Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice English Movie

This could have been a memorable film. It ends up trying too hard, and getting scattered. You come away heavy hearted with super hero hopes shattered. Mar 24, 2016 By Manisha Lakhe

Batman is older and grouchier. Superman is still young but has forgotten to smile. Lois Lane has become dumber. Alfred has become sexier. Lex Luthor is sassier. There are wild and unexplained dreams, And lots of violence. And chases through the city on batmobile and the batplane.There's so much going on and yet you don't care. Such a pity.

Batman fighting Superman is such an epic possibility, and the trailers suggested that Superman had an army, 'The red capes are coming, the red capes are coming!' We heard Batman ask, 'Do you bleed?'

After two hours of dreams and flashbacks and misunderstandings and fear-mongering we come away exhausted, wondering why these two older (and not wiser) superheroes are so easily misled.

And Amy Adams ruins the image of hardworking journalists everywhere. She shows up in every scene wearing stilettoes clicking and clacking in the desert sands, in the office, when she's playing deep throat, when she's helping the Supe fight bad guys, when she's in the hotel room, when she's at home (thank God she took them off in the bathtub). Who wears such shoes when on assignment? Who asks a bad guy (looks very obviously like one), 'Are you a terrorist?' And then carry around a notebook when the world has moved on to recording devices?'

Jeremy Irons and his delicious raspy voice is a good addition as Alfred , and Laurence Fishburne as And there's this melodramatic thing which is such a 80s throwback, so the Indian audiences will laugh at the very Manmohan Desai-ish drama on screen. The dramatic tension just dissipates into laughter because we have seen it before in really bad movies.

The constant flashbacks are tedious to watch because they do not offer anything new and seem gimmicky. The batmobile chase offers a momentary respite and yes, I did enjoy the two superheroes throwing each other into walls. But on the whole when you watch the two superheroes being manipulated by people and Lex Luthor, you think less of them. This movie introduces us to the concept of meta humans, but does little about them.

This could have been a memorable film. It ends up trying too hard, and getting scattered. You come away heavy hearted with super hero hopes shattered.