I am very very very excited for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice

Today Entertainment Weekly for their giant Comic-Con (a big nerd convention for movies, tv, and comics) issue released seven exclusive pictures of the upcoming Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice film releasing in March 2016 by director Zack Snyder. By the title of this post it is obvious I am very excited for this movie because of these photos. Even though I promised myself I would not get excited about any news about this movie. But hey there are some new pics and I wanna write some thoughts about them so LET ME BE A NERD MOM.

PIC 1:

Here is the Entertainment Weekly cover featuring the famous DC Trinity. It is a dream come true seeing these three gods coming to life on the big screen and this cover just emphasizes this. Although Batman (Ben Affleck) does looks awkward here. Fan reaction to Batman has been mixed with initial reactions of pure rage to a wait and see approach. People are too quick to hate on it though, Batman seems to feel so awkward here is because he is in a bright area! Just look at that white background fam! Batman does not work in the day, just think about the infmous Dark Knight Rises scene where he is fighting Bane in broad daylight and it looks completely silly. Batman is a hero meant for the darkness where he is supposed to stay, there has been multiple pics and moments Batfleck is shown in action and he looks great! This is because he is where he's supposed to be shown, Bruce Wayne for the day, Batman at night. Moving on to Wonder Woman, (Gal Gadot) this seems to be a almost perfect portrayal for the film! The colors seem to be a bit brighter than what was initially shown but again that might be for the case of this cover, too early to call for her. (But hey I wouldn't mind if the colors stayed or even got brighter! Colors are fun!!!) Lastly we got the standard Superman (Henry Cavil) looking very similar to what he looked like in Man of Steel. The ideal situation would be to brighten up the color on his costume even more but for the tone the film is going in, the costume will probably stay the same or get even darker. 

PIC 2:

For the second photo we have a beautiful shot between Batman's suit inspired by The Dark Knight Returns graphic novel. There is not much to say about this shot other than it looks very pretty, which is expected by Snyder. This is one of those photos though that brings back excited feelings of moments where Batman and Superman do face off like in The Dark Knight Returns.

PIC 3:

Here we have Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) and Diana Prince (Gal Gadot). Ben Affleck had this to say about the photo, "I love the fact that there was this Thomas Crowne Affair, Bond-y sexy scene that they wrote about two people who are pretending to be two different people who each know the secrets of the other person,” This calls back to memories of the romantic subplot introduced in the animated Justice League universe. (To the point where there was an exact scene just like this one!)

Seeing Bruce Wayne/Batman and Diana Prince/Wonder woman flirt into a romantic relationship is probably the closest thing to a beautiful relationship I will get to and I think I am ok with that.

PIC 4:

“I like to think that Man of Steel was the perspective of the world from Clark, Kal-El, looking at the world and trying to exist with in it, Batman v Superman is definitely more mankind’s perspective of Superman.” explains Cavill with this picture, and it seems like so especially with the trailer released a couple months ago. Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice is a movie where the Man of Steel must face repercussions of the damage that happened at the end of the previous film. The debate of whether Superman is the savior the planet needs, or the monster sent to destroy is what seems to be the key theme for this film. Batman assuming to believe the latter leading to the whole "versus" concept. This photo seems to give that feeling that Superman is the savior of humanity, this idea that he is these people's god on Earth to protect them from evils.

PIC 5:

This is a scene from the trailer, where Batman is on the ground looking up to Superman. Not much to say about this photo except this really pushes the idea of Batman is meant to be in a dark place, He may be wearing a different suit for it but that does not take away how awesome he looks! Batman looks angry and ready to fight, especially with this dark dreary rain.

PIC 6:

MY BOY LEX IN THE HOUSE. At first it's strange to see Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) with golden locks of hair but he has already been shown with the cue ball head already, so what this photo does is hint at seeing the Lex before and after he becomes hell bent on destroying Superman. There are a lot of ways it can go but my prediction is Lex does not trust Superman at all believing that humanity should be saved by humanity and not this alien god like being. "He's not one of us!" Through this desire of trying to shut down and expel Superman he loses hair because he gets really stressed out. lmao. But in seriousness it is interesting to think about how Lex will fit in this film because it has clear hints of inspirations from The Dark Knight Returns, but Lex Luthor was not even in that story!

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The last scene does not reveal much but the hunk Ben Affleck talking with the stud Zack Snyder. So I guess that gives me the perfect opportunity to discuss what how I feel about this upcoming film!

AM I EXCITED FOR BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE?! YES! I THINK! MAYBE! IDK!

But Miraj you just said in the post title you are excited what do you mean?!?! Well lets break it down. I love the DC universe, I connect with these heroes in a way that genuinely make me happy. These are gods that represent the ideals, and are used to tell amazing stories of pain, loss, success, and hope! My favorite superhero of all time being the Man of Steel himself! My reaction to Man of Steel was mixed. It was a okay film. It really did not feel like a Superman movie but rather some necessary dark gritty reboot of Superman to match the Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy. So with the original announcement of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, I was indifferent, and as news starting to poor in about more and more characters are being introduced in this film such as Wonder woman, Aquaman, Lex Luthor, Cyborg, and who knows who else, I accepted this movie will be HOT TRASH. But there is just something that gets my gut seeing photos of these characters coming to life and in action. Zack Snyder is known to be a mixed bag when it comes to movies. He always seems to have the best trailers, and most beautiful shots but when it comes to the overall package it is mixed. Yet here I am again getting hyped for this movie that is still a little less than a year out praying for another trailer at Comic Con next week because of my special relationship with the DC Universe. Superman represents everything good, ideal and hope to me so like everything guess I have to just have hope that everything works out in the end and this film will be amazing.