one of them. It doesn't really hurt the movie (or the ending), it just kinda annoys me. Because it seems, to me, like a no-brainer. Then again, I'm not the one whose head is on the fire squad.
- I'm not sure if it's come out in the leaked Spoilers, but the thing that makes Batman and Superman stop fighting and form an instant bond is pretty elegant. It makes me wonder if it's ever been done in the comics during one of their many encounters. Wouldn't surprise me. In fact, he would surprise me more if no one had thought of it until now.
- The difference between Goyer and Terrio is Night-and-Day. Terrio is not only a better writer, he's also smart. There's subtext and exposition here about both mythology and theology that Goyer could never had grasped and captured. There's still a slight stench of Goyer on this film (I'd say the final script was about 85% Terrio), but he saved it. JUSTICE LEAGUE is in great hands.
