Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice

[chrisdude]

Originally Posted by Bry

Well, I think that depends on how you define "substance." The Marvel movies in general or more light-hearted, fantastical and fun. They may not have as much "real world" substance, but they have plenty of emotional substance. That's why I care a lot more about what happens in the typical Marvel movie than I did during Man of Steel, because the Marvel movies built characters that I was invested in and Man of Steel just... didn't.

Obviously that's a subjective thing to a certain degree. But all of the mass destruction and carnage and attempted "seriousness" and "depth" a movie can cram in doesn't make me care about the plot if I don't care about the characters and their world first.

I may get a little grief for this, but I just don't think David Goyer is the strongest writer for this sort of thing, and I don't think Zack Snyder can direct emotions very well at all. Hopefully Chris Terrio helped get things on the right track, though.

Well said. The couple people I know who have been lifelong, diehard Superman fans are the ones who have been able to overlook this, I think because they walked into the theater with all that emotional attachment.

But, I did the same thing with Superman Returns. That Superman became the Reeve Superman I grew up with, in my mind. That movie made me cry like a baby, while others may think almost killing Superman in the first movie was rushed.